Joshua M. Davis
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Age: 19
From: Perry, IA
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Davis died May 7 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Died: May 07, 2010
New details on Lejeune-based casualties
Staff report
Military officials released new details May 11 regarding the three North Carolina-based Marines killed this week while serving in Afghanistan.
The most recent death occurred May 10, when Cpl. Kurt S. Shea, 21, of Frederick, Md., was killed while supporting combat operations in Helmand province. He was a radio operator assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in June 2007 and deployed to Afghanistan in November. The incident is under investigation, according to a Marine Corps news release.
The two other Marines died as the result of hostile incidents. They were Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Davis, 19, of Perry, Iowa, and Lance Cpl. Christopher Rangel, 22, of San Antonio.
Davis, a machine gunner assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, was killed May 7. He enlisted in March 2009 and deployed to Afghanistan in March of this year.
Rangel died May 6. He served as a fire team leader assigned to 3rd...