The Department of Defense today announced an Iowa soldier has died in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon reports Command Sgt. Major John Laborde, 53, of Waterloo died Thursday at the Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan.
The Department reports Command Sgt. Major Laborde died after a non-combat related incident. He was assigned with the 649th Regional Support Group, out of Cedar Rapids.
We will follow this news story as more details come out.
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Previous stops: Main News Anchor at WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, WI (twice, both in news and sports), Sports Director in Duluth, MN, Sports Reporter in Topeka, KS and Sports Producer in Madison, WI.
Graduated in 1997 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, political science and broadcast journalism.
Even with most of my career coming in TV, I actually love writing, with three published novels to my credit -- all set in the Midwest.
