U.S. Marine Dies During Nighttime Training at Camp Pendleton

View of the main entrance to the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, Calif. on July 26, 2019. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.—A Camp Pendleton-based U.S. Marine died this week during a nighttime training exercise at the northern San Diego County military installation, a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) official confirmed on Aug. 18.

The fatality took place on Ag. 17, said Maj. Joshua Pena, director of Communication Strategy and Operations, Marine Corps Training and Education Command.