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Army IDs soldier killed by Kandahar bomb
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:52:51 EST
Posted : Friday Nov 20, 2009 14:52:51 EST
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — The Defense Department says a Fort Lewis soldier was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Spc. Joseph M. Lewis, 26, of Terrell, Texas, was a member of the 5th Stryker Brigade.
The News Tribune of Tacoma reports he was the 29th member of the brigade to die since it deployed in July.
Lewis previously served a 12-month tour in Korea and was on his first deployment to Afghanistan. He leaves behind a wife, Theresa, and an infant daughter, Abigail, according to the Terrell (Texas) Tribune.
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