Three Task Force 1st Armored Division Soldiers Killed During Separate Incidents
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three Task Force 1st Armored Division soldiers
were killed during separate attacks April 5-6 in the Kadhimyah
district here.
The first soldier died of wounds received during an attack that took
place at about 11 a.m. April 5. The soldier was traveling with a
southbound convoy when it was attacked with small-arms and
rocket-propelled grenade fire.
A second soldier died later that day, at about 9:30 p.m., when his
vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade during a firefight in
the same area.
A third soldier died from wounds he received during a rocket-propelled
grenade attack on his Bradley Fighting Vehicle at about 12:30 a.m.,
April 6.
The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of
their next of kin.
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