WASHINGTON (AP) — A Marine from Oregon has been killed in Afghanistan.
The Defense Department said Monday that 25-year-old Sgt. Ian M. Tawney of Dallas, Ore. was killed Saturday in combat in Helmand province.
He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1 Marine Expeditionary Force, from Camp Pendleton, Calif.