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  • 1,000th GI killed in Afghan war was on 2nd tour

    06/05/2010 7:42:35 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 8 replies · 245+ views
    Ap myway ^ | May 30, 2010 | AUL J. WEBER
    1,000th GI killed in Afghan war was on 2nd tour May 30, 4:41 AM (ET) By PAUL J. WEBER KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) - The 1,000th American serviceman killed in Afghanistan was born on the Fourth of July. He died several days before Americans honor fallen troops on Memorial Day. Marine Cpl. Jacob C. Leicht was killed Thursday when he stepped on a land mine in Helmand province that ripped off his right arm. It was the 24-year-old Texan's second deployment overseas. Leicht had begged to return to the battlefield after a bomb took out his Humvee in Iraq. He spent...