
ALBUQUERQUE — A New Mexico family is mourning the death of a 21-year-old soldier killed while serving in Iraq.
Army Spc. Clifford Adam Spohn III died April 9 of wounds suffered when his unit was hit with indirect fire while working at an Iraqi police station in Karmah, the Army said.
Spohn was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, from Fort Richardson, Alaska.
A 2004 graduate of Cibola High School, Spohn joined the Army that October and was assigned to Fort Richardson in May 2005. He leaves behind a wife and a 4-year-old daughter.
The Spohn family declined to talk with reporters...