
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — A 22-year-old soldier from Maine who completed two tours in Iraq has been killed by “non-combat” fire while serving in Afghanistan, his grandfather said Tuesday.
There was no official confirmation of the death of Spc. Justin Buxbaum, a 2004 graduate of South Portland High School.
Buxbaum’s grandfather, Donald Buxbaum of Chebeague Island, said Buxbaum’s mother, who moved to Georgia last summer, was told Monday that her son was killed by a gunshot to the abdomen in a “non-combat accident.”
Buxbaum’s death was first reported by South Portland High School Principal Jeanne Crocker, who got the news...