Miramar Marine Dies after Port Visit

A Marine who died while deployed with USS Nimitz has been identified.

Lance Cpl. Benjamin W. Tuttle, 19, of Gentry, Ark. died Saturday, according to a statement from the Department of Defense. The statement said Tuttle was flown from the Persian Gulf, where the Nimitz was stopped for a port visit, to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, where he died.

The statement does not describe the nature of his death, saying it is under investigation. 

Tuttle was assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force out of MCAS Miramar, according to the DoD.

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