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Lejeune-based corporal dies in Afghan battle
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Posted : Tuesday May 18, 2010 16:34:58 EDT
Posted : Tuesday May 18, 2010 16:34:58 EDT
A North Carolina-based Marine died Sunday in a hostile incident in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Marine Corps announced.
Cpl. Nicolas D. Parada Rodriguez, 29, of Stafford, Va., was a team leader assigned to Camp Lejeune-based 1st Battalion, 6th Marines.
Parada Rodriguez joined the Corps in January 2007. He deployed to Afghanistan from March-October 2008 and again in December.
Further information was not immediately available.
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A Marine carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Nicolas D. Parada Rodriguez on May 17 at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
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