FORT RILEY, Kan. - A Fort Riley soldier from Idaho has been killed in Afghanistan.
The Defense Department says 24-year-old Pfc. Cody Moosman died Tuesday of injuries he suffered when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Paktika province, near the border with Pakistan. Republican Sen. Jerry Moran, of Kansas, says Moosman was on guard duty at the time.
He was assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.
Moosman was from the southeastern Idaho town of Preston. His family issued a statement Wednesday saying he told them starting in the third grade that he had wanted to be in the Army. He enlisted in 2010.
Fort Riley officials say he arrived at the northeastern Kansas post in April 2011. This was his first deployment.
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