NIU grad killed in combat

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- The 82nd Airborne Division says a North Carolina-based paratrooper from Illinois has died from wounds he sustained during combat in Iraq.

The division said Saturday that First Lieutenant David Schultz of Blue Island, Illinois, was hit by indirect fire in Scania, Iraq on Thursday.

He was a platoon leader assigned to the division's 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, First Brigade Combat Team.

Schultz graduated from Northern Illinois University in 2005 and joined the Army the same year. He was assigned to the 82nd a year later.

Schultz is survived by his wife, Sabrina, and their son, of Fort Bragg; and his parents, David and Marjorie Schultz, who live in Illinois.