Dillon (Image courtesy Army Special Operations Command)
A Ft. Benning soldier was killed in Iraq when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
Cpl. Benjamin Dillon, 22, died Sunday in northern Iraq, according to a military statement.
Dillon had been assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He enlisted in the Army during his senior year at Southeast High School in Ravenna, Ohio, about 30 miles southeast of Cleveland.
Dillon was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Meritorious Service Medal. He is survived by his parents Terry and Linda Dillon, and brothers Nicholas and Steven all of Rootstown, Ohio.
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