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Car bomb kills Orange City paratrooper

By Times Wires
Published October 10, 2007

A paratrooper from Florida died Saturday in Afghanistan, the 82nd Airborne Division said Tuesday. Cpl. Adam D. Quinn, 22, of Orange City died from injuries sustained when a car bomb blew up near his vehicle near Kabul, Afghanistan. Quinn, a computer systems specialist who joined the division in 2004, was a member of the division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company. "Quinn was extremely popular and respected by his peers and superiors alike," said his company commander, Capt. Eric Von Fischer-Benzon. Quinn is survived by his wife, Faye Quinn, of Guthrie, Okla., and his parents, Charles and Sherri Quinn, both from Orange City. The division plans a memorial service in Afghanistan.

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Orange City soldier killed in Afghanistan

A paratrooper from Florida died Saturday in Afghanistan, the 82nd Airborne Division said Tuesday. Cpl. Adam D. Quinn, 22, of Orange City died from injuries sustained when a car bomb blew up near his vehicle near Kabul, Afghanistan. Quinn, a computer systems specialist who joined the division in 2004, was a member of the division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company. "Quinn was extremely popular and respected by his peers and superiors alike," said his company commander, Capt. Eric Von Fischer-Benzon. Quinn is survived by his wife, Faye Quinn of Guthrie, Okla., and his parents, Charles and Sherri Quinn, both from Orange City. The division plans a memorial service in Afghanistan.

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