Army Sgt. John F. Burner III

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Army Sgt. John F. Burner III, 32, of Baltimore

Sgt. Burner was assigned to 63rd Signal Battalion (Expeditionary), 35th Signal Brigade, Fort Gordon, Ga.; died Sept. 16, 2010 in Iskandariya, Iraq, in a noncombat-related incident.

A Maryland soldier died Thursday in Iraq, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. Sgt. John F. Burner III, 32, who was stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga., died as a result of a medical condition in Iskandariya, said fort spokesman Buz Yarnell.

Sgt. Burner's unit, the 63rd Signal Battalion (Expeditionary), 35th Signal Brigade, deployed Aug. 21, he said.

Sgt. John Franklin Burner III, 32, was deployed with the 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, which is part of the 35th Signal Brigade, according to Buz Yarnell, a Fort Gordon spokesman.

"This is a noncombat-related casualty but it is not a suicide; it was due to illness," Yarnell said. He did not have the specific cause of death.

The spokesman said Sgt. Burner was survived by his wife and two daughters, who live in Grovetown, Ga., near the base. Relatives in Catonsville did not answer calls for comment Friday morning.

Army Sgt. John F. Burner III died of a medical condition on 9/16/10.