Lejeune Marine is killed in Iraq (Colin J. Wolfe)

Another Marine from Camp Lejeune has been killed in combat in the Anbar province of Iraq, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Pfc. Colin J. Wolfe, 18, of Manassas, Va., died Aug. 30 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Lejeune.

Wolfe, who deployed in July and was scheduled to return in February, was riding in the back of a truck when it hit a roadside bomb, his father, Mark Wolfe, told The Washington Post.

His family remembers him as a typical teenager interested in soccer, football and girls, his father said. But there was also a strong desire to be a Marine, especially after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"He was doing what he wanted to do, and he was believing in what he was doing," Mark Wolfe said.

The 2005 Osbourn High School graduate also was a ballet dancer -- a talent he didn't talk about often.

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