DoD Identifies Marine Corps Casualty 12-12-2013

DoD Identifies Marine Corps Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Rodriguez, 19, of Fairhaven, Mass., died Dec. 11, while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

He was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.