
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — Three Fort Lewis soldiers were killed in Iraq as the number of casualties from the post climbed to 19 for the month of May, the deadliest month for the post since the war began.
The soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in the past week, the Department of Defense said in news releases May 30.
Staff Sgt. Thomas M. McFall, 36, of Glendora, Calif., and Cpl. Junior Cedeno Sanchez, 20, of Miami, died May 28 when an explosive detonated nearby during a dismounted patrol in Baghdad. Both were assigned to 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, one of two Fort Lewis Stryker brigades serving in Iraq.
On May...