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CONOVER - One of the five
soldiers killed in an insurgent attack this week in
Afghanistan was from northern Wisconsin.
The U.S. Department of
Defense said Wednesday that 36-year-old Staff Sgt. Matthew
West was among five soldiers who died when insurgents
attacked their unit with explosives in the Arghandab River
Valley Monday. All five were based at Fort Carson, Colo.
West was assigned to the 71st Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Group.
The Department of Defense
lists West's hometown as Conover in Vilas (VEYE'-las)
County.
West's sister, Kristine
Willis, tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle that her
brother was a 1992 graduate of Gaylord High School in
Michigan. She says West is survived by his wife and three
children.
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