
INGLESIDE, Texas — A Marine from the Coastal Bend was killed last weekend in fighting in Iraq, the Defense Department said Tuesday.
Lance Cpl. Hilario F. Lopez of Ingleside was among eight Marines killed Sunday in Iraq’s Anbar province, which includes Fallujah.
Lopez’s death came two days after his 22nd birthday.
No more details were provided by the military about circumstances of Lopez’s death, which was the 117th reported for troops from Texas since the Iraq war began in March 2003.
Timothy Flores, Lopez’s older half-brother, said Marine officials told the family that Lopez and six other Marines were ambushed at a security point.
Flores, 23, told...