
BON AQUA, Tenn. — Two Tennessee soldiers in the same Colorado-based unit were killed in Iraq over the weekend, the Department of Defense announced August 7.
Army Spc. Justin R. Blackwell, 27, of Paris, and Army Pvt. Jeremy S. Bohannon, 18, of Bon Aqua, were both killed by indirect fire in Baghdad.
Both were assigned to the 59th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, at Fort Carson, Colo.
Bohannon enlisted in the Army in November and was on his first tour of Iraq, just nine months into his military career.
Bohannon was driving a vehicle while Blackwell was acting as gunner, said Blackwell’s...