Toby R Olsen in Manchester NH United States

Name: Army Spc. Toby R. Olsen

Age: 28

From: Manchester, N.H.

Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska

Incident: Army Spc. Toby R. Olsen died Jan. 20 in Karma, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee.

Died:
January
20, 2007

N.H. soldier killed in Iraq roadside bombing

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A soldier from Manchester was killed during the weekend in a roadside bombing in Iraq, the Defense Department said Tuesday.

Army Spc. Toby Olsen, 28, was killed Saturday in Karma, Iraq, along with three other soldiers, the department said. A bomb went off near their Humvee.

The soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, in Fort Richardson, Alaska.

The Defense Department said Olsen lived in Manchester, but relatives said his ties were in Hawaii, where he grew up and graduated from high school.

His parents, James and Lis Olsen, live in Germany, where James Olsen is an Army colonel and eye…