The Virginia National Guard is reporting the death of a guardsman from Dublin in Iraq (web|news) .
The death of 28-year-old Jesse A. Ault was confirmed Friday by Major General Robert Newman Jr., adjutant general of Virginia.
Newman says the staff sergeant died of injuries he received Wednesday when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle south of Baghdad.
Ault's death came days after another Virginia guardsman, Staff Sergeant Jeremiah McNeil, also was killed in an IED attack near Baghdad.
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