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Funeral set for St. Charles soldier killed in Iraq

By AP/KWMU

St. Louis – Services will be held Monday in St. Charles for Army Col. Stephen Scott, who was killed in Baghdad last week.

Scott was the ninth soldier of his rank to die in Iraq.

His funeral will begin at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church-Harvester in St. Charles. Burial will follow at Jefferson Barracks.

Col. Scott was raised in the St. Louis area. He was killed by a mortar round last week in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.

The 54-year-old was an avid jogger. He died while exercising in a military gym.

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