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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
INDIANAPOLIS -- 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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