FORT DRUM — A 10th Mountain Division field artilleryman with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, Fort Polk, La., was killed May 1 in Baghdad when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device.

Spc. Jeffrey F. Nichols, 21, was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. He is survived by his wife and son, of Marble Falls, Texas, and his mother, of Granite Shoals, Texas.