Fort Bragg-based soldier killed in Afghanistan

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) – The Department of Defense says a soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division has died in Afghanistan.

Military officials say 26-year-old Spc. Krystal M. Fitts of Houston, Texas, died July 17 in Kandahar. Of injuries suffered from indirect fire.

Fitts was was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.

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