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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 896-09
November 16, 2009
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Stephen L. Murphy, 36, of Jaffery, N.H., died Nov. 9 as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The incident is under investigation.
For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the II MEF public affairs office at (910) 451-7200.
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Some local press articles about Stephen Murphy – the first two mostly about his life before signing up with the Marines, the last article more on his duties as a Marine, and the circumstances of his death:
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript (NH): ‘We thought we were helping him, but he was helping us.’
UnionLeader.com (NH): In Troy, mourning for a fallen Marine
SentinelSource.com (Keene, NH): Death wasn’t combat related – Troy Marine lost his life in Iraq; probe is ongoing