FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska (AP) - A Fort Wainwright soldier assigned to the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team was killed in Iraq, a U.S. Army spokesman in Alaska said Wednesday.
The soldier was killed Tuesday by small arms fire in Baghdad, said Army spokesman Maj. Kirk Gohlke. No other soldiers were injured.
The Army did not immediately identify the soldier.
The soldier was the fourth to die since the Strykers had their deployments extended up to 120 days last July. Members of the Fort Wainwright-based brigade were told just days before they were preparing to return to Alaska that their one-year tour in Iraq would be extended. Some soldiers had already returned to Alaska and were sent back to Iraq.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced this week that she received word from Army officials that the 4,000-member combat team will not be extended again, meaning the Stryker soldiers should return to Alaska by mid-December.[...]
172nd Stryker Brigade soldier killed in Iraq
The Associated Press FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska (AP) - A Fort Wainwright soldier assigned to the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team was killed in Iraq, a U.S. Army spokesman in Alaska said Wednesday.
The soldier was killed Tuesday by small arms fire in Baghdad, said Army spokesman Maj. Kirk Gohlke. No other soldiers were injured.
The Army did not immediately identify the soldier.
The soldier was the fourth to die since the Strykers had their deployments extended up to 120 days last July. Members of the Fort Wainwright-based brigade were told just days before they were preparing to return to Alaska that their one-year tour in Iraq would be extended. Some soldiers had already returned to Alaska and were sent back to Iraq.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced this week that she received word from Army officials that the 4,000-member combat team will not be extended again, meaning the Stryker soldiers should return to Alaska by mid-December.[...]
