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APRACINE, Wis. (AP) - A medical examiner has determined that heroin killed an Army private on leave in Racine.
Twenty-year-old Tue Tran was found dead in an apartment Thanksgiving Day. He was a member of the 10th Mountain Division, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry and on leave from Iraq.
Tran was found dead along with 19-year-old Joseph Dumont. His toxicology tests are pending.
Racine County Medical Examiner Tom Terry says lab tests are still being done to determine whether the heroin was laced with anything.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3898810&page=1'Coming Home: Soldiers and Drugs'
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They were prepared for war. They were prepared to die for their country. But Fort Carson soldiers say they weren't prepared to come home and fight a different battle -- addiction to illegal drugs.
Many of this country's bravest men and women who volunteered to defend America in a time of war have come home wounded -- physically and mentally -- and are turning to illicit drugs as they adjust to normal life, according to soldiers, health experts and advocates.