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Funeral set for N.L. soldier killed in Afghanistan

Cpl. Brian Pinksen, a member of 2nd Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment based in Corner Brook, N.L., died of injuries he suffered while on patrol in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province on Aug. 22.
Cpl. Brian Pinksen, a member of 2nd Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment based in Corner Brook, N.L., died of injuries he suffered while on patrol in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province on Aug. 22.

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Date: Saturday Sep. 4, 2010 4:29 PM ET

CORNER BROOK, N.L. — A private funeral is planned for a Newfoundland soldier who died of injuries he suffered in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan.

Cpl. Brian Pinksen will be buried with full military honours in Corner Brook on Wednesday.

The 21-year-old corporal died at a military hospital in Germany on Aug. 30.

He was injured in a roadside bomb blast in Kandahar's Panjwaii district Aug. 22.

Pinksen was serving with 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group.

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