
TULSA, Okla. — A Tulsa man who enjoyed playing the saxophone and taking karate lessons was one of two soldiers killed this week in Iraq.
Spc. James E. Marshall of Tulsa was killed May 5 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive, the Defense Department said in a statement.
Marshall was assigned to the First Batallion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, of the 1st Cavalry Division based at Fort Hood, Texas.
Marshall, 19, joined the Army July 25, 2002, simply because “it was something that he wanted to do,” said his mother, Pamela Marshall.
Marshall, who was in Alpha Battery, went to Iraq on March 15, and Pamela Marshall said her son was not worried...