A 19-year-old Marine from Virginia was killed by enemy fire while fighting in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.
Cody S. Childers, a 2009 graduate of Grassfield High School in Chesapeake, was hit by enemy gunfire and died in Helmand province Friday, the Pentagon said. He reported for training in August 2009 and deployed about two months later from Camp Lejeune.
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