
HICKORY, N.C. — A North Carolina man has died from wounds suffered from a roadside bomb that exploded in Iraq, the military said June 20.
Army Spec. Darryl Wardlaw “Ward” Linder, 24, died June 19 in Baqubah, the Defense Department said. Wardlaw was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.
Linder joined the Marine Corps in 2001 and served in Afghanistan. After working for his father briefly, he enlisted in the Army and deployed to Iraq in January.
“He said he wanted to go to Iraq,” said his father, Darryl Linder. “There was nothing here as exciting. He was very much a patriot.”
His...