JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) - The Army has identified two Washington state-based soldiers killed in Iraq by a suicide attacker in an explosives-rigged car.
Killed were 24-year-old Sgt. Israel P. O'Bryan of Newbern, Tenn., and 23-year-old Spc. William C. Yauch (Yowk) of Batesville, Ark. They were assigned to the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Officials say the two Americans and at least three Iraqis died Friday when the bomber struck a convoy of Humvees and Stryker vehicles in the town of Jalula, about 80 miles northeast of Baghdad.
O'Bryan enlisted in February 2006. This was his second deployment with the brigade.
Yauch enlisted in August 2007. This was his first deployment.
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