
NEWARK, N.J. — A soldier from New Jersey serving in Iraq with a unit from Fort Riley, Kan., was shot and killed last week, the Defense Department reported.
Spc. Simeon Hunte, 23, of Essex County, N.J., was on patrol in Khadra last Wednesday when an Iraqi approached and shot him, the military said. The shooting is under investigation.
Hunte was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division. He was the eighth Fort Riley soldier killed in the war, and a memorial service for him is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Morris Hill Chapel on the post.
Hunte’s family moved to Orange, N.J., from Newark...