Marine Cpl. Erik T. Garoutte

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Marine Cpl. Erik T. Garoutte, 22, of Santee, Calif.

Cpl. Garoutte was assigned to 1st Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company, Marine Corps Security Force Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Norfolk, Va.; died Oct. 19, 2007 in Baghdad.

Marine dies in Iraq
The Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. — The Pentagon announced Saturday that a Norfolk-based Marine died in Iraq.

Capt. William Pelletier, a Marine Corps spokesman based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, said Cpl. Erik Garoutte of Santee, California, died Friday in Baghdad “as a result of unknown causes.”

Pelletier said he had no additional information about Garoutte’s death.

Garoutte was assigned to the 1st Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, Marine Corps Security Force Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Norfolk.

Pelletier said Garoutte joined the Marine Corps in November 2005.

A release from the Defense Department said the incident is under investigation.

Marine Cpl. Erik T. Garoutte died on 10/19/07.