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Bridgeport soldier killed in Iraq

Apr- 7-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

Another Stryker soldier lost.

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Associated Press

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A soldier who grew up in Bridgeport was killed in Iraq this week after being hit by shrapnel, family members and government officials said Wednesday.

Army Spc. Tyanna Avery-Felder, 22, a graduate of Kolbe Cathedral High School, was scheduled to return home next week for a 15-day leave, relatives told the Connecticut Post. She is the first female soldier from Connecticut killed in Iraq or Afghanistan since March 2003.

Two Army officers visited her parents' home in Bridgeport's East End early Wednesday afternoon to inform them of their daughter's death, family members said. The officers did not say where or when Avery-Felder was killed, and they released little information about her death.

"They said she was hit by shrapnel in Iraq, but that is all they could tell us," her mother, Ilene "Patricia" Avery, told the Post.

The Department of Defense had not officially listed Avery-Felder on its casualty list, and would not confirm the death. No other information was immediately available.


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