MINNEAPOLIS — A soldier from Bovey, Minn., has died in Iraq, the Defense Department announced Dec. 10.
Army Spc. Randy W. Pickering, 31, died Dec. 9 in Baghdad of “injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident,” the department said in a news release.
Pickering was assigned to the Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, based in Vilseck, Germany.
“The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation,” the news release said.
Pickering was from Bovey, an Iron Range town about five miles northeast of Grand Rapids, or about 25 miles southwest of Hibbing.
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