
FORT RILEY, Kan. — A Fort Riley soldier died in Iraq when his convoy hit an explosive in Baghdad, the Defense Department said.
Army Spc. Irving Medina, 22, of Middletown, N.Y. was killed Nov. 14, becoming the 14th soldier from the Kansas Army post to die during U.S. military operations in Iraq.
He was a cannon crew member assigned to the 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. Maj. James Buczkowski, a Fort Riley spokesman, said Medina left for Iraq at the end of April.
At the Medina home in Middletown, an American flag flew and a yellow ribbon was on the front porch on Nov. 16. Ana Medina said a West Point...