
ANDERSON, Ind. — A soldier from Anderson was killed in fighting in Iraq, family members told The Herald Bulletin.
Army officials notified Lt. Robert Colvill’s family of his death on Thursday, said his sister Angela Seward.
Colvill, 31, had served in Iraq for four months and had been in the Army for two years, family members said. He previously had served eight years in the Marine Corps.
Colvill was not listed among the latest casualties on the Defense Department’s Web site early Friday.
“My father said he was killed when he was fighting with the troops on the border — in hand-to-hand combat basically,” said Seward. “They were attacked. There were four people that...