
RALEIGH, N.C.— A North Carolina Marine who took part in the U.S. military’s siege of the militant stronghold of Fallujah last spring was killed by insurgents in Iraq, the Pentagon said Sept. 18.
Cpl. Christopher S. Ebert, 21, of Mooresboro, died Friday due to enemy action in Anbar province, the Defense Department said. The Pentagon did not give other details.
Ebert was assigned to Camp Pendleton, Calif., where he served with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
Ebert was supposed to leave Iraq in two weeks for his new assignment in California, his family said.
Ebert, whose former...