BURR OAK, Mich. (AP) - A 29-year-old soldier from southern Michigan has been killed while serving in Afghanistan.  Staff Sgt. Kristopher Dan Rodgers of Burr Oak in St. Joseph County died Saturday in the Korengal Valley when a roadside bomb exploded near the Humvee in which he was riding.

Greg Hackman of Hackman Family Funeral Homes in Sturgis said  Rodgers was a 1998 graduate of Lakeland High School in LaGrange, Ind.  Survivors include his wife, Selina, and their 3 1/2-year-old son, Kaden.

A funeral is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday at Sturgis Wesleyan Church.

The U.S. Department of Defense has not yet announced the

soldier's death.