Canadian soldier wounded in Afghanistan dies in hospital
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Corporal Darren James Fitzpatrick 141st soldier killed
Canwest News Service Published: Monday, March 22, 2010
A Canadian soldier has died in Edmonton from wounds he sustained while in Afghanistan earlier this month, the Canadian Forces announced Monday.
Cpl. Darren James Fitzpatrick died at the University of Alberta Hospital Saturday after succumbing to wounds he received from a roadside bomb that detonated while he was on patrol in Afghanistan on March 6.
The 21-year-old infantryman, from Prince George, B.C., was critically wounded during a joint Canadian-Afghan mission 25 kilometres west of Kandahar City.
Cpl. Fitzpatrick was treated at the multinational hospital at Kandahar Airfield and was then airlifted to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He was then evacuated from Germany to the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton on Friday.
Cpl. Fitzpatrick died late Saturday afternoon surrounded by his family, the military said in a release.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay released a statement Monday expressing his condolences to the family of Fitzpatrick.
"Cpl. Fitzpatrick gave his life while providing hope to Afghans for a brighter future," he said. "We will continue to work with our Afghan and international partners to ensure his sacrifice will not be forgotten."
Cpl. Fitzpatrick was a member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based at CFB Edmonton. He joined the military in 2006 and had been in Afghanistan since last October on his first overseas tour.
His death brings to 141 the number of Canadian soldiers killed in the Afghanistan conflict since 2002.
Some 2,800 Canadian military personnel are deployed in Afghanistan, but they will be returning home in 2011 in keeping with a parliamentary decision to withdraw forces.
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Corporal Darren James Fitzpatrick 141st soldier killed
Canwest News Service Published: Monday, March 22, 2010
A Canadian soldier has died in Edmonton from wounds he sustained while in Afghanistan earlier this month, the Canadian Forces announced Monday.
Cpl. Darren James Fitzpatrick died at the University of Alberta Hospital Saturday after succumbing to wounds he received from a roadside bomb that detonated while he was on patrol in Afghanistan on March 6.
The 21-year-old infantryman, from Prince George, B.C., was critically wounded during a joint Canadian-Afghan mission 25 kilometres west of Kandahar City.
Cpl. Fitzpatrick was treated at the multinational hospital at Kandahar Airfield and was then airlifted to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He was then evacuated from Germany to the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton on Friday.
Cpl. Fitzpatrick died late Saturday afternoon surrounded by his family, the military said in a release.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay released a statement Monday expressing his condolences to the family of Fitzpatrick.
"Cpl. Fitzpatrick gave his life while providing hope to Afghans for a brighter future," he said. "We will continue to work with our Afghan and international partners to ensure his sacrifice will not be forgotten."
Cpl. Fitzpatrick was a member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based at CFB Edmonton. He joined the military in 2006 and had been in Afghanistan since last October on his first overseas tour.
His death brings to 141 the number of Canadian soldiers killed in the Afghanistan conflict since 2002.
Some 2,800 Canadian military personnel are deployed in Afghanistan, but they will be returning home in 2011 in keeping with a parliamentary decision to withdraw forces.
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