Army Cpl. Conor G. Masterson

Died April 8, 2007 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom

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21, of Woodbury, Minn.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Hohenfels, Germany; died April 8 in eastern Afghanistan of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

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Minnesota soldier killed in Afghanistan

The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — A soldier from Inver Grove Heights has died of wounds suffered in an attack in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said April 9.

Army Pfc. Conor G. Masterson, 21, died April 7 of wounds he suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, the Defense Department said in a news release.

Masterson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, based at Hohenfels, Germany.

Further information on the attack was not immediately released. A public affairs officer with the 1st Armored Division in Germany did not immediately return a phone call seeking details.

His death raised number of people with strong Minnesota ties who have died in connection with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to 57. Masterson was the third killed in Afghanistan.