Updated at 12:51 p.m., Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Kane'ohe Bay Marine killed in Iraq

Advertiser Staff

Clark Photo via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Hawai'i-based Marine has been killed during combat operations in Iraq, the Pentagon announced today.

Lance Cpl. Matthew W. Clark, 22, of St. Louis, Mo., died Thursday from injuries suffered during enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Clark was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base, Hawai'i.