Army investigating two non-combat deaths

Soldier from Augusta dies in Afghanistan
The Augusta Chronicle
By Jenna Martin
Staff Writer
Thursday, July 4, 2013

U.S. Army Spc.Hilda I. Clayton, 22, of Augusta, died Tuesday in a non-combat incident in Afghanistan. She was stationed at Fort Meade in Maryland

A 22-year-old soldier from Augusta died Tuesday in a non-combat incident in Afghanistan.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced Wednesday that Army Spc. Hilda I. Clayton died in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, after the incident occurred in Qaraghahi, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation and no details were released.

Clayton, stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Md., was a combat documentation specialist and assigned to the 55th Signal Co., a combat camera unit, 21st Signal Brigade, said Fort Meade spokesman Chad Jones.
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Utah soldier dies in non-combat incident in Qatar
FOX 13
by Brittany Green-Miller
July 4, 2013

CLEARFIELD, Utah – A Utah soldier died in a non-combat incident in Qatar this week.

44-year-old First Sgt. Tracy L. Stapley died July 3 at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar, the Department of Defense said in a statement released Thursday.
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