Fallen Marine returns home to Egg Harbor Twp.

EGG HARBOR TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- A fallen Marine received a full military escort from Philadelphia International Airport to a funeral home in his native Egg Harbor Township on Thursday.

The body of Private First Class Tyler Wechsler was returned from Hawaii after the 21-year-old was found dead on a hiking trail last week.

The Egg Harbor Township High School graduate was stationed at the Hawaii Marine Corps base.

His death remains under investigation.

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