10-08-2006
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County Executive
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Member Since: Feb 2005
Location: California
Posts: 382
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Re: The Iraq Page, RIP soldiers
 
Allan Bevington
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Beaver County Times -- BEAVER FALLS - Morado Dwellings residents knew something was wrong when they saw the two "uniforms" walking through their neighborhood, asking questions about the family of Allan Bevington.
"They look like the people who knock on people's doors and give them bad news," Ed Steiner remembered telling a friend.
Bevington's friends held their breath as they waited. Maybe he was only wounded, they prayed. The news was the worst kind.
Sgt. Allan R. Bevington, 22, was killed Thursday while serving with the U.S. Army in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Bevington, a combat engineer, died when one of the dreaded Iraqi booby traps known as improvised explosive devices blew up, an Army official said. To date, 977 soldiers serving in Iraq have been killed by IEDs, according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count Internet site, which tracks such statistics based on official military reports.
Bevington had been assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, of the 1st Armored Division in Baumholder, Germany. He is the fifth Beaver County resident to die while serving in Iraq.
Details of his death were sketchy.
Maj. Nathan Banks, an Army spokesman, said Bevington had one of the most dangerous jobs in Iraq. His duties included seeking out and disarming IEDs. He was killed while cordoning off an area, Banks said. He could offer no further details.
However, military officials told Bevington's family that he was killed when a roadside bomb exploded as he was riding in a vehicle.
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Rest in peace Allen.
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