Topeka ? The death of a 27-year-old Kansas National Guard sergeant in Iraq is being investigated, but military officials say it’s not combat-related.

Courtney Dean Finch died Tuesday of unknown causes, the Kansas National Guard announced Thursday. Finch, of Leavenworth, was a member of the 714th Security Force, Kansas National Guard in Topeka.

Finch had more than six years of military service. He enlisted in July 2001 with the Kansas Army National Guard Company C, 1st Battalion 635th Armor in Lenexa as a tank crewman. He completed his basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C., and advanced individual training in Fort Knox, Ky.

In June 2006, Finch deployed with the 714th Security Force to Iraq.