SIERRA VISTA — A 21-gun salute marked a farewell this afternoon to Army Spc. Christian M. Adams — the father of a 2-year-old girl — during a funeral service at the Main Post Chapel at Fort Huachuca.
Maj. Gen. John Custer, commanding general of U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca, presented folded flags to Adams’ wife, Amanda; daughter Faith Marie and mother, Donna Adams.
More than 100 people attended the service.
Adams, 26, died in Kandahar, Afghanistan June 11 of wounds from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Defense Department. No details have been provided about how he died.
He was assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade in Fort Hood, Texas.
The soldier is a 2003 graduate of Buena High School.
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