The soldier was shot as he patrolled the border village of Belleek in County Fermanagh. He was taken to hospital in Enniskillen where he later died.
It is believed he was shot by a sniper hidden on a County Donegal hillside just across the border.
The reporter is Póilín Ní Chiarain.
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