Two more non-combat deaths in Iraq, both from Fort Stewart

Military probes Shippensburg University graduate's death in Baghdad

Staff report

The recent death of a Shippensburg University graduate in Iraq is under investigation.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced this week that Capt. Wesley J. Hinkley, 36, Carlisle, died Monday in Baghdad as a result of a non-combat incident.

He was assigned to the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, Fort Stewart, Ga.
A "non-combat related incident" may include an accident or suicide, according to Kevin Larson, military spokesman for the public affairs office in Fort Stewart, Ga.
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Woodstock soldier dies from non-combat injuries
by Barbara P. Jacoby
bjacoby@cherokeetribune.com
April 07, 2011 10:36 PM
Family and friends are remembering a Woodstock man who died while serving in Iraq.

U.S. Army Spec. Gary Lee Nelson III, 20, died on Tuesday from injuries suffered in a non-combat incident in Mosul, Iraq.

Further details have not yet been released by the Department of Defense, as his death is being investigated, which is routine for all military deaths.

A department spokesman said a casualty assistance officer will stay in contact with the family to give them updates about the process and the return of his remains.

Nelson's family traveled to to Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Wednesday to bring him home.


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