
MASHPEE, Mass — A 19-year-old Marine from Mashpee has died while fighting in Iraq.
The Department of Defense said Friday that Pfc. Daniel A. C. McGuire died Thursday while supporting combat operations in Anbar province.
Details about his death weren’t immediately released. However, the military reported that a Marine was killed Thursday during a small-arms fire attack during security operations about a half of mile east of Fallujah, a former insurgent stronghold in Anbar province that has seen a sharp decline in violence after local Sunnis turned against al-Qaida in Iraq.
McGuire was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II...