Carlos J. Diaz
1st Lt. Carlos J. Diaz, 27,
of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, died on Aug. 23, 2005, in Baqubah, Iraq, when enemy
forces detonated an explosion near his position. Diaz was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning,
Ga.
Rest In Peace
Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A suicide bombing in northeastern Iraq killed a Fort
Benning-based soldier from this U.S. territory.
Lt. Carlos Diaz, 27, a native of the southwestern Puerto Rican town of Yauco,
was killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in
Baquouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, said Jose Pagan, an army spokesman in
Puerto Rico.
An American contractor and five Iraqis were also killed in the attack at the
Diyala Provincial Joint Coordination Center, the U.S. military in Iraq said.
Nine U.S. soldiers, an American civilian contractor, six Iraqi civilians and
four police officers were wounded.
Diaz was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Infantry Division at the Georgia post. He will be buried in Yauco, where his
mother lives, Pagan said.
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