Sgt Faith R Hinkley

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — The Defense Department on Monday said a soldier assigned here has died in Iraq.

Spc. Faith R. Hinkley, 23, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died on Saturday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit.

Hinkley was assigned to 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade.

Hinkley enlisted Aug. 27, 2007, and reported to Fort Jackson, S.C., for basic training and to Fort Huachuca, Ariz., for advanced training in her specialty, human intelligence collector.

She was a native of Monte Vista, in south-central Colorado, and attended school in Colorado Springs after graduating from high school in 2006.

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