Julio E. Negron
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Age: 28
From: Pompano Beach, Fla.
Assigned to the 360th Transportation Company, 68th Corps Support Battalion, 43rd Area Support Group, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Sgt. Julio E. Negron was killed Feb. 28 in a military vehicle accident in Bayji, Iraq. Also
Died: February 28, 2005
Former Pompano Beach resident dies in Iraq crash
Associated Press
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A soldier who lived in South Florida was killed when the Humvee he was riding in crashed in Iraq, military officials said.
Sgt. Julio E. Negron, 28, of Pompano Beach, died Monday in Bayji, Iraq, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
He was one of two soldiers stationed at Fort Carson, Colo., who died from injuries sustained in the crash. Spc. Lizbeth Robles, 31, of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, died Tuesday in an Army hospital in Tikrit, the Defense Department said.
Both soldiers were part of the 360th Transportation Company, which sent 180 soldiers to Iraq in late December to transport bulk fuel. They were among 1,800 soldiers in the 43rd Area Support Group serving in Iraq.
Negron, a native of San German, Puerto Rico, joined the Army in April 1997 after moving to Pompano Beach from Maryland to live with a brother, Edward,...