OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) --
A Marine from Nicoma Park
was killed Wednesday in Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Joseph L. Nice,
19, died because of enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq,
the Department of Defense reported.
Nice was assigned to to 3rd
Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
The Marine Corps Air
Ground Combat Center in
Twentynine Palms, Calif.,
where he was based, would not
give details about the enemy
action. Capt. Chad Walton said
two other Marines, including
one from Nice's unit, were also
killed Wednesday in Anbar
province.
Nice enlisted in the Marine
Corps June 10, 2003, the Ma
rine Corps center reported.
He trained in San Diego before joining a Twentynine
Palms-based battalion as an ammunition man.
Nice was deployed to Iraq in
February and likely would have
returned to the United States
in September with his unit,
Walton said.
Nice was awarded the National Defense Service Medal,
for serving in the military while
the country is at war; the Sea
Service Deployment Ribbon, for
serving overseas; and the War
on Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal, for serving in the war
on terrorism.
Nice is survived by his mother, Marilyn Nice of Prague,
Okla., and father, Lloyd Nice,
the Marine Corps reported.
