MOSCOW, Maine — A soldier from western Maine died from injuries sustained in a roadside bomb, becoming the third soldier from the state to die in a month, officials said July 9.

Army Spc. Jason Dore, 25, was eight months into his first tour of duty in Iraq when he was injured while on patrol in a Humvee, said Tim Cates, Dore’s uncle. He died July 8 at a hospital in Baghdad.

Dore, who joined the Army in 2005, attended Upper Kennebec Valley High School in Bingham before graduating from the Job Corps in Bangor. While growing in the Moscow area, he enjoyed being outdoors and fishing at Hunter’s Pond in Bingham, Cates said.

“He was was just a great kid. He was extremely proud of his service,” he said.

Gov. John Baldacci said July 9 that he had spoken to Dore’s family, including his mother, Gail Dore, in Moscow....