Lance Cpl. Caleb L. Erickson, 20, of Waseca, Minn., murdered by the Taliban on Feb. 28, 2014 in cowardly suicide attack.
The Pentagon announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Caleb L. Erickson, 20, of Waseca, Minn., was murdered in a cowardly suicide ambush style attack on Feb. 28, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Lance Cpl. Erickson was assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
For more information, media may contact the 2nd Marine Division Public Affairs Office during duty hours at 910-450-6575 or after duty hours at 910-372-2736.
According to one local news report:
“Family told KARE 11 that Lance Cpl. Caleb Erickson, 20, was the gunner in the last truck of a convoy that was attacked by a suicide bomber on Friday.
Erickson was airlifted to a medical facility, where he later died. Nobody else in the convoy was hurt, family said.
Erickson graduated from Waseca High School in 2012. He played football and was also a member of the wrestling team” (SOURCE: Waseca marine killed in Afghanistan. Read more here:http://www.kare11.com/story/news/local/2014/03/01/waseca-marine-killed-in-afghanistan/5934135/).