
SHARON, Pa. — A soldier formerly from western Pennsylvania was killed in Iraq when a military wrecker he was riding in rolled over, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Pfc. Douglas Kashmer, 27, who was assigned to the Army’s 70th Transportation Company, was killed almost instantly when the vehicle rolled over in Nippur, Iraq, on June 8, said his mother, Carol Kashmer, of Cookeville, Tenn.
“He didn’t suffer. He’s going to be deeply missed by everyone, and I’m the proudest mother you’d ever meet,” she said.
The Defense Department said Kashmer’s vehicle wasn’t involved in combat when it rolled over.
Carol Kashmer said her son, who worked as a diesel...