Lyle J. Cambridge
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Age: 23
From: Shiprock, N.M.
Assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Cpl. Lyle J. Cambridge was killed July 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in Baghdad.
Died: July 05, 2005
Navajo family mourns death of Fort Carson soldier
Associated Press
SHIPROCK, N.M. — Cpl. Lyle Cambridge’s family was preparing a birthday party for the soldier’s youngest son when a vehicle bearing a government license plate pulled up and a uniformed soldier got out.
“That’s when it hit me. My heart just went,” said Joe Cambridge Sr., Lyle’s father.
The 23-year-old Navajo soldier was killed Tuesday in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near the vehicle he was riding in. Also killed in the attack was Staff Sgt. Scottie L. Bright, 36, of Montgomery, Ala.
They were both assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment based at Fort Carson, Colo.
At least 59 soldiers from Fort Carson have died in Iraq. Another 68 soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, which will move to the base when its current tour in Iraq is over, have died there.
Cambridge, who graduated from Aztec High School...
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