
WILLISTON, N.D. — An attack on a vehicle carrying three North Dakota National Guard soldiers in Iraq killed one of the soldiers and seriously wounded another, the Guard said Friday.
Spc. Cody Wentz, 21, of Williston, died in the attack, said Maj. Gen. Michael Haugen, the state Guard commander. Spc. Philip Sorenson, 21, of Williston, was taken to a hospital in Germany. The extent of his injuries was not known Friday night. A third soldier in the Humvee escaped injury.
The soldiers are members of Company A, 141st Engineer Combat Battalion. They were in a Humvee that was attacked with an explosive while returning from a mission near Balad on Thursday night, the Guard...