(MILWAUKIE AP) - A 22-year-old soldier from Milwaukie is dead, after a mortar explosion in Iraq.
Army Specialist Robert Jones was killed Friday in an ambush while on foot patrol in Baghdad, according to family friends.
Jones was a 2002 graduate of Rex Putnam High School.
According to his father, Jones sent him a Father's Day card that arrived Thursday, sending his love, and wishing his father a happy holiday.
This was Jones second tour of duty in Iraq.
He was home on leave in April his father said.
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