A Marine based out of Twentynine Palms has been killed in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
Sgt. Leon Lucas, 32, of Wilson, N.C., was killed Monday during combat in Helmand province.
Lucas, who had deployed twice to Iraq, was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine regiment at Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County.
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