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The Defense Department reported that a Camp Lejeune Marine died from battle wounds.
Sgt. Alessandro Carbonaro, 28, of Bethesda, Md., died Wednesday at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany after being injured in combat in Al Anbar province, Iraq on May 1.
He was assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
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