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Two Michigan Marines Die In War In Afghanistan

DETROIT (WWJ) - Two Marines from Michigan have died in fighting in Afghanistan.

The Defense Department says  19-year-old Lance Cpl. Dominic Ciaramitaro of South Lyon died Saturday while on combat operations in Helmand Province. 

The Herald Times in Gaylord reports that 26-year-old Sgt. David Day of Gaylord was killed by a roadside bomb.

Don Day tells the newspaper that his son already had served two tours in Iraq after enlisting in 2003 and completed bomb disposal training in 2009.

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