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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) � A soldier from Minnesota has been killed while trying to disarm an explosive device in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense said 28-year-old Staff Sgt. Brian E. Studer of Ramsey died Friday in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
He was assigned to the 720th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 28th Transportation Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade out of Mannheim, Germany.

He's the 74th person with strong Minnesota ties to have died in connection with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

His mother, Ellen, of Ramsey, said her son had been in the Army for nine years and was scheduled to leave the service early next year.

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