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buy this photo Scott A. Miller, 20, died Saturday in Iraq. He graduated from Natrona County High School in 2004.

Three Wyoming servicemen died in Iraq over the weekend, the U.S. Department of Defense announced today.

Pvt. Scott A. Miller, 20, of Casper, died Saturday in Baqubah of injuries suffered from enemy small arms fire. On Sunday, Staff Sgt. Brian M. Long, 32, of Burns, died from injuries suffered from an explosive ordinance.

Miller and Long were part of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team based in Fort Lewis, Wash.

Also Sunday, an airman from F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne died after his convoy was attacked about 100 miles south of Baghdad, according to release from the Air Force Base.

Airman 1st Class Eric M. Barnes, 20, died from his injuries as he was taken to a medical facility. Barnes, of Lorain, Ohio, had been assigned to the 90th Space Wing at F.E. Warren.

"The loss of Airman Barnes weighs heavily on the hearts of our entire Warren Family," 90th Space Wing Commander Col. Michael Carey said in a written statement.

Eleven Wyoming servicemen have now been killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom since the war began in March 2003.

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