James Chamroeun killed in combat operations

A second Marine from Kane`ohe Bay has been killed in Iraq just weeks into a new deployment.

The Pentagon said Lance Cpl. James Chamroeun, 20, of Union City, Ga., died on Thursday of wounds received while conducting combat operations in western Anbar province.

Chamroeun, a radio operator, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. He joined the Marines in July of 2004 and reported to Hawai'i in February of 2005.

He had deployed to Afghanistan with the same battalion from May 2005 to January of this year.

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