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Tributes pour in after revered Marine platoon commander dies in Camp Pendleton accident

By Julio Rosas, Toby Harnden
Published May 10, 2019 11:58pm ET
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Tributes pour in after revered Marine platoon commander dies in Camp Pendleton accident
1st Lt. Hugh Conor McDowell, from Washington D.C., in June 2017 | (United States Marine Corps via AP)

A training accident involving a light armored vehicle at Camp Pendleton, Calif., has left a Marine officer dead and six enlisted Marines injured.

The LAV-25 rolled over on Thursday during a battalion training exercise, killing 1st Lt. Hugh Conor McDowell, a platoon commander with the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, according to the 1st Marine Division. McDowell died en route to hospital. The other six Marines were in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.

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