A Plum man serving with the American military in Iraq was one of two soldiers killed in a rocket attack in Baghdad Monday.

Army Spc. Jason C. Kazarick, 30, died when insurgents in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City opened fire with a rocket propelled grenade. Another soldier in Spc. Kazarick's unit, Sgt. Michael T. Lilly, 23, of Boise, Idaho, also was killed.

The men were assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment based in Vilseck, Germany.

Mr. Kazarick was a 1995 graduate of Plum High School, after beginning his school career in neighboring Penn Hills.

He is survived by his mother, Susan M. Dubaich, as well as a brother, Taylor Dubaich, and sister, Marissa Dubaich, all at home.