---
title: "Marine killed in Camp Lejeune training accident"
description: "A Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit died in a training accident at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, officials said in a release."
date: "2024-04-19"
modified: "2024-04-19"
authors:
  - name: "Patty Nieberg"
    job_title: "Senior Reporter"
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url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-dies-lejeune-training-041924/"
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  - "News"
  - "United States"
tags:
  - "death"
  - "killed"
---

# Marine killed in Camp Lejeune training accident

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/14/201212-M-JQ356-1044-scaled.jpg>)
*U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division on range Golf-36 (G-36), Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 12, 2020. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacqueline Parsons*

A Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit died in a training accident near Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, officials said in a release.

The Marine’s identity, job and details of the incident were not released, pending notifications to the family. Officials said the death involved a training exercise in Carteret County on Thursday.

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Officials said the death is under investigation. Additional information will be released as it becomes, the service said.

In August, Lance Cpl. Joseph Whaley, who was killed at Lejeune from a [negligent discharge](<https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2023/09/22/negligent-discharge-killed-marine-who-died-in-live-fire-training/>) during a [night live-fire training exercise](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-killed-in-live-fire-training-identified/>).

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## Author
Patty is a senior reporter for Task & Purpose. She's reported on the military for six years, embedding with the National Guard during a hurricane and covering Guantanamo Bay legal proceedings for an alleged al Qaeda commander. Her previous bylines can be found at the *Associated Press*, *Bloomberg Government*, *Washington Post*, *The New York Times*, and *ABC*. You can reach Patty by email at [Patty.Nieberg@taskandpurpose.com](<mailto:Patty.Nieberg@taskandpurpose.com>).

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