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Camp Pendleton Marine with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment Killed in Afghanistan

A Camp Pendleton-based Marine died Sunday in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the DOD reported Monday.

Lance Cpl. Sean M. N. O’Connor, 22, of Douglas, WY, died Sunday while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, according to a Department of Defense press release issued Monday.

O'Connor was assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and was deployed in support of  Operation Enduring Freedom.

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