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Kentucky's third Afghanistan casualty in three weeks is a Boone County High School graduate.

Adam Peak, of Florence, was a Marine infantryman who was killed by an improvised explosive device yesterday. According to his father, Bruce Peak, he was part of a perimeter team which was responding to a previous IED explosion.

"He was a big-hearted man," Bruce Peak said.

Peak's mother Diana Peak confirmed his death on Peak's Facebook page last night at 6:53 p.m. Since then condolences from friends and family have flooded the page.

"He loved his family - especially his sisters," Bruce Peak said.

Peak has two sisters and a brother who is also serving in the military. Peak graduated from Thomas More College where he was a member of Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity.

Lance Cpl. Adam D. Peak, 25, died Feb. 21 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.