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Young Iowa soldier dies on duty in Afghanistan
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Brandon Buttry always wanted to serve his country in the military, his family said, even though his country had been at war with Afghanistan since he was 8 years old. Buttry committed to the Army as soon as he could, shipped out to basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., in January and was stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.
He deployed to Afghanistan in August, earned his combat infantry badge in October and by the fifth day of November, he was gone. Buttry was on duty in a watch- tower at the time of his death, but other details about the incident were not available Monday, according to his uncle Steve Buttry, a former Des Moines Register reporter and editor.