Saturday marked the Marine Corps’ first hostile death in Iraq in 103 days. Lance Cpl. James M. Gluff, 20, was killed Jan. 19 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq…. Marine Corps spokesman Eric Dent confirmed that the last Corps hostile death was on Oct. 8. “I think this speaks volumes about the effects our Marines and our Iraqi partners are having in Anbar Province,” Dent said in an e-mail Wednesday.