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Coronado-Based Sailor Dies in Iraq

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File photo of Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan courtesy of his family. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
File photo of Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan courtesy of his family. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

A sailor with the U.S. Navy based in Coronado, California, was the American service member killed in Iraq Thursday, Defense Department officials confirmed Friday.

Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan, 34, died Thursday from injuries suffered by an “improvised explosive device,” or roadside bomb, officials said.

Read the entire NBC7 story here.



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