
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore soldier was one of two troops killed last week in Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded near their convoy, the Department of Defense announced late Monday.
Sgt. 1st Class Neil A. Prince, 35, of Baltimore, and Spc. Casey Byers, 22, of Schleswig, Iowa, died June 11 in Taqaddum, Iraq, the Pentagon said.
Prince was assigned to the Army’s 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, based at Fort Carson, Colo.
“It was a very unfortunate set of events” that led to Prince being in the convoy that was attacked, according to Lt. Col. Greg Hapgood, public affairs officer for the Iowa National Guard. Prince...