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Soldier With Palatine Connection Killed In Diving Accident In Japan

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An Army staff sergeant who graduated from Palatine High School in 2007 has died in Okinawa.

Matt Morgan was 30 years old. The military newspaper Stars and Stripes reports that Morgan was on a recreational scuba dive in Okinawa, at the site of a wrecked World War II ship, and was about to leave the water when others saw him drifting away and then sink.


The newspaper says Morgan's body was recovered Monday in 144 feet of water.

An official with the Japanese coast guard was quoted as saying: "It was such a tragedy, but we were glad to find him for his family."

Morgan attended Palatine High School from 2003 to 2007.

The school district says: "Our thoughts and hearts go out to the family and friends of Staff Sergeant Morgan during this difficult time, and we wish them peace."