
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — A soldier from the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest was killed in Iraq when his unit was attacked while on patrol, the Department of Defense announced Dec. 2.
Army Spc. Uday Singh, 21, died Dec. 1 after an attack in Habbaniyah, Iraq, military officials said. He was assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry Division of Fort Riley, Kan.
“His father told us he was on patrol when he was shot and died on the way to the hospital,” said Singh’s uncle, Prem Jay Datt, of Lake Forest. He said the Indian-born Singh’s parents live in Chandigarh, India, a town near New Delhi.
“We got a call from his dad at 7...