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Updated at 11:01 a.m., Thursday, December 7, 2006

Five Schofield soldiers killed in Iraq

Advertiser Staff

Five Task Force Lightning Soldiers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, were killed yesterday as a result of an explosion near their vehicle while conducting combat operations in Kirkuk Province.

The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.