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Walsall soldier narrowly misses death in Afghan grenade attack
B’ham Mail 25 Jan 10
Lance Corporal Darrel Haynes, from Walsall, was clearing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the village of Chakaw, in Helmand Province’s Musa Qala district, when he came under fire from Taliban insurgents just after the New Year and narrowly escaped death when a rocket propelled grenade landed feet from him…