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Two soldiers from Ft. Lewis' TFO killed in Iraq

May- 2-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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MICHAEL GILBERT; The News Tribune

Two more soldiers in the Fort Lewis-based Task Force Olympia died Saturday in northern Iraq in attacks on U.S. military convoys, officials reported.

One of the soldiers died of his wounds after his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb about 10:35 a.m. Friday south of Qayyarah, officials said in a Task Force Olympia news release.

He and another injured soldier were taken to an Army hospital in Balad, about 200 miles to the south. The other soldier remained in the hospital Saturday, officials said.

The other soldier killed was riding in a convoy that was hit about 9 a.m. Saturday by a rocket-propelled grenade, also south of Qayyarah, officials said in another press release.

Qayyarah is a city along the main north-south Highway 1 about 25 miles south of Mosul, where the task force headquarters is located.

The names of the soldiers were not released. The news releases included no further details, and task force officials could not be reached Saturday.

The releases did not indicate which Task Force Olympia units the soldiers were assigned to. The task force includes the Stryker brigade from Fort Lewis as well as other active-duty, National Guard and Army Reserve units from across the United States.


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