
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A North Carolina-based soldier has died from wounds he suffered while fighting in Iraq, the Defense Department announced Jan. 25.
Sgt. 1st Class Keith A. Callahan, 31, of McClure, Pa., died Jan. 24 after an improvised explosive device detonated while he was on combat patrol south of Baghdad.
Callahan was a platoon sergeant assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Callahan posted himself at a road crossing to act as additional security for his platoon when he was killed, said Lt. Col. Ross E. Davidson of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Squadron, 73rd Calvary Regiment.
“At the...