U.S Marine Corporal Johnathan Taylor

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Military officials say a Marine based at Camp Lejeune has died in combat in Afghanistan.

The Defense Department says 23-year-old Cpl. Johnathan W. Taylor of Homosassa, Fla., died Tuesday, February 22 in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Taylor had been assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune.

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