Camp Pendleton Marine killed in Afghanistan electrocuted while riding atop a Humvee

MILITARY: Camp Pendleton Marine killed in Afghanistan
By MARK WALKER
Posted: Friday, March 2, 2012

A Camp Pendleton corporal died in Afghanistan on Thursday when he was apparently electrocuted.

The Defense Department announced the death of Cpl. Conner Lowry on Friday afternoon. A Chicago television station reported family members saying they were told he was accidentally electrocuted while riding atop a Humvee.

The station, NBC 5 Chicago, also quoted a friend, Owen Yanz, as saying the 6'5 Marine was "doing what he believed in, and that was fighting for us, for our country."

Lowry's death came during a combat patrol in the Helmand province, where most of the roughly 18,000 Marines in Afghanistan are stationed.

The 24-year-old Marine was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
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