
SPRINGFIELD, La. — A Louisiana soldier killed in Iraq this week was a recently married Purple Heart recipient who wanted to continue his college studies after military service, his family said Thursday.
Pfc. James Peter Lambert, 23, was one of two soldiers killed Tuesday when an explosive device hit their patrol in Fallujah, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Pfc. Richard H. Rosas, 21, of St. Louis, Mich., was also killed.
The soldiers were assigned to the Army’s 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), based in Fort Drum, N.Y.
Lambert, a graduate of St. Amant High School in Ascension...