
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa soldier was killed in Iraq when the vehicle he was riding in ran over an explosive device, his family said.
Army Pvt. Kurt Frosheiser, 22, of Des Moines, died Nov. 8 while on a mission west of Baghdad, his mother, Jeanie Hudson-Holton, of Ankeny, said.
Frosheiser, who was trained as an advance cavalry scout, was assigned to the 1st Armored Division, Hudson-Holton said. She said her son, who died from a head injury about 30 minutes after the explosion, was riding in a Humvee when it ran over an improvised explosive device.
Joel Frosheiser, Kurt Frosheiser’s twin brother, told WHO-TV in Des Moines that the device is like a...