
A Michigan serviceman was one of two soldiers killed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Department of Defense announced Sept. 8.
Army Pfc. Bryan R. Thomas, 22, of Battle Creek and Sgt. Kenneth W. Mayne, 29, of Fort Benning, Ga., died Thursday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in a marketplace within the city. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas.
Thomas joined the Army in September 2007 and was stationed in Iraq for the past three months. He came home last month for a two-week...