A second Army soldier based in Hawai'i died last week in Iraq, according to news reports.

The Associated Press reported that Val John Borm, 21, of Sidney, Neb., was one of three soldiers killed Thursday when a bomb exploded near their Humvee during operations in Iraq's Kirkuk province.

Borm was serving as an infantryman in B Company, 2nd Battalion, with the 35th Infantry. The unit is based at Fort Shafter, the reports said. Another soldier was wounded in the blast.

The military did not release the names of the soldiers killed or wounded in the explosion, because it was first notifying their families. However, Larry Borm of Sidney confirmed to news organizations Friday that his son was one of those killed in the blast.

Val Borm graduated from Sidney High School in 2005 and enlisted in the Army in August of that year.

Borm's father said his son enjoyed his Army service, and liked to play computer games in his free time. His son also was an avid paintball competitor, the reports said.

Borm is survived by his father; mother, Lolita; and younger sister, Kimberly.

The Pentagon on Friday said a 20-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier, Pfc. Casey S. Carriker of Hoquiam, Wash., died in Kirkuk on Wednesday from injuries suffered in a noncombat incident.

Carriker was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division.

The circumstances of Carriker's death are being investigated by the Army, a Pentagon news release stated.

Carriker's stepmother, Pammy Carriker, told the Seattle Times that Casey Carriker had been in Iraq since August, and expected to be there for several more months.

"He wanted to do it in the beginning, but once you're there for so long you don't want to be there anymore," Pammy Carriker said. "It's hot, it's lonely. ... He hated it."

Casey Carriker was a graduate of Hoquiam High School and planned to go to college after getting out of the Army, she said.