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Benjamin J Colgan
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Name: Army 2nd Lt. Benjamin J. Colgan
Age: 30
From: Kent, Wash.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Giessen, Germany
Incident: Army 2nd Lt. Benjamin J. Colgan was killed Nov. 1 when he responded to a rocket-propelled grenade attack and was struck with an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
Died: November 01, 2003
Peace-activist parents mourn death of Army son in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 30
From: Kent, Wash.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Giessen, Germany
Incident: Army 2nd Lt. Benjamin J. Colgan was killed Nov. 1 when he responded to a rocket-propelled grenade attack and was struck with an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
Died: November 01, 2003
Peace-activist parents mourn death of Army son in Iraq
Associated Press
KENT, Wash. — As a boy, Benjamin L. Colgan marched with his parents in peace protests.
Joseph and Pat Colgan, 62 and 60, whose activism dates from the Vietnam war, were surprised when their son enlisted in the Army but continued to support him, even as they opposed the war in Iraq.
On Nov. 3 their worst fears came true. Colgan, 30, a second lieutenant, the father of two young daughters with a third child due next month, died two days earlier when a roadside bomb exploded as he responded to a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Baghdad, the Defense Department said.
A U.S. flag hung outside the family’s two-story home. Funeral arrangements were...
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the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Giessen, Germany
Incident
Army 2nd Lt. Benjamin J. Colgan was killed Nov. 1 when he responded to a rocket-propelled grenade attack and was struck with an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
Prayers & Messages
Benjamin J Colgan
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.