
SILVER SPRING, Md. — A Fort Lewis soldier from Silver Spring was killed this week in fighting in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Friday.
Spc. Thomas K. Doerflinger, 20, died Thursday in Mosul when his unit came under small-arms fire while conducting combat operations, the Pentagon said.
Doerflinger was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), basxed Fort Lewis, Wash. He had been in Iraq for less than a month.
Doerflinger joined the Army shortly after graduating from Springbrook High School, his sister, Anna, said Friday night. She spoke while outside her...