Heartland Man is Killed Working in Iraq
By: The Associated Press

PITTSBURG, IL -- Three of four bodies found near an attack on a fuel convoy in Iraq earlier this month were contract workers for Halliburton Co., the company said Tuesday. Jack Montague, 52, of Pittsburg, Ill.; Stephen Hulett, 48, of Manistee, Mich; and Jeffery Parker, 45, of Lake Charles, La., ``were brave hearts without medals, humanitarians without parades and heroes without statues,'' Houston-based Halliburton said in a statement confirming the identities of the workers.

Thomas Hamill of Macon, Miss., the Halliburton worker seen on video footage after the convoy attack, remained unaccounted-for. The fourth body has not been identified, Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall said.

Hulett, Montague, Parker and Hamill were among seven employees of Halliburton subsidiary KBR, formerly known as Kellogg, Brown & Root, missing since an April 9 attack on their convoy west of Baghdad. The bodies of Hulett, Montague, Parker and the unidentified victim were found near the site of the attack.

Two military men, Pfc. Keith M. Maupin and Sgt. Elmer C. Krause, also were unaccounted-for, and Maupin, like Hamill, has been seen on video footage.

"We grieve today for the tragic and sudden loss of our co-workers,'' the company said. ``There is no road map for something like this and we are doing everything we can to assist the families as well as our employees to cope with this huge tragedy.''

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