3 Marines discovered deceased in vehicle due to carbon monoxide poisoning: Officials
Tragic Deaths of Three Marines at Camp Lejeune
Three Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina met a tragic end when they were found dead in a car at a Speedway gas station on Sunday morning. Authorities have determined that the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Pender County Sheriff’s Office received a distressing call from the mother of one of the Marines who became concerned when her son did not arrive home in Oklahoma on his scheduled flight Saturday night, as reported by the Jacksonville, North Carolina outlet, the Daily News. After launching an investigation, authorities discovered the missing Marine, along with two others, deceased inside a vehicle at the Speedway station, approximately 30 miles south of the base. The mother had helped locate the gas station by pinging her son’s phone.
“I am saddened by the timeless and tragic death of these three young men who served our country honorably,” said Sheriff Alan W. Cutler in a press release, according to the Daily News. “Our thoughts and prayers remain with their families and colleagues during this time.”
The three Marine lance corporals who were found dead in a vehicle at a North Carolina gas station died of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities say. https://t.co/ZRbo7u2hCD
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Following the notification of the Marines’ families, autopsies were conducted by the North Carolina Office of the Medical Examiner, which confirmed that all three deaths were consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning. The New York Post reported that authorities did not immediately disclose whether the deaths were accidental.
The Marines have been identified as Lance Corporal Merax Dockery, 23, of Pottawatomie, Oklahoma; Lance Corporal Tanner Kaltenberg, 19, of Madison, Wisconsin; and Lance Corporal Ivan Garcia, 23, of Naples, Florida. All three men served as vehicle operators in the Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, and 2nd Marine Logistics Group at Camp Lejeune, as reported by USA Today.
Dockery enlisted in active-duty service in 2020 and had previously been stationed at Camp Pendleton in California and Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. Dockery’s mother, Heather Glass, shared with the Associated Press, “I feel at peace because I know he was asleep when he passed.” One of Dockery’s sisters, Micah, expressed her disbelief on Facebook, writing, “My handsome kind baby brother is gone. I don’t feel like this is real, it can’t be.”
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Kaltenberg attended high school in Verona, Wisconsin, before joining the Marines in May 2021. He initially trained at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego and later went to Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri before being stationed at Camp Lejeune.
Garcia, on the other hand, attended high school in Naples, Florida, before enlisting in active-duty service in 2019. Like Kaltenberg, he also began his training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, then moved to Fort Leonard Wood, and finally ended up at Camp Lejeune.
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