Brandon Garabrant, 19, was one of three Marines killed by a roadside bomb this week

A Marine whose request to wear his uniform at his high school graduation last year was refused by school officials has been killed in Afghanistan.

Brandon Garabrant, 19, was one of three Marines killed by a roadside bomb this week.

Garabrant gained fame last year when he asked to wear his dress blues to his graduation from ConVal Regional High School in New Hampshire. But the school's principal, citing regulation, told him he had to wear the traditional cap and gown.