
MINNEAPOLIS — A soldier from Inver Grove Heights has died of wounds suffered in an attack in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said April 9.
Army Pfc. Conor G. Masterson, 21, died April 7 of wounds he suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, the Defense Department said in a news release.
Masterson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, based at Hohenfels, Germany.
Further information on the attack was not immediately released. A public affairs officer with the 1st Armored Division in Germany did not immediately return a phone call seeking details.
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