Name: Army Pfc. Brandon M. Craig

Age: 25

From: Earleville, Md.

Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.

Incident: Army Pfc. Brandon M. Craig died July 19 in Husayniyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device.

Died: July 19, 2007

Soldier from Cecil County killed in Iraq

The Associated Press

EARLEVILLE, Md. — A soldier from Cecil County was killed July 19 in Iraq, the Pentagon announced July 20.

Pfc. Brandon M. Craig, 25, of Earleville, died in Husayniyah, Iraq, of wounds from a makeshift bomb, the Department of Defense said in a news release.

Craig, an infantryman, was posthumously promoted to corporal, said Joe Hitt, a spokesman for Fort Lewis, Wash., where Craig was stationed.

Craig enlisted in the Army in February 2006 and underwent basic training at Fort Benning, Ga. His unit was deployed to Iraq this April for a 15-month tour, Hitt said.

Craig’s parents told WBAL-TV that they last saw him on his 25th birthday, shortly after he was... ..iiii