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Stryker soldier killed

Apr-27-2006 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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By CHRIS TALBOTT, Staff Writer

A roadside bomb killed a U.S. Army soldier based at the Fort Wainwright Army Post during a patrol in Iraq, according to the military.

The soldier was a member of the 172nd Stryker Combat Team, but his name and unit were withheld and won't be released until this afternoon.

The soldier was the fifth with ties to Fairbanks to die in Iraq in less than a month.

U.S. Army Alaska spokesman Maj. Kirk Gohlke said the soldier was killed Tuesday when the bomb exploded near his Stryker vehicle, which was on a routine mounted patrol in Mosul.

The soldier's family has been notified.

Three others were injured in the explosion, which happened at about 12:05 a.m. ADT. Two of the three were treated and returned to duty. A third was evacuated to the 47th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq for treatment of injuries described as not serious.


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