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Miller's Death Haunts Iowa National Guard Platoon in Ramadi
The 224th Combat Engineer Battalion based in Ramadi endures loss and trauma after Miller is killed by a sniper. Seven more soldiers died or were wounded in earlier weeks, leaving survivors grappling with combat stress, guilt, and questions about mission purpose amid daily mortar and IED threats on Easy Street.
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Miller
Hayes
Iowa
Ramadi
Dermer
U.S
Baghdad
Joseph Hallett
2Nd Infantry Division
Kris Rainwater
Nowata
Okla
Rainwater
Easy Street
Holschlag
Tom Lafave
Escanaba, Mich
Steve
Shaggy” Hagedorn
Spc
Greg Feagans
Shawn Conrad
Conrad
J-Dub
Wal-Mart
Iowa National Guard
Feagans
Burlington
John Wayne
Iraq
Richard Gienau
Peoria
Ill
Tripoli
Justin Edgington
West Burlington
224Th
Afghanistan