Posted on Fri, Jul. 18, 2008


N.J. Marine dies in Iraq in 'non-hostile incident'

NEWTON, N.J. - A Marine from Sussex County has died in what military officials termed a "non-hostile incident" in Iraq.

Lance Cpl. Jeffery S. Stevenson, 20, of Newton, died Sunday in Anbar Province, the Defense Department said yesterday. It provided no further information on the cause of death. Stevenson was a machinist with the Seventh Engineer Support Battalion, First Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Born in Stroudsburg, Pa., he lived in Marshalls Creek, Pa., before moving to New Jersey. He graduated from Kittatinny Regional High School in 2006 and joined the Marines six months later. - AP

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