
Spcs. Kyle A. Griffin, Zachiariah W. Long and Michael T. Gleason were among the soldiers traveling from Mosul to Tikrit in a three-vehicle convoy — two Humvees and a light medium tactical vehicle — during a storm May 30. A civilian vehicle dodged a pothole, causing the Humvees to swerve. There was not enough stopping distance between the vehicles, and the LMTV swerved off the road and turned over, causing the death of three soldiers.
PARAMUS, N.J. — Hundreds of people attended the funeral June 9 for a soldier who was killed in a truck accident in Iraq.
U.S. Army Spc. Kyle Griffin, 20, of Emerson, was the fifth soldier from New Jersey to die during...