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A new father wounded in Afghanistan has died at the same age as the uncle he was named in memory of, who was killed in the Falklands war.Private Daniel Steven Prior, of 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was born the year after the death of Steve Prior, who lost his life trying to save the life of a colleague.
The 27-year-old had only returned to Afghanistan a fortnight ago, having flown home to the UK to be with his wife Emily as she gave birth to their son Logan.
Prior was fatally wounded by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province last week and was treated at a military hospital in Camp Bastion before being flown back to Britain.
He died at the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham on Friday with his family by his side.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/20/afghan-casualty-dies-birmingham-hospital
