NM Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

     THE AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN EARLIER THIS WEEK WAS FROM ALBUQUERQUE. HE WAS 30 YEAR OLD MATTHEW MCCLINTOCK … AN ELDORADO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WHO WAS ALSO A VETERAN GREEN BERET. HE JOINED THE NATIONAL GUARD IN 2014.
     MCCLINTOCK … WHO IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND THREE MONTH OLD SON … WAS ON HIS THIRD COMBAT TOUR WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON HIS UNIT TUESDAY. TWO OTHER SOLDIERS WERE WOUNDED AND THE INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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