Airman From LR Base Dies In Iraq

An Air Force security officer based at Little Rock Air Force Base has been killed in Iraq.

The mother of 29-year-old Staff Sgt. John T. Self says her son was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad. Jill Self says her son died Monday.

Defense Department confirmed Self's death Tuesday.

However, the DOD did not specify a cause of death other than to say Self died as a result of enemy action.

Self was a member of the 314th Security Forces Squadron out of Little Rock Air Force Base. He had been in Iraq since September.

Self was from Pontotoc, Mississippi. He was the second Mississippi soldier to die in Iraq in less than a week. Jill Self says her son volunteered for his fourth tour because he wanted to serve his country.

Self joined the Air Force in 1999.