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Guardsman dead day after return from Iraq

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MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP)

A decorated member of the New Hampshire Air National Guard died at his home Wednesday, just a day after returning from a six-month tour of duty in Iraq.

Tech. Sgt. Dave Guindon, 48, of Merrimack, was a member of the 157th Air Refueling Wing based in Newington. In Iraq, he and four other members of the unit provided security to Army convoys. They returned Tuesday. Air Force officials were investigating the cause of death. ..

Guindon joined the unit's logistics readiness squadron in 1997 after having served 23 years in the Navy, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force Reserve and New Hampshire Army National Guard.

"Trained by the Air Force as a vehicle operator, he was called upon to perform an Army combat mission in Iraq, ..

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