Volunteer Firefighter Killed In Iraq

May 26, 2007 Nebraska - A Bellevue soldier and firefighter has died in Iraq. Spc. William Lee Bailey III died Saturday (Iraq time) in an IED explosion, said Jack Syphers, a spokesman for the Bellevue Volunteer Fire Department. Bailey was with the Nebraska National Guard's 755th Chemical Company based in O'Neill, Neb. Bailey had been in Iraq for about a year and was due to return home on leave in three weeks, Syphers said. Another Bellevue fire spokesman, Dave Szymanski, said Bailey was married and ...