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Another Florida soldier has died in Iraq. The Defense Department identified the Fort Riley based soldier as 23-year-old Private First Class Patrick Miller of New Port Richey. The department says he and 22-year-old Specialist Durrell Bennett of Spanaway, Washington, were killed Saturday when they encountered a roadside bomb and small arms fire.Their unit was deployed in February 2007 and is due back this month. The deaths raise the number of Fort Riley soldiers and airmen killed in Iraq or Afghanistan to 147.