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thedrifter
02-29-08, 06:28 AM
Marines ID corporal found dead in Miramar barracks

UNION-TRIBUNE

7:54 p.m. February 28, 2008

A Marine who was found dead Wednesday in his barracks room at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station has been identified as Lance Cpl. Derek R. Refsland.

Refsland, 21, was a native of Troy, Montana. He served with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing on the base.

A fellow Marine found a lifeless Refsland in the room shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters and paramedics declared him dead about 2 a.m.

The Marine Corps has not cited a cause of death, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating the incident.

Ellie