
PHOENIX — An Arizona Army National Guardsman from Florence was killed in Iraq when a bomb exploded near his vehicle, authorities said.
Staff Sgt. Darrel Kasson, 43, died March 4, according to the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs. His death was announced March 7.
Kasson worked as a corrections officer for the Arizona Department of Corrections for 18 years.
His wife, Lori, said she spoke with her husband by phone for about 20 minutes March 2, and he had expressed worry about his mission. “He just felt funny about this one,” she said, and the couple prayed together over the phone.
The Tucson native was deployed with the...