Third Local Soldier Dies in Iraq

This has been a terrible week for Massachusetts when it comes to the war in Iraq. The Pentagon has announced that a third resident of the state has died.

Green Beret Robert Pirelli, of Franklin, was killed in Iraq. He was in the 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), based in Fort Carson, Colorado. He was 29.

The Pentagon has released information that Pirelli died in small-arms fire in Diyala Province.

Pirelli was supposed to come home in October. He was the son of a local cable announcer for Franklin High School hockey games, and Pirelli himself played hockey for Franklin High.