
TUCSON, Ariz. — A 19-year-old Marine from Tucson has been killed in Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Joshua Lucero was killed Saturday by enemy activity in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, the U.S. Defense Department announced Monday.
Lucero was a member of the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Lucero’s family was still trying to cope with news of his death and declined to talk to reporters on Monday, said Capt. Kevin Bright, a Tucson Marine Corps spokesman.
Lucero was a 2003 graduate of Sunnyside High School.
Monique Soria, spokeswoman for the Sunnyside Unified School District, said the death...