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Marine 'pursued a dream to fly'

After college, Nathanael Doring followed his dreams of flying and landed in the Marines, where the 31-year-old Apple Valley, Minn., man met the second love of his life: his wife. The two served as captains in Iraq, and in April, he extended his second tour of duty so he could return to the U.S. this summer, shortly before she would.

Nathanael Doring, who flew attack helicopters with the Marines, died this past weekend when his AH-1 Cobra crashed into a deep lake about 45 miles west of Baghdad.

Searchers recovered his body from the cockpit Monday, along with that of a 25-year-old corporal, and their families were notified of their deaths. The accident happened during a routine maintenance test flight near an airbase and was not combat related, according to the military.

The cause of the crash is still undetermined, Doring's family said.

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