Army nurse with South Jersey ties killed in Iraq (Asbury Pa


An Army nurse with roots in South Jersey died this week in Iraq, officials said. Capt. Maria Ortiz, 40, was killed Tuesday by enemy mortar fire in Baghdad, the Defense Department said. Army officials identified Ortiz's hometown as Bayamon, Puerto Rico. But a military spokesman said the nurse's mother, who was not named, lives in Pennsauken. Ortiz reportedly was born in Pennsauken, but it was not ...

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