
CINCINNATI — A soldier from suburban Cincinnati was killed in an explosion in Ramadi, Iraq, on Sunday while guarding a polling place for the elections, the soldier’s father said Monday.
Pfc. James H. Miller IV, 22, had been in Iraq since August and was in the Army nearly two years, said his father, James H. Miller III of West Chester. He learned of his son’s death from the Army on Sunday.
At least 44 people were killed in violence in Iraq on Sunday as millions of people went to the polls in an election that many Iraqis hope will usher in democracy. The violence on Sunday included nine suicide attacks, most near polling sites in Baghdad. Two Marines also were killed.
Miller said he hoped to receive further information from the Army this week.
The Defense Department had not posted information about the death on its Web site Monday and...