
RALEIGH, N.C. — A seventh 82nd Airborne paratrooper wounded in a March 5 blast in Iraq has died, a military spokeswoman said March 17.
Spc. Joshua M. Boyd, 30, died March 14 at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was wounded March 5 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his unit in Samarra, Iraq.
The deaths were the largest loss of life in the past three years for the Fort Bragg-based airborne division.
Boyd was from Abilene, Texas, and assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, according to a news release from the 82nd.
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