
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A Nebraska Army National Guard soldier was killed in northern Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy in Samarra, military officials said Monday.
Sgt. Jeremy Fischer, 26, of Lincoln was killed Sunday, Maj. Gen. Roger Lempke said. Also killed in the attack was Sgt. 1st Class Linda Tarango-Griess, 33, of Sutton.
“Our prayers go out to their families,” Lempke said.
Fischer and Tarango-Griess were members of the 267th Ordnance Company, based in Lincoln, with detachments in Gering and Hastings. The company was sent to Iraq in February from Fort Riley, Kan.
Military officials in Iraq said a roadside bomb exploded as a U.S. patrol passed...