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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 195-03
April 03, 2003

DOD IDENTIFIES MARINE KILLED IN ACTION

The Department of Defense announced today that Marine Sgt. Brian D. McGinnis, 23, of St. George, Del., was killed on March 30 in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in Southern Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.