
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Six soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division have been killed in Iraq this week in a series of attacks across the country, Army officials said Friday.
Pfc. Angelo A. Zawaydeh, 20, of San Bruno, Calif., died in a mortar attack at a traffic control point in Baghdad on Tuesday, Fort Campbell officials said. Zawaydeh was a member of the 502nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat team.
Staff Sgt. Marco A. Silva, 27, of Alva, Fla., and Sgt. Corey A. Dan, 22, of Norway, Maine, were killed Monday while on patrol near Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold about 70 miles west of Baghdad, the Army said. Both soldiers belonged to 506th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
A fourth soldier was shot and killed Thursday while manning an observation post in Samarra following a large helicopter-borne operation north of Baghdad. Two more soldiers were killed in...