60-year-old Major Steven Hutchison was killed in Iraq on May 10th. It makes him the oldest soldier to die under Commander-in-Chief Barack H. Obama. It also makes him one of the oldest to die since the war began. From the Department of Defense:

Maj. Steven Hutchison, 60, of Scottsdale, Ariz., died May 10, in Basrah of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Al Farr, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

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