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Bragg soldier killed in Iraq

An XVIII Airborne Corps soldier died Sunday in a non-hostile incident at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, the Army announced Wednesday.

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An XVIII Airborne Corps soldier died Sunday in a non-hostile incident at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, the Army announced Wednesday.

Sgt. Mark A. Cofield, 25, of Colorado Springs, Colo., was a human intelligence collector assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion.

Cofield's death is under investigation, officials said, declining to provide other details.

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