
OKLAHOMA CITY — Heavy fighting in Iraq has claimed the lives of two soldiers, one from Oklahoma City, the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Monday.
Sgt. Carl W. Lee, 23, died Sunday in Ramadi, Iraq. His unit was conducting a dismounted patrol when it encountered enemy forces using small-arms fire, the Defense Department said in a news release on its Web site.
He was shot in the upper torso and head, defense officials and family members said.
Lee and Staff Sgt. Michael B. Shackelford, 25, of Grand Junction, Colo., were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division out of Camp Howze, Korea, officials...