Norman L. Tollett
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Age: 30
From: Elyria, Ohio
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Sgt. Norman L. Tollett died April 28, in Baghdad of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat patrol operations.
Died: April 28, 2007
Soldier from Elyria dies in Iraq
The Associated Press
ELYRIA, Ohio — A soldier from northeast Ohio has been killed in Iraq, his family said.
Army Sgt. Norman Tollett, 30, of Elyria, died last week in Baghdad.
His father, David Tollett, learned of the death April 29 when military officers visited his home.
Norman Tollett entered the military after visiting the World Trade Center site in New York and learning that former NFL player Pat Tillman, killed in Afghanistan in 2004, had said he joined the Army to become part of a larger team, his father said.
Tollett joined the military in August 2004 and was stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., in the 82nd Airborne Division.
He was a 1994 graduate of Elyria Catholic High School, where he was co-captain of the football team.
Elyria is about 23 miles southwest of Cleveland.
Nearly 1,000 mourn fallen sergeant
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