A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier died Sunday after sustaining injuries Jan. 9 in the Balkh province, Afghanistan. He sustained the injuries after his unit was attacked with small-arms fire, The United States Department of Defense reported.
Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin B. Wise, 34, of Little Rock, Ark., died from his injuries Jan. 15 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
A friend of the Wise family emailed the newsroom tonight and said that Wise's brother, Jeremy Wise, was killed in Afghanistan while working as a contractor. An article from the Hope Star, a newspaper in Arkansas, reported that Wise was a Navy SEAL until 2009, just before becoming a contractor.
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