South Dakota Civilian Killed in Iraq
One of two American civilians killed in a roadside bombing today in
Iraq was from Aberdeen.

By Tom Hanson
KDLT-TV

Roland Barvels, who was 42, was working for DynCorp, a company that
trains Iraqi police forces. He was killed when a roadside bomb hit a
convoy near Basra.

Barvels was a law enforcement officer for 17 years with several
departments in South Dakota.

He served with the Aberdeen Police Department from 2000 until he
began his one-year mission with DynCorp in November.

Barvels and a fellow trainer, who was also killed, were working
under a contract with the US State Department.