
HERMISTON, Ore. — An Oregon Marine has been killed in action in Iraq, according to military officials.
In a brief news release, the Pentagon said that Lance Cpl. James Huston Jr., 22, of Hermiston, died Friday in a vehicle accident while his unit was responding to “hostile action” in Anbar province, Iraq.
The military said he was a rifleman based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.
According to Camp Pendleton spokesman Nathaniel Garcia, Huston joined the Marine Corps on Oct. 10, 2001. He had been awarded several military honors, including the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation and the Sea Service Deployment...