Staff Sgt. Eric D. Cottrell
Hometown: Pittsview, Alabama, U.S.
Age: 39 years old
Died: August 13, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Tex.
Incident: Killed when his vehicle was struck by a makeshift bomb in Qayyarah.
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Decorated soldier among 3 killed by IED in Iraq (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga., Aug. 18, 2007)
