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The 1847 battle over Mexico City is recalled on the U.S. side in the opening line of the Marines’ Hymn: “From the Halls of Montezuma ...”

Others affected, he said, include Marines, Coast Guard service members and Border Patrol agents.

Two California Marines, including one from Southern California, who died after an accident in New Mexico on Tuesday while supporting Border Patrol units were identified Thursday by their division.

The three Marines were involved in a crash during a convoy movement near Santa Teresa, N.M., on Tuesday, although their exact activities, the extent of injuries for the third Marine, the causes of death and a timeline of events were not disclosed by the military.

Following the crash, the Marines were transported to University Medical Hospital in El Paso, where the two Californians were pronounced dead.