Bryan E. Hall

Sunday, April 12 2009 @ 08:32 PM EDT

The Sacramento Bee -- Bryan Edward Hall of Elk Grove, a U.S. Army staff sergeant, was among five American soldiers killed Friday in Iraq when a suicide bomber in a dump truck attacked a Mosul police station, military officials disclosed Sunday.

Hall, 32, had served in the military for 14 years and had been deployed in Iraq since September.

Hall and four other soldiers from Fort Carson in Colorado were in their military vehicle when the blast occurred, Army officials said.

The other soldiers were Staff Sgt. Gary L. Woods Jr., 24, of Kentucky, Sgt. Edward W. Forrest Jr., 25, of Missouri; Cpl. Jason G. Pautsch, 20, of Iowa and Pvt. Bryce E. Gautier, 22, of Cypress, California.

All were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

Hall had received three Army Commendation Medals, according to military records, as well as several Army Achievement, Good Conduct, and War on Terrorism medals.

The Friday attack caused the most American military deaths in any single incident in more than a year, the Washington Post reported.

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