Kelly S. Morris
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Age: 24
From: Boise, Idaho
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Army Sgt. Kelly S. Morris died March 30 in Baghdad of injuries sustained from enemy small-arms fire.
Died: March 30, 2005
Boise soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
FORT STEWART, Ga. — A Fort Stewart soldier killed by small-arms fire in Iraq has been identified as Sgt. Kelly Morris, 24, of Boise, Idaho.
The Army said Wednesday that Morris died March 30 in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment of the Fort Stewart-based 3rd Infantry Division.
Central Command at Fort MacDill Air Force Base in Florida told The Idaho Statesman in Boise that a man shot at soldiers patrolling in east Baghdad. The man fled into the crowd, according to soldiers at the scene, and soldiers searched a home in the area and detained five suspected terrorists.
Morris was born in Boise, and raised from the age of 7 by Bill and Lisa Lowery, said Idaho National Guard spokesman Tim Marsano. He attended Boise High School and graduated from Mountain Cove High.
“This is obviously a very difficult time for our family and for all who...