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Hoosier Solider Dies Of Meningitis

Last updated on Wednesday, February 18, 2009

(FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO.) - An Indiana soldier stationed at a Missouri army base has died of meningitis.

28-year-old private Randy Stabnick of South Bend died Tuesday at a hospital in the southwest Missouri City of Springfield. He was in initial entry training.

Another unidentified soldier died February 9th.

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention is sending four investigators to look into the deaths.

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