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Camp Pendleton Casualty Identified as Petty Officer From Lakewood
Wilson Won Lee had served two tours in Afghanistan.
Authorities have released the name of a 23-year-old Navy petty officer who was killed in a training accident at Camp Pendleton.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Wilson Won Lee of Lakewood died Sunday in a vehicle crash on the base, according to Marine Corps officials.
Lee, who enlisted in February 2008, was a corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group. He served two combat deployments in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2011.
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His personal service awards include a Good Conduct Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, NATO Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.
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– City News Service
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