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Philip I Spakosky
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Name: Army Spc. Philip I. Spakosky
Age: 25
From: Browns Mill, N.J.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany
Incident: Army Spc. Philip I. Spakosky died May 14 in Baghdad of injuries sustained on May 13 when he was shot by a suspected sniper in Karbala, Iraq.
Died: May 14, 2004
N.J. soldier dies in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 25
From: Browns Mill, N.J.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany
Incident: Army Spc. Philip I. Spakosky died May 14 in Baghdad of injuries sustained on May 13 when he was shot by a suspected sniper in Karbala, Iraq.
Died: May 14, 2004
N.J. soldier dies in Iraq
Associated Press
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A Pemberton Township resident died Friday after being wounded by a suspected sniper one day earlier, Pentagon officials said Monday.
Army Spc. Philip I. Spakosky, 25, was shot during fighting in Karbala, the site of an uprising by a Shiite militia, authorities told the Courier-Post of Cherry Hill.
Spakosky is the second soldier from Pemberton Township to lose his life in Iraq. Army Spc. Ryan Travis Baker died Nov. 15 in a helicopter collision in northern Iraq.
Pemberton Township is close to both Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base.
Pemberton Township High School — where both Spakosky and Baker graduated in 1997 — is planning a moment of...
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the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany
Incident
Army Spc. Philip I. Spakosky died May 14 in Baghdad of injuries sustained on May 13 when he was shot by a suspected sniper in Karbala, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Philip I Spakosky
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.