60-Year-Old Is Oldest Army Soldier Killed In Iraq

U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers set up security while waiting for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters after conducting a joint air assault operation to intercept and prevent illegal weapons movement near Mushada, Iraq, May 11, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Neil Stanfield

From Yahoo News/AP:

PHOENIX – A 60-year-old Vietnam War veteran killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has become the oldest Army soldier to die in that conflict, the military said Thursday.

Maj. Steven Hutchison, of Scottsdale, Ariz., served in Vietnam and wanted to re-enlist immediately after the 9/11 terror attacks, but that his wife was against it, his brother said.

Richard Hutchison told The Associated Press on Thursday that when she died, "a part of him died" so he signed up in July 2007.

"He was very devoted to the service and to his country," Richard Hutchison said.

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