ABERDEEN, N.C. — An Army Ranger from Aberdeen has died in Afghanistan of non-combat-related injuries, the military said.
Spc. George V. Libby, 23, died Aug. 20 near Khowst. The Army said his death is being investigated.
Libby, a Pine Crest High School graduate, was an automatic rifleman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, at Fort Lewis, Wash. This was his second deployment.
“George joined the Army because of Sept. 11,” his wife, Valorie Avent Libby, said in a statement released by the Army. “He believed in this mission, and I believed in him. My husband was a good and loving person.”
Libby was assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment after...