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Afghanistan Soldier Killed NY

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army via the Buffalo News shows Spc. Alan Dikcis . The Department of Defense announced Tuesday, March 9, 2010, the death of Dikcis, 21, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. He died March 5 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was deployed from Fort Drum with the 630th Engineer Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade in Fort Drum, N.Y. \Instructions: U.S. ARMY PHOTO VIA THE BUFFALO NEWS. MANDATORY CREDIT. TV OUT. MAGS OUT. BATAVIA DAILY NEWS OUT. DUNKIRK OBSERVER OUT. JAMESTOWN POST-JOURNA OUT. LOCKPORT UNION-SUN JOURNAL OUT. NIAGARA GAZETTE OUT. OLEAN TIMES-HERALD OUT. SALAMANCA PRESS OUT. TONAWANDA NEWS OUT. AP provides access to this publicly distributed HANDOUT photo to be used only to illustrate news reporting or commentary on the facts or events depicted in this image.