Camp Pendleton Marine Killed in Afghanistan ID'd

1. A 24-year-old Texan based at Camp Pendleton became the latest Marine to die in combat in Afghanistan, it was reported Saturday. Lance Cpl. Benjamin Whetstone Schmidt of San Antonio, killed Thursday in Helmand province, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment. Schmidt was the son of Dr. David Schmidt, an orthopedic surgeon and team doctor for the San Antonio Spurs basketball team. His mother, marriage and family therapist Becky Whetstone, is a former columnist for the San Antonio Express-News, it was reported Saturday.

2. A motorist died in a collision on Bear Valley Parkway Saturday, according to California Highway Patrol dispatch. A blue van and white car collided near state Route 78 occurred shortly before 2:30 a.m. according to the CHP. No other information was immediately available.

3. San Diego State University officials and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego, paid respects Friday to students killed during military service. The 15th annual ceremony, part of Homecoming Week activities on campus, took place on the lawn outside the trolley station because the War Memorial has been temporarily displaced by construction on a new student union building.