Fourth soldier dies from IED explosion in Afghanistan

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A fourth soldier died Sunday from wounds he received from a roadside bomb blast that occurred last week in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said in a statement Monday.

Sgt. Jason Mitchell McClary, 24, from Export, Penn., was supporting the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. He was serving in the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division when he was struck by an improvised explosive device in Andar, Ghazni Province. He died in Landstuhl, Germany.

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