Top U.S. surgeon in Iraq killed in crash
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By JEFF LATZKE, Associated Press Writer
9:46 am EST Thursday 25 January 2007
The top U.S. surgeon in Iraq was among the 12 soldiers killed when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Baghdad, the Pentagon confirmed this week.
Col. Brian D. Allgood, whose father and two uncles served in Vietnam, had spent more than 20 years in the military.
"Brian was a wonderful human being," his mother, Cleo Allgood, told The Gazette of Colorado Springs, Colo. "He was a wonderful brother, son, husband and father. He just was a giving person who served his country."
Allgood, 46, had been serving in Iraq for about six months before the crash Saturday, said his uncle, Dr. Richard Allgood of Lawton.
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He was one of two active-duty soldiers killed in Saturday's crash. The 10 other soldiers were members of the National Guard, making it the deadliest single combat incident for the Guard since at least the Korean War of 1950-1953, Mark Allen, a National Guard Bureau spokesman, said Thursday.
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