A soldier from San Antonio was killed in Iraq.  SGT Steven Talamantez was killed by indirect fire (mortar) in Maysan province of Iraq, a normally less violent province.  He was assigned to the 1st Cavalary Division out of Ft. Hood, Texas.  A graduate of McCollum High School in 1995, he worked in construction before joining the Army in 2008.  He left a wife and two children.  He said he loved the soldiers with whom he served.  See San Antonio Express News report.