Decorated Soldier Dies

A decorated U.S. Army soldier from south Georgia has died in Iraq. The Department of Defense said Command Sgt. Major Benjamin Moore Jr. of Waycross died Friday of injuries that were not combat-related. He was 43. Moore earned 55 medals and had served in the Army since June 1983.

(Associated Press)

Georgia soldier dies

A Georgia solider has died in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense says 19-year-old Pvt. Coleman J. Meadows III of Senoia died Tuesday at a an American operating base. The government says Meadows died of injuries sustained during a noncombatant incident.

(Associated Press)

Ft. Benning soldier killed in Iraq

The Defense Department on Thursday announced the death of Staff Sgt. Jeffery Lee Hartley, 25, of Hempstead, Texas.

Hartley died Tuesday of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated beneath his vehicle, according to the DoD.

Joining the Army in 2001, Hartley served as a radioman in the Signal Corps, with the 3rd Brigade at Fort Benning, near Columbus. He was unmarried and deployed to Iraq in March, 2007.

Hempstead is about 50 miles northwest of Houston.

(The Associated Press)

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