U.S. Special Forces Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

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An Army Special Forces soldier died on Aug. 12, five days after he was wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan.

Sgt. 1st Class Reymund Rarogal Transfiguracion, 36, of Hawaii, died at a hospital in Germany. The attack with an improvised explosive device occurred in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Transfiguracion was deployed to Afghanistan in March, the Army Times reported.
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