KXLY -- FORT HOOD, Texas - The United States Army has confirmed that Staff Sgt. Chad Caldwell, a native of Spokane, has died in combat in Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Caldwell died on Wednesday from injuries suffered during an operation in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to Killer Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, which is based at Fort Hood, Texas.

According to Caldwell's MySpace page, he is a 2001 graduate of Cheney High School. He joined the Army in 2002.

The soldier had been featured in a number of publications in the past couple of months.

He was interviewed for a story in the March 18 issue of Stars and Stripes, where he talked about his second tour of duty in Iraq.