An N.C. National Guard soldier from Apex was killed Friday in Iraq, becoming the fifth Guard soldier with a small, Rocky Mount-based unit to die in Iraq in less than a month.

Two Marines from Camp Lejeune, including one of the base's most senior enlisted men, were killed Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Friday.

Pomp and ritual honor a police captain and National Guardsman killed in Iraq.

Staff Sgt. William R. Neil Jr., 38, of Holmdel, N.J., was killed when the vehicle he was riding in struck an improvised bomb near Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan.

A Fort Bragg paratrooper who was killed Saturday in Afghanistan joined the Army in part to support his 7-year-old daughter, who has Down syndrome, said his mother, Shelley Tucker.

Two soldiers from Fort Bragg were killed Tuesday in Diyala Province northeast of Baghdad, bringing to five the number of paratroopers from the base killed in Iraq in less than a week.

The 82nd Airborne Division said a North Carolina-based paratrooper died from wounds he sustained during combat in Scania, Iraq, last week.

A soldier and a Marine with ties to North Carolina were killed in different incidents in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.

A Marine based in North Carolina was killed while overseas supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, Department of Defense officials announced Tuesday.

The Department of Defense late Thursday announced the death of an 82nd Airborne soldier killed in Afghanistan this week.

State Briefs: A soldier from Matthews died Wednesday in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced in a news release Friday.

An Army specialist based at Fort Bragg died Saturday in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device, the Department of Defense announced Monday.