
BURNS, Ore. — A Marine from Oregon has been killed by an improvised explosive device in Iraq, his family said April 24.
Lance Cpl. Dale Peterson, 20, was killed in action but the family was still learning details, said his older sister, Melissa Davies, from his mother’s home in Burns, where family members have gathered.
Peterson was with the 2nd Combat Engineer battalion of the 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C. He joined the Marines after graduating from Redmond High School in 2005.
Davies, 23, who lives in Boise, Idaho, said her brother was the second-youngest of four siblings, the rest all sisters.
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