McClatchy: 2 kidnapped U.S. soldiers found dead in Iraqi desert

[babylonsister]

Wasn't Jimenez the soldier who had a wife in MA who was going to be deported?

2 kidnapped U.S. soldiers found dead in Iraqi desert
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In this undated file photo released by the U.S. Army, Spc. Alex R. Jimenez is seen. The father of Jimenez of Lawrence said his son's body has been found in Iraq.

By Nancy A. Youssef and Sahar al-Issa | McClatchy Newspapers


BAGHDAD — The remains of two U.S. soldiers kidnapped during a military patrol last year were found after a U.S.-captured suspect led soldiers to their location, the Pentagon announced Friday.

Spc. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., and Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich., members of the 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum, N.Y., were captured when insurgents overran their observation post outside the city of Mahmudiyah in the early morning hours of May 12, 2007. Four other U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were killed in the attack.

A third captured soldier, Pfc. Joseph Anzack, 20, was found dead in the Euphrates River near the attack site on May 23, 2007.

Jimenez's and Fouty's remains were found buried together in the open desert, west of Jurf-al-Sakr, a one-time al Qaida and Sunni insurgent hotbed, after a suspect pointed out their location during a U.S. military interrogation, an Iraqi police official told McClatchy.

Their remains were recovered July 8 and flown to Dover, Del., the following day, where they were positively identified on Thursday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

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[TomInTib]

1. Damn.

At least their families have some sort of closure on this, now.