Marine Lance Cpl. James D. Argentine

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Marine Lance Cpl. James D. Argentine, 22, of Farmingdale, N.Y.

LCpl Argentine was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; died Aug. 6, 2009 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan.

Newsday -- A Marine from Farmingdale has been killed in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Lance Cpl. James D. Argentine, 22, was among three Hawaii-based Marines who were killed Thursday by a roadside bomb, The Associated Press reported. The military said the three riflemen were supporting combat operations in Farah province.

Argentine was a 2005 graduate of St. Anthony High School in South Huntington, a friend said Friday night.

The other victims were Lance Cpl. Travis T. Babine, 20, of San Antonio, and Sgt. Jay M. Hoskins, 24, of Paris, Texas, the military said.

They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay.

Argentine joined the Marine Corps in October 2006 and reported to Hawaii in January 2007, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported on its Web site Friday. He was previously deployed from January to August 2008, the Star-Bulletin said.

"He was one of my best friends," said Omid Ghaffarian of Hicksville, who graduated with Argentine. "He was one of the most sincere, generous people I ever met."

Ghaffaraian said he last saw Argentine in April. "He was proud of being an American, and he had no problem protecting his country and doing his duty," he said.

Marine Lance Cpl. James D. Argentine was killed in action on 8/6/09.