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Mark J Kasecky

Mark J Kasecky

US Army McKees Rocks, PA Age: 20 Views: 2155

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Name: Army Spc. Mark J. Kasecky

Age: 20

From: McKees Rocks, Pa.

Assigned to Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment, Army National Guard, Oil City, Pa.

Incident: Army Spc. Mark J. Kasecky was killed May 16 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Karmah, Iraq.

Died: May 16, 2004


Family says Pennsylvania soldier killed in Iraq

Associated Press

McKEES ROCKS, Pa. — A 20-year-old western Pennsylvania reservist was killed Saturday by a bomb in or near his vehicle, according to his family.

Pfc. Mark Kasecky, of Stowe Township, a National Guardsman, apparently was on patrol when a bomb blew up his Humvee, according to his mother, Emily Arnold. She said she learned of his death from a chaplain and Army sergeant.

Defense officials said Monday night they could not confirm the death.

Kasecky had joined the Army National Guard two years ago, his family said. He left for Iraq in January and was scheduled to come back on leave last month, but it was canceled as fighting intensified, his mother...

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Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment, Army National Guard, Oil City, Pa.

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Army Spc. Mark J. Kasecky was killed May 16 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Karmah, Iraq.

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Mark J Kasecky
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.