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Identities of two Marines killed in Wednesday crash released

By Luke Gentile
Published January 22, 2022 12:23am ET
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Identities of two Marines killed in Wednesday crash released
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicles, or M-ATV, have finished their upgrades and armor improvements and await road testing on the Yermo Annex of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Jan. 12, 2017. | Photo by Keith Hayes

The identities of the two Marines who died Wednesday following a military truck crash in North Carolina have been released.

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Gierke, 19, of Georgia and Pfc. Zachary Riffle, 18, of West Virginia were identified as the deceased Friday, according to a Marine Corps announcement.

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