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Fort Benning soldier dies in Iraq
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 3, 2009 20:24:44 EST
Posted : Tuesday Nov 3, 2009 20:24:44 EST
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Defense Department says a Fort Benning soldier from Colorado Springs has died in Iraq of injuries from a noncombat incident.
Military officials said Tuesday that 21-year-old Spc. Jonathon M. Sylvestre died Monday in Kut, Iraq. Details of his injuries weren’t released.
Sylvestre was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
The circumstances of his death are under investigation.
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