(LEAD) Marine-medal (LEAD) Nat'l security merit order awarded to Marine killed during search operations(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in para 5) SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday awarded an order of national security merit to a Marine who died during search and rescue operations for victims of torrential rains earlier this week, the Marine Corps said. The government honored late Marine Cpl. Chae Su-geun of the 1st Marine Division with the Gwangbok Medal, an order of national security merit, in a ceremony at the unit's headquarters in Pohang, 262 kilometers southeast of Seoul.
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