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Bucks community loses another in Iraq: Colby J. Umbrell of Doylestown Township was killed by a roadside bomb.
Byline: Patrick Lester and Scott Kraus
May 5--First Lt. Colby J. Umbrell considered himself more than an Army paratrooper who hunted down "bad guys" during his service in Iraq. He wanted to be a diplomat.
Driven to improve poor conditions inside Iraqi schools, the 26-year-old Doylestown Township man this year enlisted school students back home in Bucks County to collect pencils and paper for their counterparts overseas.
Less than two months after returning to Iraq with five boxes of those supplies, Umbrell was killed Thursday when a roadside bomb went off near his patrol vehicle in Musayyib, the Defense Department said.
Two other paratroopers were hurt, but not seriously. Umbrell's parents, Mark and Nancy, were told their son died instantly.
The death of Umbrell, a member of the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division based in Fort Richardson, Alaska, was another blow to a…
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