
FORD CITY, Pa. — A 19-year-old soldier from western Pennsylvania who had been in the Army for only eight months died Sunday from wounds sustained in a mortar attack Saturday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, defense officials said.
Pvt. Brad Coleman, from Ford City, was assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based at Fort Lewis, Wash., according to defense officials. Coleman, who worked nights, apparently was asleep in his barracks when the mortar hit, said his father, Donald Coleman.
“He was in for eight months total, including boot camp. Brad didn’t get a lot of a chance,” Donald Coleman said.
The oldest of three children, Brad Coleman...