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Funeral set for Ga. soldier hit by roadside bomb

EATONTON, Ga. (AP) - Funeral arrangements for a Georgia soldier killed July 8 when a roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan have been finalized.

An official at Bernard's Funeral Home in Eatonton, Ga. said the funeral for Army Spc. Erica Alecksen would be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church in Eatonton.

The 21-year-old Alecksen was 1 of 6 U.S. soldiers killed when a roadside bomb hit an armored vehicle in eastern Afghanistan on July 8. She was a member of the 978th Military Police Brigade and was a 2009 graduate of Putnam County High School in Georgia

Radio station WMAC reported that a makeshift memorial has been put up for Alecksen in front of the Putnam County Courthouse.

Alecksen was stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.

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