An Irishman who was injured as three of his colleagues were blown up by a bomb in Iraq in 2003, while he was serving with the US army, has died in Boston.
Bernard Shevlin (43) was from Castleblayney, Co Monaghan. He was also a former policeman in the US.
Following his police career, he joined the American army and served as a major with the US forces in Iraq.
He retired following a severe injury received while on duty in Iraq in 2003. He was with a military transport unit, towing a heavy anti-tank gun along the ruins of a war- torn suburb, when three security personnel were killed in a bomb blast.
He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters, five brothers and two sisters.
