U.S. soldier dies of illness
From Times Wire Reports
An American soldier has died in South Korea after contracting what health officials presume was meningitis, the U.S. military says.
Army Pvt. Jason L. Williams, 19, from Colorado died at a U.S. military hospital in Seoul. Williams “displayed symptoms of someone that might have suffered from meningitis,” the military said in a statement.
Soldiers who came into close contact with Williams were being given antibiotics, the military said.
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