Obituary

39, of Utica, Miss.; assigned to the 588th Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; died in Baqubah, Iraq, May 28. His death was non-combat related.

Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Bradley led the soldier’s life in the military. But long before then, he was known for his music.

“He was left-handed, he blew the trumpet and played the guitar,” said Cleveland Washington of Jackson, Miss., Bradley’s first cousin. “He always liked music and was always in a band.”

Bradley died of a heart attack May 28 in Iraq. Stationed at Fort Hood and a 19-year Army veteran, he is survived by his wife, Claudia Bradley, son, Bryan Bradley, and stepdaughter, Sandra Coleman.