Families mourn 4 Germany-based soldiers killed in Iraq

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Families mourn 4 Germany-based soldiers killed in Iraq
By Charlie Coon, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, July 24, 2007

The deaths in Iraq of four more soldiers from Schweinfurt, Germany, were announced Monday by the Pentagon.

Sgt. 1st Class Luis E. Gutierrez-Rosales, 38, of Bakersfield, Calif.; and Spcs. Zachary R. Clouser, 19, of Dover, Pa., Richard Gilmore III, 22, of Jasper, Ala., and Daniel E. Gomez, 21, of Warner Robbins, Ga., all died July 18 from wounds suffered from a roadside bomb and small-arms fire.

The four were in a vehicle in Adhamiyah in eastern Baghdad when they were attacked. All four soldiers belonged to 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, which is part of the Schweinfurt-based 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division.

Much of the brigade is scheduled to return to Schweinfurt this fall after serving a 15-month tour in Iraq.

A memorial service has not yet been scheduled in Germany for the four soldiers, according to Kimberly Gearhart, an assistant in the Army Garrison Schweinfurt public affairs office.

Gearhart said 56 Schweinfurt-based soldiers have died in Iraq in the past year.

The 1-26 has suffered a particularly difficult month.

On June 21, five of its soldiers died when a bomb struck their Bradley fighting vehicle. On July 11, 1st Sgt. Jeffrey R. McKinney, 40, of Garland, Texas, died in Adhamiyah in a noncombat related event. The Army has released no further details on McKinney’s death, only saying that it is being investigated.

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