Back in Iraq, Iowan injured a second time

Back in Iraq, Iowan injured a second time

By ABBY SIMONS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
January 28, 2005
After being shot in the face in June, Sgt. 1st Class Brent Jurgersen of Clinton County insisted on returning to Iraq four months later, telling relatives he wanted to bring the soldiers under his command back home.

Now those family members are praying for him again. Jurgersen, 42, was critically injured for a second time when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the Humvee in which he was riding Wednesday in Duluiya. Another U.S. soldier was killed in the attack.

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