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In this undated photo provided by the United States Army, Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Reid is shown. Reid, 27, of Rochester, N.Y., died on Dec. 13, 2012, in Landstuhl, Germany of wounds he suffered on Dec. 9, from an improvised explosive device.
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Rochester soldier dies in Afghanistan

Updated: Saturday, 15 Dec 2012, 7:57 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 15 Dec 2012, 1:57 PM EST

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A soldier from upstate New York has died of wounds suffered in an attack on his unit in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Reid, of Rochester, died Thursday at hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. He was 27.

The Defense Department says Reid was wounded Dec. 9 by an improvised explosive device.

Reid enlisted in the Army in 2006. He served with the 53rd Ordnance Company of the 3rd Ordnance Battalion, and had been deployed from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in Washington.

This was his second deployment to Afghanistan.

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