The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died November 8 in Baghdad, Iraq when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near their convoy. Both soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard, Horton, Kan.

Killed were:

Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Wisdom, 39, of Atchison, Kan.

Spc. Don A. Clary, 21, of Troy, Kan.

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