A second Marine from Kane'ohe Bay has been killed in Iraq just weeks into a new deployment.

The Pentagon said Lance Cpl. James Chamroeun, 20, of Union City, Ga., died on Thursday of wounds received while conducting combat operations in western Anbar province.

Chamroeun, a radio operator, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. He joined the Marines in July 2004 and reported to Hawai'i in February 2005.

He had deployed to Afghan-istan with the same battalion from May 2005 to January of this year.

Pfc. Christopher Riviere, 21, was killed in Iraq on Tuesday. His death was the first for the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines.

Riviere, a rifleman from Cooper City, Fla., also died from wounds received during combat operations, the Pentagon said. He was part of a security detail when he was felled by small-arms fire.

Nearly 1,000 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment deployed to Iraq to replace another Hawai'i-based unit, the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.

Fourteen Marines with the unit were killed since March.

Meanwhile, military officials yesterday also announced the death of a soldier from the Federated States of Micronesia.

Pfc. Henry Paul, 24, of Kolonia in the state of Pohnpei, and another soldier died Tuesday in Baghdad of injuries received when their M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled over, the defense officials said.

The incident is under investigation, the Pentagon said.

Paul and Staff Sgt. Edward C. Reynolds Jr., 27, of Groves, Texas, who also died in the incident, were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in Fort Hood, Texas.

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