AP -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A 28-year-old Birmingham firefighter has died while serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq, city officials said Thursday.
Jefferey J. Farrow was killed this week, said Assistant Chief Ivor Brooks, of the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service. Details of the death and his military posting in Iraq were not immediately available.
Brooks said Farrow, who was not married, had been a member of the department since February 2002.
Mayor Bernard Kincaid said flags at all city buildings would be flown at half-staff in honor of Farrow.
The soldier was called to active duty on Oct. 15, 2004, according to a press release from the mayor's office.