Soldier From Los Angeles Killed In Iraq

POSTED: 8:58 am PDT May 3, 2005

UPDATED: 9:06 am PDT May 3, 2005

LOS ANGELES -- Pentagon officials Tuesday released the name of a 27-year-old soldier from Los Angeles who died when his Army vehicle was attacked in Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Juan De Dios Garcia-Arana died Saturday when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle was attacked by enemy forces in Khaladiyah, Iraq, Defense Department officials said.

Garcia-Arana was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Hovey in Korea, Pentagon officials said.

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