SECOND WV NATIVE DIES FROM IRAQ ATTACK

(12/24/2004)
A second WV man has died this week in the attack at Mosul, Iraq.

VanKomen was killed in the attack with Army Specialist Cory Michael Hewitt, a Wheeling native.

The agency lists VanKomen's hometown as Bluefield.

VanKomen joined the Army after graduating from high school in Idaho.