IRAQ: Injured UND student returning

Posted on Thu, Jul. 24, 2003
IRAQ: Injured UND student returning
Soldier had planned on returning to school after deployment ends
By Sarah Jimenez
Herald Staff Writer

Family friend Dianne Pearson said she hated to see 22-year-old UND student Brandon Erickson injured in Iraq, but she's thankful he'll be coming home soon.

"I'm glad that he's still with us," Pearson said Wednesday. "It's something he'll recover from, and he has a lot of support from family."

Erickson, a member of the North Dakota Army National Guard, was wounded Tuesday by attackers using rocket-propelled grenades along the road between Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad and Ramadi, 60 miles west of the capital, military officials said.

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