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How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Iraq?

Private Grant A. Cotting, a 19 year old boy from Corona, California, was killed in Iraq on Saturday, January 24, four days after President Barack Obama promised American soldiers would begin to responsibly leave Iraq.

A 19-year-old Army private from Corona died in what military authorities described today as a non-combat-related incident in Iraq.

Pvt. Grant A. Cotting died Saturday in the Iraqi city of Kut, about 100 miles south of Baghdad, according to the Department of Defense.

Cotting suffered injuries while with his unit — the 515th Sapper Company, 5th Engineer Battalion, 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, officials said.

The brigade is headquartered at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation, a Pentagon statement said.

–The Desert Sun (2009-01-27): Soldier from Corona killed in Iraq

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