
SPOKANE, Wash. — An Army sergeant from suburban Spokane has died of non-combat injuries in Iraq, the Department of Defense says.
Sgt. Curt E. Jordan, Jr., 25, of Greenacres, died near Bayji, Iraq.
Jordan was involved in a minesweeping operation and fumes from a chemical he encountered apparently triggered a lethal reaction, perhaps from allergies, according to his stepmother, Tina Jordan.
The family does not know the details, Jordan said in a telephone interview.
Jordan was assigned to the 14th Combat Engineer Battalion, 555th Combat Engineer Group, based at Fort Lewis, Wash. He was the second soldier from the battalion to die in three days.
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