Spc Ciara Durkin
Irish-born US soldier dies in Afghanistan
The United States military is investigating the shooting dead of an Irish-born soldier in Afghanistan late last week.
Spc. Ciara M. Durkin, 30, of Quincy, Mass., died Sept. 28 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the 726th Finance Battalion, Massachusetts Army National Guard, West Newton, Mass. Release No. 1171-07, October 01, 2007
Boston Herald data below:
Ciara Durkin (29) from Quincy, Massachusetts, originally from Connemara, (Ireland) was reported as killed in action on September 27th in Afghanistan. She was a member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, and had been serving in Afghanistan for almost a year. Ciara left Ireland with her parents, Tommy and Angela, when she was nine years old, but returned for a time to attend secondary school in Carraroe.
110th female death in the OIL War