Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 3, 2020

The vehicle took on water at around 5.45pm while 15 Marines and one sailor were inside near San Clemente Island in Los Angeles County. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit is seen during training on Monday

Daily Mail: PICTURED: Nine troops including three teens who died when their 26-ton amphibious vehicle sank in 600ft-deep water off California coast during training exercise 'mishap' - as military calls off search for their bodies

* Only one of the victim's bodies was recovered: Lance Cpl. Guillermo S. Perez, 20, of Texas, who was pronounced dead at the scene
* The 26-ton amphibious assault vehicle sank near San Clemente island at 5:45pm on Thursday during a routine training exercise
* The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit announced on Sunday that the others, from California, Texas, Wisconsin and Oregon, are all ‘presumed dead'
* Privates Bryan J. Baltierra, 18, Evan Bath, 19, and Lance Corporal Chase D. Sweetwood, 19 were identified as the youngest victims
* Marines Lance Cpl. Marco A. Barranco, 21, Pfc. Jack Ryan Ostrovsky, 21, Cpl. Wesley A. Rodd, 23, and Cpl. Cesar A. Villanueva, 21, are also presumed dead
* US Navy Hospitalman Christopher Gnem, 22, is also believed to have died
* Cpl. Rodd recently became a father, grieving family members have revealed
* Lance Cpl. Sweetwood would have turned 19 the day after the accident that took his life
* Seaman Gnem was planning on getting married next year, his girlfriend said

Three teenagers are among the nine service members who died after their amphibious assault vehicle sank in deep water during a training exercise off the coast of Southern California last week.

Only one of the nine victims’ bodies was found, despite an intense days-long search that covered 1,000 nautical miles and involved helicopters and a Navy destroyer, the US Marine Corps said.

Lance Cpl. Guillermo S. Perez, 20, of Texas, was found dead close to the scene near San Clemente Island where the vehicle sank at around 5:45pm on Thursday.

The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit announced on Sunday that the others, from California, Texas, Wisconsin and Oregon, are all ‘presumed dead.’

Privates Bryan J. Baltierra, 18, of California, Evan Bath, 19, of Wisconsin, and Lance Corporal Chase D. Sweetwood, 19, of Oregon have been identified as the youngest of the victims.

Their fellow Marines Lance Cpl. Marco A. Barranco, 21, of California, Pfc. Jack Ryan Ostrovsky, 21, of Oregon, Cpl. Wesley A. Rodd, 23, of Texas, and Cpl. Cesar A. Villanueva, 21, of California, are also presumed dead.

One sailor, US Navy Hospitalman Christopher Gnem, 22, of California, is also believed to have died.

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