
LAKE STEVENS, Wash. — A Lake Stevens teen is among the latest casualties of the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
Pfc. Cody S. Calavan, 19, of Lake Stevens, Wash., died Saturday during hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq, the Marine Corps announced in a news release Tuesday.
Calavan was a machine gunner assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Calavan joined the Marine Corps on June 16, 2003. His personal awards include the National Defense Service Medal.
As of Tuesday, 807 U.S. service members had died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according...