NORFOLK, Va. — The Pentagon announced Saturday that a Norfolk-based Marine died in Iraq.

Capt. William Pelletier, a Marine Corps spokesman based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, said Cpl. Erik Garoutte of Santee, California, died Friday in Baghdad “as a result of unknown causes.”

Pelletier said he had no additional information about Garoutte’s death.

Garoutte was assigned to the 1st Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, Marine Corps Security Force Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Norfolk.

Pelletier said Garoutte joined the Marine Corps in November 2005.

A release from the Defense Department said the incident is under investigation.