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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Georgia soldier falls in Iraq

A soldier from Georgia was among five U.S. military personnel killed in an ambush in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Family members say 21-year-old Army Spc. Evan Marshall of Athens was a 2004 graduate of Cedar Shoals High School. He was on his second tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed Monday. A prayer service is to be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight at First Presbyterian Church in Athens.

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