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Dalton Beals, 18, of Pennsville in Salem County, died Friday and was set to graduate on June 18.
The Crucible is the final test during marine training and is a 54-hour exercise, the Marine Corps website says. The recruits are allowed a limited amount of food and sleep and the final stage is a 9-mile hike.
More than $20,900 had been raised for Dalton's family on a GoFundMe page as of Tuesday.
Beals was part of Echo Company, platoon 2040, and graduated from Pennsville Memorial High School in 2020.
He will be referred to as a Marine.
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