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Third Houston-area soldier killed in Iraq in less than a week
12:32 PM CDT on Sunday, May 13, 2007
A decorated Army private from Houston was killed Thursday. Pfc. Roy L. Jones III, died from wounds sustained from small-arms fire in Diwaniyah, Iraq the defense department said.
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Pfc. Roy Jones, III
He is the third Houston area soldier to die in the past week. Jones was assigned to the 984th Military Police Company from Fort Carson, Colo.
Defense department officials said the 21-year-old had been awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal and had received a combat action badge since being deployed o Iraq in Sept. 7.
Attempts to reach Jones family for comment Saturday were unsuccessful.
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