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Military confirms death of Neb. soldier
PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) _ The military confirms that a 24-year-old Army officer from Nebraska was killed by an explosion in Afghanistan on Monday. The Defense Department said Thursday 2nd Lt. Mark Noziska of Papillion died Monday in Malajat, Afghanistan, after an improvised explosive device went off. Thirty-four-year-old Staff Sgt. Casey Grochowiak, of Lompoc, Calif., was also killed in the attack. Noziska's father Phil Noziska says his son had planned to make a career out of the Army and had been in Afganistan less than a month. Dee Noziska says she is proud her son wanted to serve his country, but he will be missed. Both Noziska and Grochowiak were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

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