09/05/08 06:32 AM
JAMESTOWN
Local soldier in Iraq dies of noncombat injury
JAMESTOWN — A Jamestown soldier died Tuesday in Baghdad after suffering a noncombat-related injury, the Defense Department announced Thursday.
Pfc. Patrick W. May had been assigned to the Division of Special Troops Battalion with the 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum.
May’s death was under investigation, defense officials said.
Further details about the cause of death were unavailable late Thursday.
May’s death marked the first U. S. military casualty in Iraq in September. According to the Defense Department, 4,154 U. S. troops have been killed in Iraq since combat operations began March 19, 2003.
