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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Ala. soldier killed in Afghanistan



RED BAY, Ala. (AP) -Authorities say a soldier from Alabama has been killed in Afghanistan. The Florence Time sDaily reports that 21-year-old Cpl. Christopher Roger Bell was on a morning patrol in northeastern Afghanistan, when officials said a roadside bomb detonated Saturday.
Officials said three other members of his unit died from injuries sustained in the blast.
Bell was a member of the U.S. Army's 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, a military police unit stationed at Joint Base Elmenorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska.
Family members said that he had been in Afghanistan since March

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