Fourth American dead after northern Iraq drive-by shooting
Friday, March 26, 2004 | Tag Cloud | Learn about our FREE SYNDICATION Service | Sign up for our Worthy Briefs! | Printer Friendly
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — A fourth American has been confirmed dead after a March 15 attack on five humanitarian workers in northern Iraq.
David E. McDonnall, 28, of Rowlett, Texas, died Tuesday morning (Mosul, Iraq, time) en route to a military support hospital in Baghdad. Four U.S. military surgeons had worked for six hours to save his life.
His wife, Carrie Taylor McDonnall, 26, of Rowlett, Texas, remains in critical condition.
The three other workers killed were Larry T. Elliott, 60, and Jean Dover Elliott, 58, of Cary, N.C., and Karen Denise Watson, 38, of Bakersfield, Calif.
The four died from bullet and shell fragment wounds reportedly from automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. The victims were attacked by unidentified assailants.
Latest Worthy News
U.S. Sends Nimitz, Destroyers, and Refueling Fleet Toward Middle East as Israel-Iran War Intensifies
Fair Use Notice:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.