Branch of Service: United States Army
Date of Death: 8 September, 2011
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment
Hometown: Lawndale, Calif.
Spc. Koran P. Contreras, 21, of Lawndale, Calif., died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device Sept. 8 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
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