
FORT BLISS, Texas — A Fort Bliss soldier has died in Iraq after his vehicle struck a roadside bomb.
Fort Bliss said in a news release Thursday that 23-year-old Cpl. James M. Hale of Naperville, Ill., died Wednesday in Baghdad.
He was assigned to the 978th Military Police Company, 93rd Military Police Battalion, and was on his second tour of duty.
Hale was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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