INDIANAPOLIS -- A U.S. Army soldier from Fort Wayne died this week in Iraq of injuries he suffered in a non-combat incident, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

Pfc. Richard P. Langenbrunner, 19, died Tuesday in Rustamiyah, Iraq. The death is under investigation, the Defense Department said.

Further details about Langenbrunner's death wasn't immediately available.

Langenbrunner, a 2006 Northrop High School graduate, completed basic combat training at Fort Knox, Ky., in January.

He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division based in Fort Benning, Ga.

Langenbrunner was the seventh person from Indiana to have died in Iraq in the past three weeks. In all, 79 people from Indiana have died after being sent to the Mideast since the buildup for the invasion of Iraq began in 2003.