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County soldier died in service of others

Published January 7, 2009, 6:39 pm, Delaware County Times

A 20-year-old Delaware County soldier was standing in the gunner’s hatch of an up-armored vehicle when he was shot by a sniper Dec. 30 in the city of Tikrit, Iraq, about 90 miles north of Baghdad, according to an U.S. Army public affairs officer.

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