
PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania National Guardsman apparently died in his sleep in his barracks near Baghdad on Sept. 25, according to Pennsylvania National Guard officials.
Army Spc. Clifford L. Moxley Jr., 51, of New Castle, was found dead in his bed of apparent natural causes, Lt. Col. Chris Cleaver said.
Moxley, who served in the Army from 1981 to 1987, was a member of the 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery, and was a cook for Company C of the 2/103rd Armor near Baghdad. He joined the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1991, mobilized for Fort Dix in January and had been in Iraq since March.
“Clifford was a solider everyone looked up to, especially the...