A Walnut Creek native has been seriously wounded in Iraq, his father said today.
Army 1st Sgt. Will Harlan, 36, assigned to the Army's 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Mosul in northern Iraq, was wounded in an explosion that ejected him from a Stryker armored vehicle and seriously injured his legs, said his father William Harlan.
The elder Harlan first heard his son had been wounded when a liaison officer, called him at 7 a.m. Saturday, and then his son's battalion surgeon called him from Iraq to report on his son's injuries.
The soldier was evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, where he underwent surgery. He likely will have another surgery this week before being returned to the United States, probably to Fort Lewis, Wash., his father said.
Walnut Creek soldier wounded in Iraq
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A Walnut Creek native has been seriously wounded in Iraq, his father said today.
Army 1st Sgt. Will Harlan, 36, assigned to the Army's 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Mosul in northern Iraq, was wounded in an explosion that ejected him from a Stryker armored vehicle and seriously injured his legs, said his father William Harlan.
