
MOBILE, Ala. — A soldier from Prichard was killed by a roadside bomb while riding in an Army Humvee in Iraq, family members said.
Family and friends said Army Staff Sgt. Harrison “Duck” Brown, 31, was killed April 8 while on either his third or fourth tour of duty in Iraq.
Brown’s sister, Mary Dozier of Mobile, said the married father of three was a 1994 graduate of Blount High School and had recently visited Mobile for Mardi Gras while on leave before returning to Iraq.
Brown was a wide receiver on a Blount football team that won a Class 5A state championship.
Brown had “a great attitude and was a good student,” Blount coach Ben Harris said....