Ohio Marine killed in Nevada training exercise
By SCOTT SONNER and TED BRIDISBy SCOTT SONNER and TED BRIDIS, Associated Press?
?A sign telling residents about a memorial service is posted at the Convention Center in Hawthorne, Nev., near the Hawthorne Army Depot on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, where seven Marines were killed and several others seriously injured in a training accident Monday night, about 150 miles southeast of Reno in Nevada's high desert. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
A sign telling residents about a memorial service is posted at the Convention Center in Hawthorne, Nev., near the Hawthorne Army Depot on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, where seven Marines were killed and several others seriously injured in a training accident Monday night, about 150 miles southeast of Reno in Nevada's high desert. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
Brig. Gen. James W. Lukeman, Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division, speaks to press at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, regarding Monday night's mortar shell explosion killed that seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada. The exercise involved members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune. (AP Photo/John Althouse, The Daily News)
Brig. Gen. James W. Lukeman, Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division, speaks to press at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, regarding Monday night's mortar shell explosion killed that seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada. The exercise involved members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune. (AP Photo/The Jacksonville Daily News, John Althouse)
Renown Medical Center emergency room doctor Michael Morkin talks about treating the wounded from Monday night's deadly explosion in Hawthorne that took the lives of seven Marines, during a press conference in Reno, Nev., Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Behind him is Kris Gaw, Chief Operating Officer, Renown Regional Medical Center. Morkin said that the Air Races crash in 2011 helped with the situation in the ER Monday night and Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Tim Dunn)
A sign telling residents about a memorial service is posted at the Convention Center in Hawthorne, Nev., near the Hawthorne Army Depot on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, where seven Marines were killed and several others seriously injured in a training accident Monday night, about 150 miles southeast of Reno in Nevada's high desert. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) ? A 21-year-old Marine from Ohio was among the seven who died after a mortar shell explosion during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert.
Marine Lance Cpl. Josh Taylor's grandfather, Larry Stephens, confirmed Wednesday that he was killed in the training exercise Monday night.
Stephens says his grandson fulfilled a nearly lifelong dream when he joined the military right after graduating from high school in Marietta, Ohio in 2010.
Stephens says his grandson had talked about being a Marine since he was about 5, watching the History Channel and studying the military. After joining, he worked with mortars and served tours in Afghanistan and Kuwait, and was preparing for another tour in Afghanistan.
Stephens calls Taylor "polite, respectful," and says he would "do anything for anybody."
Taylor was engaged to be married, with a wedding planned for May.
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