Army Staff Sgt. Nathan L. Wyrick

Died October 10, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom

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34, of Enumclaw, Wash.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Oct. 10 in Ahmad Khan, Afghanistan, of combat-related injuries.

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Soldier from Enumclaw killed in Afghanistan

The Associated Press

TACOMA, Wash. - The Defense Department says a soldier from Enumclaw died Monday in Afghanistan of combat-related injuries.

Sgt. Nathan L. Wyrick, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. He formerly was based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

The News Tribune reports he leaves a wife and four sons. He was a 1996 graduate of Franklin Pierce High School who played football.

Wyrick, 34, was a supply specialist who deployed to Afghanistan in March. He had two previous deployments to Iraq.