
WYOMING, Mich. — A soldier from suburban Grand Rapids who a family friend says had a longing for opportunities to travel was killed in Iraq when a primitive bomb exploded near his vehicle.
Spc. Eric T. Burri, 21, of Wyoming, died Tuesday in Baghdad, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. He was assigned to the 623rd Quartermaster Company, 1st Corps Support Command, based at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Virginia Burri told Grand Rapids radio station WOOD-AM that her grandson joined the Army after graduating from Kelloggsville High School. Flags at the school flew at half-staff as word of his death spread in the area.
Woody Watson, a close family friend, said...