
LAFAYETTE, La. — A Marine from Lafayette was one of seven Marines killed outside Fallujah when a suicide bomber sped up to a U.S. convoy and detonated his vehicle.
The family of 19-year-old David Paul Burridge said they were notified of his death Monday afternoon.
Burridge graduated from Lafayette High School in 2003 and joined the Marine Corps in January. He had been in Iraq since April.
Burridge’s aunt said the military hasn’t released the exact cause of death.
The suicide bombing nine miles north of Fallujah — a stronghold for Sunni insurgents — destroyed two Humvees, witnesses said. Medical teams in helicopters swept into the dusty, barren site to...