
MINNEAPOLIS — A soldier from Minnesota has died after being injured in Iraq, his family and the Department of Defense said Nov. 29.
Sgt. 1st Class John J. Tobiason, 42, of Hayfield, died Nov. 28 in Baghdad of injuries he suffered in an incident that is under investigation, the department said.
Tobiason grew up in Bloomington — graduating from Kennedy High School — and had volunteered to stay longer in Iraq after his tour ended in October, his sister, Nancy Mitchell, told the Star Tribune on Nov. 29. He was assigned to the 847th Adjutant General Battalion, 89th Regional Readiness Command, Wichita, Kan.
Mitchell said all the family knows about the...