Iowa Soldier Killed in Iraq
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An Iowa National Guardsman was killed in Iraq Friday, the Guard announced on Sunday.
Spc. Gregory L. Tull, 20, of Pocohontas, was killed during combat operations when insurgent forces detonated an improvised explosive device near his armored Humvee. Tull was a gunner in the vehicle when it was attacked in Al Anbar province near Hit, Iraq, at about 2 p.m. Tull was assigned to the Iowa Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery, in Storm Lake.
Tull was born in Phoenix, Ariz., and graduated from Pocohontas Area High School in 2003. He attended South Dakota State University before volunteering for Operation Iraqi Freedom in November 2004.
Tull is survived by his mother and father, Eileen and Gary, and, brother, Bryan, all of Pocohontas. He is also survived by his grandparents, Bill and Janet Velau of Garner, and Erland and Phyllis Nelson of Humboldt.
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