A Fort Lewis soldier died of an illness Tuesday, a week after he was evacuated from Afghanistan, where he was serving with a Stryker brigade, the Department of Defense announced Friday.
Sgt. Carlos E. Gill, 25, of Fayetteville N.C., died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The Army did not disclose the nature of the illness.
Gill had been evacuated from Kandahar Air Field on Dec. 19. He was assigned to the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
According to unit records, Gill enlisted in 2005, was assigned to Fort Lewis in July 2008 and went with his unit to Afghanistan a year later.
This was his first deployment.
Gill was a member of the Stryker brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment.
Now about halfway through its yearlong deployment in southern Afghanistan, the Fort Lewis-based brigade has lost several troops. Thirty-one soldiers have been reported killed in action, most from explosions.
Matt Misterek, staff writer
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