Three U.S. troops slain in Iraq

Australian News.Net
Monday 27th November, 2006

Two Marines and a soldier were killed in separate incidents in Iraq Saturday, Multinational Force Iraq officials announced.

Two other soldiers were injured.

A Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 and another Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died from wounds sustained while operating in Anbar province, officials said.

In addition, a roadside bomb killed a Task Force Lightning soldier assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, in Diyala province.

Two other soldiers were wounded when the bomb detonated near their vehicle as they were conducting operations. They were transported to coalition forces' medical treatment facilities.

Also a United States Air Force F-16CG jet engaged in combat operations crashed approximately 20 miles northwest of Baghdad Monday at about 1:35 p.m. Baghdad time, with one pilot on board. No further information was available.

The Department of Defense meantime has named three other troops killed in Iraq in recent days.

Lance Cpl. Joshua C. Alonzo, 21, of Dumas, Texas, was killed Wednesday while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

James P. Musack, 23, of Riverside, Iowa, died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in Samarra, Tuesday. Musack was assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Command Sgt. Maj. Donovan E. Watts, 46, of Atlanta, Ga., was killed Tuesday in Bayji, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations in Siniyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

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