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BYROSE L. THAYER•STARS AND STRIPES•AUGUST 24, 2021Sgt. 1st Class David Frederick White, a 40-year-old combat veteran and Purple Heart Medal recipient, was found dead Saturday in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Searchers who found his body believe he attempted to cross a creek, but was swept away by the current. (Photo provided by Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson)

An Army noncommissioned officer and Purple Heart recipient assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, was found dead in a nature preserve Saturday after he was reported overdue from a hunting trip, according to officials at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

Sgt. 1st Class David Frederick White, 40, served as an explosive ordnance disposal specialist with the 65th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, according to base officials. He was a 19-year Army veteran who deployed four times to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“The loss of Sgt. 1st Class White came as a shock, jarring…