A Marine sergeant who listed his hometown as Oakland Park was killed Saturday during fighting in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Marlon E. Myrie, 25, was killed "while conducting combat operations" in the hotly contested Helmand Province, the Department of Defense said in a statement Monday. Further details were not released, and a department public affairs officer did not return a phone call.

Myrie was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and records show he lived in Jacksonville, N.C.