Defense Department: Indiana soldier dies in Iraq
Soldiers from the US-led coalition forces are seen during the handover of the K1 Air Base to the Iraqi Army from the US-led coalition in Kirkuk, Iraq on March 29, 2020. (Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska (AP) — The Department of Defense says a U.S. Army soldier who was based at Fort Wainwright in Alaska has died in Iraq.
The department says 23-year-old Sgt. Christopher Wesley Curry, of Terre Haute, Indiana, died from a non-combat-related incident Monday in Iraq.
A news release says the matter is under investigation.
The release says Curry was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.
In the photo from Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, soldiers from the US-led coalition forces are seen during the handover of the K1 Air Base to the Iraqi Army from the US-led coalition in Kirkuk, Iraq on March 29, 2020.