Airmen killed in Iraq identified

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WASHINGTON (AFPN) --  Senior Airman William N. Newman, 23, of Kingston Springs, Tenn., died June 7 south of Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device attack.

Airman Newman was assigned to the 15th Civil Engineer Squadron's explosive ordnance disposal team at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.

Airman 1st Class Eric M. Barnes, 20, of Lorain, Ohio, died June 10 as result of an IED attack on an Air Force convoy about 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 90th Logistics Readiness Squadron at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.