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Dur was born on June 22, 1944, in Bethesda, Maryland, to an American diplomat. He spent his early years abroad in France, Germany, Panama, and Japan, accompanying his parents on foreign assignments. [1] [2] Dur attended the University of Notre Dame as an NROTC student majoring in Government and International Studies. He received a BA in 1965 ...
On May 28, 2010, the 1,000th American fatality in Afghanistan was a Marine from Camp Pendleton killed by a roadside bomb while on a foot patrol in Helmand province. [ 19 ] [ 14 ] On August 22, 2010, two U.S. soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard, 3rd Company, 172nd Infantry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were killed during an attack ...
1987–1988. Rank. Lance corporal. Unit. 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division. Jason Rother (July 16, 1969 – August 31, 1988) was a 19-year-old United States Marine who was abandoned in the Mojave Desert during a training exercise, causing his death from dehydration and exposure. His death is now commonly used as a lesson taught to ...
On 28 July 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that the U.S. would increase the number of its forces in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. The arrival of additional USMC and United States Air Force squadrons at Da Nang AB led to severe overcrowding at the base and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (I MAW) began looking for an alternative site for the helicopter squadrons of MAG-16.
A Marine from Lafayette died on duty stationed in the capital of the Republic of Congo, according to a report by the Marine Corps Times. Lance Cpl. Nicholas Maurice Dural, 20, had been serving as ...
A sign sits at the entrance to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. A Marine died after being crushed by a Humvee during routine training operations.
A Marine from the St. Louis area died participating in a military exercise in eastern North Carolina, and it happened less than three weeks after he made sergeant, according to the 24th Marine ...
Gregg Sturdevant. Sqn Ldr. Kev McMurdo. SGT. Roy Geddes ( WIA) The September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion was a Taliban raid on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan 's Helmand province on the night of 14 September 2012. [ 1] The base hosted British, American, Danish and Tongan military personnel at the time of the attack.