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Lejeune-based corporal dies in Afghan battle


Staff report
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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Steve Ruark / The Associated Press 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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