Body Of Western Maryland Marine Comes Home

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- The remains of a U.S. Marine from western Maryland are coming home from the war in Afghanistan.

The Air Force Mortuary Affairs Office in Dover, Del., says the remains of Lance Cpl. Maung Htaik arrived at Dover Air Force Base Monday afternoon.

The Pentagon says Htaik, 20, of Hagerstown, died Jan. 1 in combat in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

The (Hagerstown) Herald-Mail lists him as a 2008 graduate of Smithsburg High School.

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