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Soldier from Michigan killed in Iraq
Comments 0 | Recommend 0GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) - A U.S. Army soldier from Gaylord has died in a vehicle crash in Iraq.
The Pentagon says 22-year-old Private First Class John Thomas Bishop and another soldier were killed Wednesday in the city of Golden Hills.
Bishop's father tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle his son was in a heavy armored vehicle that rolled over into a canal after the side of the road gave way. He was trapped inside the vehicle.
He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), in Fort Campbell, Ky.
Bishop attended Gaylord High School and would have celebrated his first wedding anniversary in July. His father described him as a risk-taker who enjoyed snowmobiling, fishing and skydiving.
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