
WILLOWS, Calif. — Spc. Thai Vue was killed in a mortar attack in Iraq, where he was serving with a military police unit, Defense Department officials said Monday.
Vue, of Willows, Calif., died Friday when a mortar round hit his motor pool. He was assigned to the Army’s 127th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, based in Hanau, Germany.
Vue was born in the Philippines and moved with his family to California in 1984. Vue was the third of six children born to his father, Chou Vue, and mother, Chia Thao.
“Having lived through a war and all that, having lost family members before, you’re proud in a sense, but at the same...