Army identifies Canadian soldier who died of non-combat injuries: Master Cpl. Francis Roy
Posted Jun 26, 2011 12:04:31 PM.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The Canadian military has identified the soldier who died of non-combat injuries in Afghanistan.
Master Cpl. Francis Roy, a member of the country’s special forces regiment, was found by fellow soldiers early Saturday at a forward operating base in Kandahar city.
Brig.-Gen. Dean Milner, the commander of the Canadian task force, says Roy was a logistician, responsible for transport of troops and equipment.
An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death is still being carried out by military police.
Roy, originally from Rimouski, Que., was on his first overseas deployment with special forces and becomes the 157th Canadian to die as a result of the Afghan mission.
His age was not released.
