Army identifies soldier killed in Iraq
FORT WAINWRIGHT - The military on Monday identified a soldier assigned to the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team who was killed in Iraq.
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Sgt. Nicholas Sowinski, 25, of Tempe, Ariz., died when his Stryker vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb during a mounted patrol in Baghdad early last Wednesday morning, U.S. Army spokesman spokesman Maj. Kirk Gohlke said.
Sowinski was a Cavalry Scout assigned to the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
Sowinski joined the Army in June 2003 and was assigned to Fort Wainwright in November 2003.
Four other soldiers were injured in the accident, one seriously, Gohlke said. That soldier was taken to the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad. The others have returned to duty.