The World - News from Aug. 31, 1988

One American soldier was killed and four others were wounded when their armored personnel carrier was hit during a live-fire exercise by tanks in West Germany, the Army said. The accident occurred late Monday at the Grafenwoehr training area, about 30 miles northeast of Nuremberg, during an exercise involving M-1 Abrams tanks and Bradley armored personnel carriers. “Two of the Bradleys were inadvertently hit by rounds fired from an Abrams tank,” the Army said. “One of the Bradleys caught on fire.” The name of the dead soldier was withheld pending notification of next of kin. Two of the wounded soldiers were hospitalized in stable condition, while the other two were treated and released.