McMinnville Soldier Recovering From Injuries Sustained in Iraq Roadside Attack (AUDIO)

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(MCMINNVILLE) - A 22-year-old McMinnville soldier is recovering in a Texas military hospital from burns suffered in a roadside attack on his Bradley fighting vehicle on June 23rd in Iraq. Salvador Trujillo-Lopez suffered second- and third-degree burns over 40 percent of his body, according to his wife, Brittnay. She is with her husband at Brook Army Medical Center, at San Antonio's Fort Sam Houston, where he is expected to spend the rest of the year. Lopez is one of many Oregon soldiers who have been seriously injured since the beginning of hostilities with Iraq.