Minn. Marine killed in Afghanistan

Published 3:38 pm Monday, December 20, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS — A Marine from Minnesota has been killed in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense reports 21-year-old Cpl. Sean Osterman of Princeton died Thursday.

Osterman was wounded last Tuesday while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.