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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Georgia soldier falls in Iraq

A Fort Bliss soldier from Georgia has been killed in Iraq. The Department of Defense says 25-year-old Benjamin B. Bartlett Junior of Manchester died Sunday in Mosul. He was killed in a rocket propelled grenade attack. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart and promoted from private to specialist.

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