Military doctor from N.J. killed during mortar attack

According to a story by Star-Ledger reporter Sharon Adarlo, Dr. John P. Pryor, a 42-year-old doctor from Moorestown, New Jersey, was killed on Christmas morning by a mortar attack in Iraq. The round reportedly struck his trailer in Mosul. The report noted that Dr. Pryor was probably asleep when the round struck.

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