Army Captain's dead in Iraq under investigation

Army captain from Carlisle killed in Iraq
By staff reports, April 6, 2011

A 1993 graduate of Boiling Springs High School and a member of the Shippensburg University Class of 2001 died in Iraq on Monday.

Capt. Wesley J. Hinkley, 36, of Carlisle, died as a result of a non-combat related incident, the Department of Defense announced on Tuesday.

Hinkley was assigned to the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade from Fort Stewart, Ga.

During his high school years, Hinkley was a member of the chess club, Boiling Springs High School Principal Joe Mancuso said.

He served in the Army, returned to Shippensburg University, where he was a history major and a member of the university's Army ROTC program, and then returned to the Army as an officer, Gene Mizdail, recruiting operations officer with the Shippensburg University Army ROTC, said.

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Army captain from Carlisle killed in Iraq