The Department of Defense announced today that Spc. William J. Maher III, 35, Yardley, Pa., was killed on July 28 in Baghdad, Iraq.  Maher was in a convoy when he was injured by an improvised explosive device.  Maher died of his injuries.

Maher was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1^st Battalion, 36^th Infantry Regiment, 1^st Armored Division, based at Ray Barracks, Germany.