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JBLM-based soldier wounded in Afghanistan dies


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Posted : Monday Jan 16, 2012 20:56:56 EST

A soldier based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., died Jan. 15 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, the Pentagon announced Monday.

Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin B. Wise, 34, of Little Rock, Ark., died of injuries sustained Jan. 9 in Balkh province, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group.

No further information was available.

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