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Orlando soldier dies of wounds suffered in Iraq


Orlando soldier dies of wounds suffered in Iraq

By Anika Myers Palm, Orlando Sentinel
8:29 p.m. EDT, June 18, 2011

An Orlando soldier has died of wounds he suffered in Iraq, the Department of Defense said today.

U.S. Army Spc. Marcos A. Cintron, 32, died Thursday at a Boston hospital after he was injured June 6 in Baghdad after an attack on his unit.

Cintron was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division of Fort Riley, Kan. Five other soldiers from his unit died as a result of the same June 6 attack, according to the defense department.
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