FORT WAINWRIGHT - Army officials on Friday released the identity of the Fort Wainwright soldier killed in Iraq.
Spec. Dustin Harris died Thursday when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle, Fort Wainwright officials said.
No other soldiers were injured in the accident near Bayji, Iraq, about halfway between Mosul and Baghdad on the Tigris River.
Harris, 21, of Patten, Maine, was assigned the 172nd Brigade Support Battalion, which is part of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team stationed in Mosul.
Harris was a motor transport operator who joined the Army in July 2004 and was assigned to Fort Wainwright in February 2005.
His relatives have been notified, officials said. There was no immediate word on a funeral or memorial services.
