By Alabama Public Radio
Pell City, AL – A 23-year-old Pell City soldier has been killed in Iraq. The Department of Defense says Specialist Brian Vaughn died Tuesday in Ramadi. His unit was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire. Specialist Christopher Hoskins, of Connecticut, was also killed in the attack. Both soldiers were assigned to the First Battalion, Ninth Infantry Regiment, Second Brigade Combat Team, Second Infantry Division that was based in Colorado.