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3 Young Marines Found Dead In Car At Gas Station Near Military Base, Police Say

Female Marines Participate In Marine Combat Training At Camp LeJeune

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC - FEBRUARY 22: A company of Marines, both male and female, participate in a 10 kilometer training march carrying 55 pound packs during Marine Combat Training (MCT) on February 22, 2013 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Since 1988 all non-infantry enlisted male Marines have been required to complete 29 days of basic combat skills training at MCT after graduating from boot camp. MCT has been required for all enlisted female Marines since 1997. About six percent of enlisted Marines are female. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Three bodies of young Marines were found dead in a car at a gas station near a North Carolina military base.

North Carolina police found Marine Corps Lance Corporals Tanner J. Kaltenberg, Merax C. Dockery, and Ivan R. Garcia deceased inside of a car Sunday morning at a gas station, according to WECT News 6. The Marines were stationed at Camp Lejeune, the outlet reported. (RELATED: Service Member Found Dead In Pentagon Parking Lot) 

All three Marines were motor vehicle operators with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, according to the outlet.

“During the course of this investigation, the deceased persons were located,” a press release from the Pender County Sheriff’s Office on Facebook read. “There does not appear to have ever been any threat to members of the community.”

“There’s nothing to believe it to be foul play or anything,” Sgt. Chester Ward of the Pender County Sheriff’s Department told Port City Daily. “We’re waiting for an autopsy report, but we have an idea of probably what happened.”

Sgt. Ward also said there were no drugs inside the vehicle, ABC 11 reported.

Sheriff Alan Cutler stated he does not know how long it will take for the results of the autopsy report, according to WECT News 6.

The deaths of the three Marines comes nearly a month after four Camp Pendleton soldiers died in a car crash in California, according to ABC 7.