Minnesota soldier killed in Afghanistan
(AP) - A soldier from Minnesota has been killed while trying to disarm an explosive device in Afghanistan.
The Department of Defense says Staff Sgt. Brian E. Studer, 28, of Roseau died August 22 in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
He was assigned to the 720th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 28th Transportation Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade out of Mannheim, Germany.
He's the 74th person with strong Minnesota ties to have died in connection with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
His mother, Ellen, of Ramsey, tells the Star Tribune her son had been in the Army for nine years and was scheduled to leave the service early next year.
After she gave that interview, Studer's family said through the military that they did not wish to speak with the media.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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