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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Family, friends and fellow soldiers are remembering Wednesday a Fort Carson-based soldier who died while serving in Iraq.
Staff Sgt. Chad Barrett of Saltville, Va., died in Mosul on Feb. 2. The Defense Department has not said how Barrett died, only that he died as the result of a noncombat incident.
An investigation is ongoing.
Barrett was assigned to the 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
He was an 11-year Army veteran who was on his second tour of duty in Iraq.
Barrett is survived by his wife, Michelle, a son, Zachary, and a stepdaughter, Taylor Chidley.
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Information from: Stephanie Wurtz/KRDO-TV,
