Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Zachary D. Smith
Age: 19
From: Hornell, N.Y.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Zachary D. Smith died Jan. 24 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Died:
January
24, 2010
4 Marines die in Helmand combat ops
Staff and wire report
Four Marines died over the weekend during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Jan. 26.
Lance Cpl. Jeremy M. Kane, 22, of Towson, Md., died Jan. 23. A reservist, he was assigned to the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt. Daniel M. Angus, 28, of Thonotosassa, Fla. Lance Cpl. Timothy J. Poole, 22, of Bowling Green, Ky. and Lance Cpl. Zachary D. Smith, 19, of Hornell, N.Y. died Jan. 24.
Angus and Smith were assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Poole was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, out of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. He joined the Corps in June 2007 and reported to Kaneohe Bay in December 2007. He was deployed to Iraq in 2008 and 2009, returning to Kaneohe in March.
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