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OCEANSIDE, Calif.– A U.S. Marine was declared dormant aft being mislaid astatine oversea disconnected the seashore of Southern California successful precocious June.
According to the U.S. Marine Corps, Lance Crpl. Armando Ortiz Canseco was reported missing from his ship, the USS Anchorage, connected June 25.
The USS Anchorage arriving to Navy Days LA 2014.
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Ortiz Canseco was participating successful a grooming workout erstwhile helium went missing.
The 21-year-old from Minnesota was declared dormant connected Saturday, June 27, aft much than a time of extended hunt and rescue operations, the Marine Corps said.
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"On behalf of the Marines and Sailors of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I widen our deepest condolences to the household and loved ones of Lance Cpl. Ortiz Canseco," Col. Richard Alvarez, the commanding serviceman of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, said. "He earned the rubric of United States Marine and served his state with grant and commitment. We mourn alongside his family, and we stay committed to bringing him home."
Lance Cpl. Armando Ortiz Canseco.
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Ortiz Canseco enlisted successful the U.S. Marines connected April 3, 2023, and earned the rubric of United States Marine 2 months aboriginal connected June 30.
His awards for clip successful the U.S. Marines included the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.
He was aboard the USS Anchorage temporarily portion successful mentation for integrated grooming betwixt the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, the U.S. Marine Corps said.
An aerial representation taken connected October 28, 2021 shows the Palos Verdes Peninsula (L) and cargo instrumentality ships (back) waiting successful the Pacific Ocean to unload astatine the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach arsenic seen supra the seashore of Palos Verdes, California.
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"The nonaccomplishment of Lance Cpl. Ortiz Canseco is felt profoundly crossed our full Navy-Marine Corps team," Capt. Gary A. Harrington, the commodore of Amphibious Squadron 7, said. "The amphibious Navy exists to combat alongside the Marine Corps, and a nonaccomplishment to the Marine Corps household is simply a nonaccomplishment to our own. We are a resilient force, and we proceed to basal shoulder-to-shoulder successful enactment of Lance Cpl. Ortiz Canseco’s loved ones and our ongoing betterment operations."
The circumstances surrounding the incidental are nether investigation.
The USS Anchorage entered into work successful the Navy successful 2013 and conducted its maiden deployment connected May 11, 2015.
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