Radhames Camilo Matos
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Age: 24
From: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Sgt. Radhames Camilo Matos died Jan. 7 of non-combat-related injuries in Taji, Iraq.
Died: January 07, 2006
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Fort Hood soldier dies in Iraq
FORT HOOD, Texas — A 4th Infantry Division soldier died in Iraq over the weekend of non-combat-related causes, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
The death of Sgt. Radhames Camilo Matos brings to 11 the number of 4th Infantry soldiers who have died in Iraq since late December, when the bulk of the division’s 17,000-plus soldiers returned to the war zone.
Camilo Matos, 24, of Carolina, Puerto Rico, died in Taji on Jan. 7. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, based at Fort Hood.
Division spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington, reached by phone Tuesday in Baghdad, said he could not provide further details of Camilo Matos’ death, which remains under investigation.
Five 4th Infantry soldiers were killed last week in Najaf when an improvised bomb detonated near their Humvee during convoy operations.
Among the five was Sgt....