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PR soldier killed in Afghanistan crash
By CB Online Staff
A Puerto Rican soldier was among the 11 people killed when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Afghanistan last week.
The Taliban claimed they gunned down the Black Hawk, leading to the crash on Thursday.
Army officials said Monday that among the seven Americans and four Afghans killed was 41-year-old Sgt. Luis Galbreath of San Juan. He was one of four members of the 25th Infantry Division based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii to die in the incident.
The crash happened during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area of southern Afghanistan. It's one of the deadliest air disasters of a war now into its second decade.
