New York Marine Dies In Combat in Iraq
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Cpl. Christopher G. Scherer, 21, of East Northport, N.Y., died July 21 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq, the Department of Defense announced yesterday. He was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. As of yesterday, at least 3,636 members of the American military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, the Associated Press reported. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,986 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
