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2nd Soldier Confirmed Dead In Afghanistan

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Sep 19, 2008 1:00 pm US/Central

2nd Soldier Confirmed Dead In Afghanistan

Joshua Harris Died In Roadside Bomb Explosion

ROBBINS, Ill. (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Specialist Joshua Harris of Oak Park was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
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The Illinois Army National Guard now says two of its soldiers are dead after an explosion in Afghanistan.

The National Guard says Specialist Joshua Harris of Oak Park died Wednesday after a roadside-bomb explosion. He was 21.

The guard earlier reported that the explosion killed 24-year-old Sergeant Jason Antonio Vazquez of Chicago.

Vazquez and Harris were part of Battery B of the 122nd Field Artillery's Second Battalion, which is based in Robbins.

The two were among about 200 Illinois Army National Guard soldiers in Afghanistan.

Earlier, the Defense Department also reported that a 19-year-old Illinois soldier died Wednesday in Iraq. Private First Class Leonard Gulczynski of Carol Stream died after a vehicle accident.