2 NC-based Marines die in Afghanistan

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Two North Carolina-based Marines have been killed in combat in Afghanistan.

A spokesman at Camp Lejeune says 28-year-old Sgt. Daniel M. Angus of Thonotosassa, Fla., and 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Zachary D. Smith of Hornell, N.Y., were killed Sunday.

Both were assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. The unit had been in Afghanistan since December.

Angus joined the Marine Corps in 2003 and was on his third combat tour, both in Iraq.

Smith joined the Marines in 2008 and was on his first deployment.

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