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Tohono O'odham Nation soldier killed in Iraq


A soldier from the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona was killed on Sunday in Iraq.

Pfc. Seferino Reyna, an Army combat engineer and father of two, died when his vehicle was hit by a homemade bomb. He was 20 years old.

Reyna is the 21st American Indian or Alaska Native to be killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, The Arizona Daily Star reported, citing figures from the Pentagon.

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