
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The 82nd Airborne Division said a North Carolina-based paratrooper died from wounds he sustained during combat in Scania, Iraq, earlier in the week.
The division said Feb. 2 that 1st Lt. David Schultz of Blue Island, Illinois, was hit by indirect fire Jan. 31. He was a platoon leader assigned to the division’s 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
Schultz graduated from Northern Illinois University in 2005 and joined the Army the same year. He was assigned to the 82nd a year later.
Schultz is survived by his wife, Sabrina, and their son, of Fort Bragg; and his parents, David and Marjorie Schultz, of...