FORT BRAGG (AP) -- The military today identified the nine 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers killed this week in a bombing at a patrol base in Iraq.
All were members of the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team at Fort Bragg.
They were:
-- 1st Lt. Kevin J. Gaspers, 26, of Hastings, Neb.
-- Staff Sgt. Kenneth E. Locker Jr., 28, of Wakefield, Neb.
-- Staff Sgt. William C. Moore, 27, of Benson.
-- Sgt. Randell T. Marshall, 22, of Fitzgerald, Ga.
-- Sgt. Brice A. Pearson, 32, of Phoenix, Ariz.
-- Sgt. Michael L. Vaughan, 20, of Otis, Ore.
-- Spc. Jerry R. King, 19, of Browersville, Ga.
-- Spc. Michael J. Rodriguez, 20, of Sanford.
-- Pfc. Garrett C. Knoll, 23, of Bad Axe, Mich.
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