Editor's note: This story was removed from LancasterOnline after military officials cast doubt on Spc. Jean Carlos Luna's service record.

In an interview with Lancaster Newspapers, Luna said that before being reunited with his daughter he had fought in Iraq as a paratrooper for 19 months.

Sgt. William Reinier of the public affairs division at the 82nd’s base in Fort Bragg, N.C., however, told the newspaper later that no one with the 82nd has been in Iraq since December 2011.

Lt. Col. Virginia McCabe said Luna had never been deployed to Iraq and has been on active duty for about one year, since April 2013. He completed basic and advanced individual training before reporting to Fort Bragg in March.