
TUCSON, Ariz. — A 25-year-old Army specialist from Tucson has been killed in action in Iraq.
The Department of Defense said Sept. 27 that Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh died Sept. 25 in Anbar province when his unit was attacked with small arms fire.
No other details were immediately released.
Unruh was a member of the 44th Engineer Battalion stationed at Camp Howze, South Korea.
Unruh held the hazardous job of combat engineer.
He was the son of Karen Unruh-Wahrer, who works in respiratory care at University Medical Center.
Unruh’s family declined comment Sept. 27 through Fort Huachuca.
Maj. Beth Robbins, an Army spokeswoman at the Pentagon, said...