FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) -- A
Fort Riley soldier from Oklahoma was killed last week in Balad, Iraq, of noncombat-related injuries, the Department of
Defense reported Friday.
Spc. Jeffrey S. Henthorn, 25,
of Choctaw, died Tuesday, the
military said. He was assigned to
the 24th Transportation Company and was in Iraq as part of
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
A Fort Riley spokesman Friday
night said he did not have any
information on the details of
Henthorn's death.
About 120 soldiers with the
24th Transportation Company,
541st Maintenance Battalion,
937th Engineer Group deployed
on Dec. 26 for a second tour in
Iraq.
As of Saturday, at least 1,457
U.S. military members have died
since the war in Iraq began in
March 2003.
