The Department of Defense yesterday identified a Maui soldier who died Feb. 6 in Iraq from injuries suffered in a noncombat incident as Spc. Christopher P. Sweet, 28, of Kahului.

Sweet died in Kirkush, a military training base northeast of Baghdad. The circumstances surrounding his death are being investigated and no further details were released.

Sweet, a 1999 graduate of Maui High School, died less than three months into a yearlong mission to Iraq with the 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade based in Grafenwohr, Germany, according to a report in Stars & Stripes.

Capt. Justin Wegner, 172nd Rear Detachment executive officer, told Stars & Stripes the death is the first suffered since the unit deployed to Iraq in late November from Grafenwohr.

A memorial ceremony to honor Sweet will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Grafenwohr.