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Eastern MO soldier killed in Afghanistan

By Tom Weber, KWMU

St. Louis, MO – The Pentagon said Tuesday morning a soldier from eastern Missouri has died in Afghanistan.

Specialist Blake Hall was from East Prairie, Mo. near Sikeston. Hall and three other soldiers died Sunday when a bomb went off near their vehicle as they were out on patrol.

Hall, 20, and was assigned to a battalion based in Italy.

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