Cpl. Brian Pinksen was wounded by a roadside bomb during a routine patrol southwest of Kandahar on Aug. 22.
He died at a hospital in Germany on Monday.
Pinksen, a member of 2nd Battalion with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, was based in Corner Brook.
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His body will travel along the Highway of Heroes to the coroner's office in Toronto.
A total of 152 Canadian soldiers have died as part of the Afghan mission since it began in 2002.
