Clarksville Leaf Chronicle -- A 101st Airborne Division soldier with 2nd Brigade Combat Team was killed Monday in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday night.

Spc. David P. McCormick, 26, of Fresno, Texas, died in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his forward operating base came under rocket attack.

McCormick, an armor crewman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, entered the Army in September 2004 and arrived at Fort Campbell in January 2005, according to a news release from Fort Campbell.

He is survived by his mother, Anna, of Bay City, Texas.

A memorial service for the fallen soldier will be held in Iraq.

Fort Campbell holds a monthly Eagle Remembrance Ceremony the second Wednesday of each month.

More than 11,900 soldiers from Fort Campbell are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Including McCormick, a total of 232 soldiers from Fort Campbell have died in the Iraq war. Of those, 31 have come in the latest deployment, which began in September.