20-year-old Marine from Hatfield dies in Bahrain

A Montgomery County Marine died in Bahrain on Sunday, the Department of Defense announced yesterday.

Lance Cpl. Travis M. Stottlemyer, 20, of Hatfield, died as a result of a nonhostile incident in Manama, the department said. The Marines would not release any further information on his death, saying it was under investigation.

Stottlemyer, in Bahrain as part of the U.S. operation in Iraq, was assigned to the Third Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Company in Norfolk, Va., according to a news release from the Marines.

- Mari A. Schaefer