AUGUSTA – A soldier with Maine ties has been killed in action in Afghanistan.

Spc. Christopher M. Wilson, 24, died March 29 in Korengal Outpost, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from a rocket-propelled grenade explosion, according to the Web site of the U.S. Department of Defense. Wilson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

There was some confusion Monday, however, as to what Wilson’s connections to Maine are. The Department of Defense reported that Wilson is from Bangor. Gov. John Baldacci’s office, however, issued a statement Monday indicating that Wilson has a young daughter in Maine, but the rest of his family lives in Massachusetts. The statement said no further information was available.

David Farmer, a spokesman from Gov. John Baldacci’s office, said Monday evening that his office was still trying to clarify Wilson’s connection to the state.

A spokesman with the Maine National Guard said of Wilson Monday, “Maine is not his birthplace.” The Guard, which is typically called in to notify family members when a soldier dies, also was trying to clarify Wilson’s connection to Maine, said Maj. Michael J. Backus of the Maine National Guard.

Backus said the young daughter was the only family Wilson has in Maine. He said he could not give out any information about the youngster since she is a minor.

As to why Wilson might be listed by the Defense Department as being from Bangor, Backus speculated that Wilson could have attended school in the area and been recruited in Bangor. He said the Guard’s “casualty office” was trying to contact military officials at Fort Drum, N.Y., to clarify the issue.

Meanwhile, Gov. Baldacci offered “every support possible to Spc. Wilson’s family. There is a young girl who has lost a father, and it’s heartbreaking. She is in my thoughts and prayers.”

A soldier from Casco also was killed last week in Afghanistan. Army Sgt. Edmund Wayne McDonald, 25, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, was killed in a crash while riding in a military convoy on March 28. Officials described the crash as a “nonhostile accident.”

Another Maine soldier from South Portland, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq on March 25, will be buried in Portland on Wednesday.

In remembrance of Sgt. Jason William Swiger, 24, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, the governor has ordered the Maine and U.S. flags be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on April 4.