
KENTWOOD, La. — A National Guardsman with only months to go as a military policeman in Iraq was killed when an improvised roadside bomb hit the car in which he was a passenger.
A second soldier was injured in the bombing which killed Spec. Christopher Taylor on Monday, but was able to return to duty after treatment, according to a statement released Wednesday by the Alabama National Guard.
The victims were part of a three-vehicle military police patrol from the 1st Armored Division when the blast occurred at 9:20 a.m. local time.
Taylor, 25, was born in Metairie and went to high school in Kentwood, but was living in Daphne, Ala., his parents...