Branch of Service: United States Army
Date of Death: 27 December, 2011
Unit: 720th Military Police Battalion
Hometown: McAllen, Texas
Spc. Kurt W. Kern, 24, of McAllen, Texas, died Dec. 27, in Paktia, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
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