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Colorado Army soldier dies in Afghanistan
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - An Army sergeant from Colorado became
the third soldier from the 101st Airborne to be killed in Afghanistan in a week.
Sgt. Isaac Palomarez, 26, of Loveland, Colo., was killed Friday in the Kapisa Province. The Department of Defense says Palomarez's patrol encountered an improvised explosive device and came under small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire.
Palomarez a member of the 101st Airborne Division's Fourth Brigade Combat Team at Fort Campbell, an Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line.
Two other soldiers from the Fourth Brigade, Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett, 22, of Greenup, Ky., and Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Roberts, 25, of Farmington, N.M., died in a bombing Wednesday in Afghanistan's Sabari District.
