
CLINTON, Wis. — A former Wisconsin man is among the latest soldiers killed in Iraq.
Spc. Justin Linden, 22, who lived in Portland, Ore., was a 1999 graduate of Clinton High School.
He served with the Oregon-based Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment.
The Department of Defense said Linden was among five soldiers killed when assailants used an improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack last Friday.
Linden’s mother, Donna Beckman, of Elkhorn, said her son moved to Portland with friends about four years ago. He and his wife, Sarah, married on Feb. 28, before he was shipped to Iraq.
“They were planning on...