Illinoisan dies in grenade attack in Iraq

MALDEN, Ill.--A 27-year-old Army engineer killed in a grenadeattack in Iraq had transferred to a different military unit sevenmonths ago because he wanted a better shot at going into combat, hisfather said Tuesday.

Staff Sgt. Lincoln Hollinsaid left his job as a desert warfaretrainer at Fort Irwin, Calif., in October and joined the battle-ready 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga., said DanHollinsaid.

"He wanted to go. He was proud of what he did. He was proud of theArmy," said Hollinsaid, sitting at the kitchen table in the family'shome in this rural town of 380, just north of Interstate 80 aboutfive miles from Princeton.

The 1993 Princeton High School …