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An Army carry team awaits the remains of Army Spc. Chancellor Keesling during a transfer ceremony Saturday at Dover Air Force Base.

Indy Soldier Dies In Baghdad

DOD: Man Died From Non-Combat-Related Injuries

POSTED: 1:07 pm EDT June 21, 2009
UPDATED: 7:21 pm EDT June 21, 2009

A soldier from Indianapolis was killed in Iraq in a non-combat-related incident, the military said.

Army Spc. Chancellor A. Keesling, 25, died Friday in Baghdad, according to a release from the Department of Defense.

He was assigned to the 961st Engineer Company based in Sharonville, Ohio.

The DOD did not say how Keesling died, but said the incident was under investigation.

Since February 2003, 102 Indiana military personnel have died after being sent to the Mideast for the war in Iraq.

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