Marine embassy security guard dies on duty in Republic of Congo
By Irene Loewenson
Dec 31, 04:35 PM
A Marine security guard stationed in the capital of the Republic of Congo died on Dec. 19 while on duty, according to his parents.
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Maurice Dural, 20, of Lafayette, Louisiana, had been serving at the U.S. embassy in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, since April.
Dalton Dural, the Marine’s father, said Saturday he couldn’t provide more specifics about his son’s death.
In response to a Marine Corps Times query about Nicholas Dural’s death, a State Department spokesperson on Friday confirmed the death of a U.S. service member in the Republic of Congo but declined to comment further. The Marine Corps didn’t respond over the weekend to a Marine Corps Times request for comment.
For the Dural family, the loss of the young Marine is “unimaginable,” said his mother, Kimberly Dural.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2023/12/31/marine-embassy-security-guard-dies-on-duty-in-republic-of-congo/
