Maryland Firefighter Killed In Iraq

Editor's Note: Thomas Barbieri was a volunteer emergency medical technician with the Rockville Fire Department for a year

A soldier from Maryland has been killed in Iraq.

The Department of Defense said specialist Thomas Barbieri, 24, died Wednesday when small arms fire hit his patrol south of Baghdad during combat operations.

Barbieri is from Gaithersburg and was stationed in Fort Bragg, N.C.

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