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Northwest Iowa native dies in Iraq

June 14, 2007 By admin

The war in Iraq has claimed the life of an Army soldier who grew up in western Iowa. 

The Defense Department says 21-year-old Corporal Llythaniele Fender was among three soldiers killed in Sunday’s roadside bombing in Karbala.

Fender was a 2004 graduate of West Monona High School in Onawa. He was assigned to Battery B of the 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, based at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Fender’s mother, Ellen, released a statement, saying her son "had a huge heart and served his country with great pride."

Funeral arrangements are pending. 

Fender is the 55th Iowan to die in Iraq.

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