WASHINGTON — A 22-year-old East Texas Marine has died in combat in Afghanistan.
A Defense Department statement says Sgt. Wade D. Wilson of Normangee, Texas, died Friday in action in the Helmand province of southern Afghanistan. The Marine Corps provided no other details on the circumstances.
Wilson was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force from Camp Pendleton, Calif.