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Paratrooper dies from gunshot wound in N.C.


Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Dec 2, 2008 11:18:30 EST

A soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division died early last Friday morning from a gunshot wound to the head at the Cambridge Arms apartment complex in Fayetteville, N.C., according to a press release.

Sgt. Christopher Mark Lewis Irvin, 23, of Statesboro, Ga., was a vehicle maintenance shop foreman with the 508th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne, at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Irvin, who joined the Army in September 2005, arrived at the 82nd Airborne in April 2006 and deployed in January 2007 to Afghanistan, where he served for 15 months.

He is survived by his wife, Shakarie D. Irvin, son, Christopher Mark Lewis Irvin Jr., and mother, Andretta M. Golden.

The Fayetteville Police Department is investigating the incident. Spokeswoman Theresa Chance declined to provide more details, except to say that Irvin was shot in the head and that he lived next door to the Cambridge Arms complex.

Sgt. Christopher Mark Lewis Irvin

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