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Spec. Ronald J. Tucker of Fountain died Wednesday in Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle, according to the Department of Defense.
Tucker, 21, and 32-year-old Army Capt. Andrew R. Pearson of Billings, Mont., who also died in the blast, were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas.
Tucker was a 2005 graduate of Fountain-Fort Carson High School and joined the Army in 2005.
He was assigned to Fort Hood in August 2006 and went to the Middle East earlier this year.
According to an Associated Press count, the U.S. troop death toll in Iraq for April was 52. That makes April the deadliest month since September, when 65 U.S. soldiers died in Iraq.
