Pennsylvania loses a golfer

Army 1st Lt. Nathan Raudenbush, 26, of Royersford, Pennsylvania, was killed this week in southern Baghdad, according to the Associated Press.

Family members say the son of a Berks County couple has been killed in Iraq. Relatives say Army 1st Lt. Nathan Raudenbush, 26, was killed Wednesday afternoon in southern Baghdad. He was patrolling in a Humvee destroyed by a roadside bomb. Two other soldiers were injured.

Raudenbush was the son of Brian and Mary Raudenbush of Earl Twp. He was a 2001 graduate of Spring-Ford High School in Royersford, Montgomery County.

Brian Raudenbush says his son was a longtime member of the Boy Scouts of America, and enjoyed distance running and golf.

He is survived his wife, Casey, and their 20-month-old son, Jackson, of Port Wentworth, Ga.

Our thoughts and best wishes go out to the Raudenbush family, as well as other families dealing with the loss of loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan.

–WKW