Nicholas S. O'Brien, 21

Based in California

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Camp Pendleton
1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment
Supporting: Operation New Dawn
Died: June 9, 2011
Helmand province, Afghanistan
Gender: Male
Hometown: Stanley, N.C.
High School: East Gaston High (Mount Holly, N.C.)

O'Brien was killed in combat June 9, 2011, in Helmand province, long a Taliban stronghold. His father told the Charlotte Observer that O'Brien had offers to play college baseball but was determined to join the Marines "come hell or high water."

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