KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Defense says a 20-year-old Kingston man serving in Afghanistan has been killed in an improvised explosive device attack.

Pfc. Douglas Cordo died of his injuries on Aug. 19 in Zabul, Afghanistan.

The Defense Department says he was assigned to the First Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, First Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

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