Christopher S. Potts
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Age: 38
From: Tiverton, R.I.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 103rd Field Artillery Regiment, Rhode Island Army National Guard, Providence, R.I.
Incident: Army Sgt. Christopher S. Potts was killed Oct. 3 when his unit, which was conducting traffic-control operations, was attacked by small-arms fire in Taji, Iraq.
Died: October 03, 2004
Rhode Island National Guardsman killed in Iraq
By Richard C. Lewis
Associated Press
CRANSTON, R.I. — A Rhode Island National Guardsman was killed during an attack by insurgents as he manned a traffic-control post in Iraq, the Guard announced Monday.
Sgt. Christopher Potts was killed Sunday, his 38th birthday, in a firefight sparked when an unknown number of insurgents attacked the traffic post in Taji, about 13 miles north of Baghdad in the so-called Sunni Triangle. The military is investigating, Guard officials said.
Potts is the fourth Rhode Island National Guardsman to be killed in Iraq. He is the 10th Rhode Islander to be killed in military-related action in that country since the invasion in March 2003, the Guard said.
Sixty-eight Rhode Island National Guard members have been wounded or injured in attacks in Iraq alone, said Lt. Col. Michael McNamara.
“This is a sad day for our state, for our...