United States Department of DefenseNews ReleaseOn the web: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/b03282003_bt169-03.html Media contact: media@defenselink.mil or +1 (703) 697-5131 Public contact: public@defenselink.mil or +1 (703) 428-0711 No. 169-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2003 DOD ANNOUNCES MARINE KILLED IN NON-HOSTILE ACCIDENT The Department of Defense announced today that Marine Major Kevin G. Nave, 36, of Union Lake, Mich., was killed March 26 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Iraq. Major Nave was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The accident is under investigation.