
IRVONA, Pa. — A soldier from western Pennsylvania was killed in Baghdad, the Pentagon said.
Pvt. First Class Bradley G. Kritzer, 19, was killed Wednesday when an improvised explosive detonated under his vehicle, according to the Pentagon. Spc. James E. Marshall, of Tulsa, Okla., also was killed in the explosion.
Both soldiers were assigned to the First Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, of the Fort Hood-based First Cavalry Division.
Kritzer was raised in Irvona, a small town on the southern edge of Clearfield County about 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
District Justice James Hawkins, who was Kritzer’s Little League coach, told...