
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — A Fort Bragg-based soldier died in Iraq without ever meeting his baby daughter, family members said Aug. 27.
Josh Morley, 22, died Aug. 26 in southern Iraq after he and a comrade came under fire, family members said. It’s wasn’t immediately clear if Morley was one of the two soldiers who died Aug. 26 in a firefight in Samarra that saw a dozen insurgents killed.
Morley is survived by his wife, Kendra, and a daughter, who was born in April, said Irene Brevard, Morley’s aunt.
“Josh was a fine young man that wanted to serve his country so that the rest of us could have our freedom,” she said.
Morley was born in Hendersonville, said...