A soldier from Pennsylvania has died from "a non-combat related incident" in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said Friday.Army Pfc. Joshua Mikeasky, 19, of Johnstown, died Thursday at Bagram Air Field in the Parwan province. The military said the death was under investigation.Mikeasky was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, New York.Mikeasky is the third local service member to die while serving in Afghanistan in recent weeks. Army Sgt. Jason McClary, 24, of Export, Westmoreland County, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin, 25, of Hookstown, Beaver County, were killed by a roadside bomb in the Ghazni province. The blast on Nov. 27 also killed two other U.S. service members.

A soldier from Pennsylvania has died from "a non-combat related incident" in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Army Pfc. Joshua Mikeasky, 19, of Johnstown, died Thursday at Bagram Air Field in the Parwan province. The military said the death was under investigation.


Mikeasky was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, New York.

Mikeasky is the third local service member to die while serving in Afghanistan in recent weeks.

Army Sgt. Jason McClary, 24, of Export, Westmoreland County, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin, 25, of Hookstown, Beaver County, were killed by a roadside bomb in the Ghazni province. The blast on Nov. 27 also killed two other U.S. service members.