
SEYMOUR, Ind. — A soldier from southern Indiana was serving a second tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed, his uncle said.
Army Spc. Carter A. Gamble Jr., 24, of Seymour, died June 24 in Duraiya from wounds he suffered from enemy small-arms fire, the military said. He was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division based at Fort Benning, Ga.
On June 25, the Department of Defense listed his hometown as Brownstown. The department now says the soldier’s home of record on his enlistment papers was Seymour.
Gamble’s uncle, Jackson County Sheriff Marc Lahrman, told The (Seymour) Tribune on June 26 that his nephew actually grew up in Georgia. He believes the military...