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Co Down soldier killed in Afghanistan

A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment who was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan has been named by the UK's Ministry of Defence as Lance Corporal Stephen McKee.

Co Down soldier killed in Afghanistan

Fri, 11 Mar, 2011 - 07:58

A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment who was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan has been named by the UK's Ministry of Defence as Lance Corporal Stephen McKee.

L/Cpl McKee, from County Down, Northern Ireland, was in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand Province when his vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Wednesday.

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