Funeral services are planned Saturday for a paratrooper who was found dead in his barracks in Vicenza, Italy on June 1, according to a news report.

Staff Sgt. Krasean Clayborn of the 173rd Airborne Brigade served as a paratrooper and career counselor, and he was also known as a DJ, performing in Europe under the names DJ Legend and Mr. Mayhem, Fox6now.com in Milwaukee reported.

Officials are investigating the circumstances of his death, and said no foul play was suspected, Stars and Stripes reported.

Services will be held in his hometown of Milwaukee.

Clayborn 36, enlisted in the Navy in 2003, left the military in 2007 and joined the Army in 2010, according to an obituary. He was assigned to the 173rd in 2016.

As a DJ, he was the founder of a military DJ forum called Military DJ Network, the obituary said.

He leaves behind his wife, Latisha Clayborn, and their 12-year-old son. His wife recently found out she was pregnant with twins, Fox6 reported.

Clayborn’s awards included the Army Commendation Medal and the Army Achievement Medal.

About Noah Nash

Noah Nash is a rising senior at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. At school, he is the editor in chief of the Collegian Magazine and the digital director of the Collegian, Kenyon's newspaper.

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