Trina Kleist, Staff Writer
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July 5, 2012
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Penn Valley soldier wounded in 'green-on-blue' attack

A Penn Valley mother is asking for the prayers of the community as her son, a U.S. Army soldier, recovers from wounds inflicted in Afghanistan.Specialist Brandon Walden, 20, was among five U.S. Army soldiers wounded in an attack by an Afghan army recruit Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan. He was shot three times in the attack, and one of the wounds was to the abdomen, said his mother, Laura Cummins.After surgery to stabilize him at an International Security Assistance Forces hospital, Walden was flown in a medication-induced coma to Germany, Cummins said.He remained in the hospital's intensive care unit late Thursday, …

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