A Schofield Barracks soldier convicted of aggravated assault in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi detainee has been sentenced to 120 days confinement, reprimanded and reduced in rank, officials said.

Spc. Christopher Shore, 26, will begin serving his sentence immediately.

A panel of four officers and five senior enlisted soldiers judged Shore at his court-martial and determined the sentence Wednesday night.

The maximum punishment for aggravated assault under the Uniform Code of Military Justice is eight years confinement.

The jury on Wednesday found Shore, of Winder, Ga., not guilty of third-degree murder in the June 23, 2007 killing of an unidentified Iraqi man in the village of al Saheed outside Kirkuk.

Shore had blamed the killing on his platoon leader, Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales, who is to go on trial on a premeditated murder charge on April 22.

Soldiers testified that Corrales marched the unarmed man out of a house after a raid, tried to get him to take an AK-47 rifle, and then told the man to run.

One soldier said he saw Corrales raise his M-4 rifle at the man, and as the soldier turned away, not wanting to see what came next, he heard a succession of shots.

Corrales is accused of ordering Shore to "finish" the man.

Corrales, 35, of San Antonio, is charged with premeditated murder, wrongfully soliciting another soldier to shoot the Iraqi, and wrongfully impeding the investigation by having an AK-47 rifle planted near the victim.

At an Article 32 hearing, which is similar to a civilian preliminary hearing, Shore said he was afraid of what Corrales might do to him as Shore was ordered to shoot the wounded Iraqi on the ground.

Instead of carrying out the order, Shore said he fired two shots next to the detainee's head. Testimony from fellow soldiers conflicted as to whether Shore told them after the incident that he shot at or near the Iraqi man.

Although Shore may not have wanted to hurt the victim, a prosecutor said the decision to fire two shots at him was itself illegal.

Both Shore and Corrales are with the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment.