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Pentagon Says Florida Soldier Dies in Afghanistan

By: Assoicated Press
Posted: Thu 10:35 PM, Mar 15, 2012

Washington, D.C. (AP) - The Department of Defense says a 21-year-old soldier from Marianna, Fla., has died in Afghanistan.

The agency said Thursday in a news release that Spc. Daquane D. Rivers died Wednesday of injuries suffered in a non-combat-related incident in Paktika province.

He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Grafenwoehr, Germany.


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