Apr 13, 2009 9:05 am US/Eastern
Soldiers Killed In Iraq Attack Returned Home
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) ―
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The remains of five soldiers killed in Iraq arrived at the Dover Air Force Base on April 12.
CBS
The Air Force said the remains of five Army soldiers killed
in Iraq arrived Sunday night at Dover Air Force
Base.
The Army says the five were killed Friday when
their military vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq.
The Army identified the soldiers as 24-year-old Staff Sgt.
Gary L. Woods Jr., of Lebanon Junction, Ky.; 32-year-old Staff
Sgt. Bryan E. Hall, of Elk
Grove, Calif.; 25-year-old
Sgt. Edward W.
Forrest Jr. of St. Louis,
Mo.; 20-year-old Cpl. Jason G. Pautsch, 20, of Davenport, Iowa;
and 22-year-old PV2 Bryce E. Gautier of Cypress,
Calif.
The Pentagon's 18-year ban on media covering
the return of fallen U.S.
service members to the Dover
mortuary ended last Sunday.
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