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Soldier who died in Iraq had just been married

Associated Press



FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- A Fort Campbell soldier who died Saturday in Iraq had just celebrated his wedding to another soldier earlier this month in Alabama, his family said.

The Defense Department said Monday that Staff Sgt. Jonathan W. Dean, 25, of Henagar, Ala., died of injuries suffered in a noncombat-related incident in Tikrit, Iraq.

He was assigned to the 561st Military Police Company, 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. The military said the circumstances surrounding his death are under investigation.

Pam Dean, his stepmother, said Tuesday that the family had dropped him off at the airport to return to Iraq on Dec. 14 and he had been in Iraq only three days before his death.

Dean and his wife, Staff Sgt. Anne M. Dore, were married on Dec. 6. His wife, who also is assigned to Fort Campbell, also was deployed, but has returned for the funeral service.

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[w8liftinglady]

1. I hate this war.

and have sworn to do everything in my meager power to end it.This shouldn't happen to any more families.

[marylanddem]

2. Bring them all home NOW. Then put the war criminals on trial.

[firedupdem]

3. How sad. Even worse is the fact that we shouldn't even be over

there. Uuugh. My prayers are with his family and the rest so senselessly taken.