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North Carolina-based soldier killed in Afghanistan

Submitted by WWAY on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:56am.READ MORE:

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Military officials have announced the death of a North Carolina-based soldier serving in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense said on Wednesday that 32-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Carlos M. Santos-Silva of Clarksville, Tenn., died March 22 in Kandahar province of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

Santos-Silva was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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