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WASHINGTON: Hatim Kathiria’s dreams of becoming a software sultan and a U.S citizen brought him from Dahod, Gujarat to Dallas, Texas in 2003. Like some recent immigrants, he took the shortcut to success and citizenship, joining the U.S Army in 2004 in the hope that a stint in the forces would fund a college scholarship and the American dream on his return. Last Monday, 23-year old Hatim’s hopes ended in the battle zone of Baghdad. He was killed in a rocket attack, the U.S Department of Defence announced, making him the second U.S soldier of Indian origin to die in...

In Soldier's Death, Sikhs Find Pride Anniversary Honored at Arlington Under that gray-white headstone lies Sgt. Uday Singh, the first U.S. soldier of the Sikh faith killed in the war in Iraq. A group of three dozen Sikh people from the area came yesterday morning to honor the first anniversary of the 21-year-old Army gunner's death in Iraq with a modest service, and just as important, to remind the rest of the world that Sikhs are Americans. Uday Singh was born in India but moved with his family to Lake Forest, Ill., in 1998. Singh, who was from a military...

America's soldier, India's son cremated with US honours Indo-Asian News Service Chandigarh, December 11 In what was the first time that a foreign army held a funeral ceremony in India, a young US Army sergeant who died in Iraq was Thursday cremated in his hometown here with full US honours. It wasn't the tricolour that the body was draped in, but the stars and stripes. It wasn't The Last Post that was played, but Taps, its US Army equivalent. And both India and the US mourned the loss of Uday Singh, the 21-year-old US Army sergeant of Indian origin -...

Serving in the Army, emigrant is first Indian to die in Iraq war NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian who emigrated to the United States and joined the U.S. Army has become the first Indian killed in the Iraq conflict, according to family members in the United States and in northern India. The death of Spc. Uday Singh, 21, on Dec. 1, reported by The Associated Press in Illinois on Wednesday, was bannered on the front pages of Indian newspapers Thursday. Singh was born in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh, emigrated to the United States at 18 and joined...