
CARMICHAELS, Pa. — A soldier from Greene County was killed in Iraq on Monday, officials said.
Military officials on Wednesday gave conflicting accounts of the Humvee accident which claimed the life of Spc. Gregory Cox, 21, of Carmichaels. Cox was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division.
According to Jack Gordon, a spokesman for the 99th Regional Readiness Command, which handles information on western Pennsylvania casualties, Cox was riding in an armored Humvee when an improvised explosive device detonated, causing the vehicle to overturn.
“Cox, a gunner in the vehicle, later died of injuries he sustained in the attack on the unit’s convoy,” Gordon said in a news...