Seven U.S. Soldiers Killed by IEDs near Balad, Hawija

By Alan Gray, NewsBlaze

TIKRIT, Iraq - Three Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device northeast of Balad Feb. 22.

Also on the 22nd, four Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division were killed near Hawijah when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.

The Soldiers were on a combat patrol at the time of the incident.

The names of the Soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Source: Multi-National Force-Iraq