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SALUTING THE BRAVE: JBLM Service For Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) - Joint Base Lewis-McChord holds a memorial service Wednesday for the friends and family of a Florida soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.
    
Pfc. Markie T. Sims of Citra, Fla., died Dec. 29 of wounds from an improvised bomb.
    
The 20-year-old was a member of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team that deployed in November.

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