{"id":45512,"date":"2018-09-04T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/04\/american-service-member-in-afghanistan-dies-in-non-combat-incident\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:37:40","slug":"american-service-member-in-afghanistan-dies-in-non-combat-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/09\/04\/american-service-member-in-afghanistan-dies-in-non-combat-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"American service member in Afghanistan dies in non-combat incident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. service member died Tuesday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/27\/green-beret-dies-in-non-combat-incident-while-serving-in-papua-new-guinea\/\" target=\"_blank\">non-combat related incident<\/a> while deployed to eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/03\/top-us-general-departs-for-pakistan-india-to-bolster-afghanistan-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghanistan<\/a>, according to a release from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/02\/us-general-assumes-nato-command-in-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Forces-Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USFA did not release the the service member\u2019s name, as the Defense Department releases names of deceased troops 24 hours after notification of next-of-kin.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/03\/us-service-member-killed-in-apparent-insider-attack-in-afghanistan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/afghanistan.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US service member killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The service member is the sixth American killed in Afghanistan this year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident is under investigation, the release said. 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