By Mark Scott
Buffalo, NY – A Marine from Buffalo was killed Sunday while conducting combat operations in the Anbar province of Iraq.
The Defense Department identifies him as Lance Corporal Howard March, Jr., who was 20-years-old.
March was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
March was a 2004 graduate of Hutch-Tech High School.