KHNL -- WASHINGTON, D.C. (KHNL) - A Hawaii born soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom has died.

The Department of Defense says 19-year-old Private Eugene Kanakaole of Maui died June 11 in Balad Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident.
He was assigned to the 87th Engineer Company, 8th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
The incident is under investigation.