Posted on 04/07/2003 6:56:10 PM PDT by kattracks
Two Marines Who Drowned Deemed Accident
.c The Associated Press
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The deaths of two Marines who drowned while crossing a canal in southeast Iraq were ruled accidental, a military official said Monday.
The probe concluded there was no negligence by commanding officers in the deaths of Evan James of La Harpe and Sgt. Bradley Korthaus of Davenport, Iowa, said Gunnery Sgt. James Howard, a spokesman for their Peoria-based reserve unit.
The investigation reclassified the deaths as occurring in a hostile environment. That indicates the Marines were under threat of war when they disappeared in the Saddam Canal on March 24, said Howard, of the 6th Engineer Support Battalion Company.
04/07/03 20:58 EDT
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