
PICAYUNE, Miss. — Army Sgt. Carl Leonard Seigart, whose wife and four stepchildren live in Picayune, was killed in Iraq on Valentine’s Day as he participated in a tank recovery mission, his family said.
“We were notified yesterday that he was killed while on the mission,” said Jessica Moeller, the soldier’s stepdaughter. She said Seigart was a tank mechanic with the 1st Cavalry, 3rd Battalion, out of Fort Hood, Texas.
Radio station WRJW in Picayune reported that other family members were told Seigart died near Balad, Iraq. The family said they were told he was killed by an improvised explosive device.