Steven Hutchison
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Age: 60
From: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Army Maj. Steven Hutchison died May 10 in Basra, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Al Farr, Iraq.
Died: May 10, 2009
Riley major, 60, is oldest soldier to die in Iraq
By Amanda Lee Myers
The Associated Press
PHOENIX — A 60-year-old Vietnam War veteran killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has become the oldest Army soldier to die in that conflict, the military said Thursday.
Maj. Steven Hutchison, of Scottsdale, Ariz., served in Vietnam and wanted to re-enlist immediately after the 9/11 terror attacks, but his wife was against it, his brother said.
Richard Hutchison told The Associated Press on Thursday that when she died, “a part of him died” so he signed up in July 2007 at age 59.
“He was very devoted to the service and to his country,” Richard Hutchison said.
He described him as a great big brother and friend. “I didn’t want him to go,” he said through tears, adding that he loved his brother “so much.”
The Pentagon said Steven Hutchison was killed in...