Alabama soldier killed in Iraq


MOBILE -- Army Staff Sgt. Dwayne Peter Lewis was killed while on
patrol with his unit in Baghdad, his wife said.

Sgt. April Foster Lewis of Mobile said her husband, a native of
Grenada who grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., was killed Monday.

Military officials confirmed the death, but did not immediately
release details. He was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry
Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort
Drum, N.Y.

April Foster Lewis, also an Iraq war veteran, said two soldiers came
to her parents' home about 11 a.m. Tuesday to report his death.

After their Jan. 5, 2003 marriage, she said, "he started calling
Mobile his 'home'" because he was no longer in contact with his own family,
instead visiting her family in Mobile.