Staff Sgt. Marion Flint Jr., of Baltimore, is the third serviceman from Maryland to be killed in combat in Iraq in a week.

He was killed Monday in Baghdad, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat patrol operations, according to a Department of Defense press release.

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