The Associated Press - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico
A suicide bombing in northeastern Iraq killed a Fort Benning-based soldier from this U.S. territory.
Lt. Carlos Diaz, 27, a native of the southwestern Puerto Rican town of Yauco, was killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in Baquouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, said Jose Pagan, an army spokesman in Puerto Rico.
An American contractor and five Iraqis were also killed in the attack at the Diyala Provincial Joint Coordination Center, the U.S. military in Iraq said. Nine U.S. soldiers, an American civilian contractor, six Iraqi civilians and four police officers were wounded.
Diaz was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division at the Georgia post. He will be buried in Yauco, where his mother lives, Pagan said. |
Sir, I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your family, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.
"Vitesse Et Pussance"(Speed And Power)
69th Armor Motto