A Fort Campbell soldier from the California died this weekend after his unit was attacked in Afghanistan with an improvised explosive device.
The military said 24-year-old Spc. Brett W. Land, of Wasco, Calif., died on Saturday after the explosion occurred in the Zhari district in the Kandahar. He was assigned to the Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
Land joined the Army in the November 2008 and arrived at the Fort Campbell in August 2009.
He is survived by his wife, Sarah E. Meija, and daughter, Riley E. Land, of Hesperia, Calif.; and parents, Kenneth and Gretchen Land, both of Bakersfield, Calif.
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