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Twentynine Palms Marine dies in combat
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Posted : Thursday Sep 9, 2010 17:34:36 EDT
Posted : Thursday Sep 9, 2010 17:34:36 EDT
A California-based Marine died Saturday while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced.
Sgt. Jesse M. Balthaser, 23, of Columbus, Ohio, was assigned to the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms.
Further information was not immediately available.
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