Family of Locust Fork Soldier Killed in Iraq Not Told
January 26th, 2007The family of a soldier from Locust Fork Alabama among four abducted and killed during a sneak attack in Iraq confirmed by the Pentagon Friday was not told by the military at first about the abduction.
Army Pfc. Johnathan Millican, 20, a 2005 graduate of Locust Fork High School, was among the four listed as being abducted and killed in the Jan. 20 strike in Karbala, according to the AP.
While Millican’s family and friends initially understood from the military that the troops died in an ambush, the Pentagon said Friday the four actually were abducted in a sophisticated attack and then killed.
Watch for more news and an investigation on this.
