The Desert Sun is reporting a Marine corporal stationed at Twentynine Palms and serving in Afghanistan has died, the second local Marine killed in Afghanistan this month.

CPL Zachary C. Reiff, 22, of Preston, Iowa, died Monday from wounds received from an explosive device while on patrol in Helmand province, the U.S. Marine Corps reported.

Reiff was an anti-tank missileman assigned to 3rd Battalion; 7th Marine Regiment; 1st Marine Division based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms.

He joined the Marine Corps in December 2008. This was his second deployment to Afghanistan, the Marine Corps said.

Reiff was wounded on Friday and died Monday night at a hospital in Germany, said Dave Miller, principal of Preston High School where Reiff graduated.

He said that Reiff’s parents, Marcia and Matt Reiff of Preston, flew to Germany on Saturday.

Reiff was a wrestler and football player in high school and participated in plays and student government, Miller said.

“He was a good kid,” Miller said.

Reiff’s personal service awards include the Purple Heart with gold star device, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with bronze star device, the Marine Corps said.

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