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Remembering Phillip I. Neel.
1st Lt. Phillip I. Neel, 27, of Fredericksburg, TX, died April 8 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using grenades. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.