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Nicholas C Mason
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Name: Army Spc. Nicholas C. Mason
Age: 20
From: King George, Va.
Assigned to 276th Engineer Battalion, Virginia Army National Guard, West Point, Va.
Incident: Army Spc. Nicholas C. Mason was killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.
Died: December 21, 2004
Mourners gather to remember Va. Guardsman killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 20
From: King George, Va.
Assigned to 276th Engineer Battalion, Virginia Army National Guard, West Point, Va.
Incident: Army Spc. Nicholas C. Mason was killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.
Died: December 21, 2004
Mourners gather to remember Va. Guardsman killed in Iraq
Associated Press
KING GEORGE, Va. — At least 1,000 mourners gathered Wednesday to hear Sgt. Nicholas Mason remembered as a soldier, firefighter and fun-loving young man who answered the call of duty to serve in Iraq.
“Nick chose to go to a place he didn’t have to go, to do a job he didn’t have to do for people who didn’t know him,” the Rev. Richard Finck told the crowd that packed King George High School for the memorial service.
Overflow crowds jammed into the school’s cafeteria and gymnasium to pay tribute to Mason, a 20-year-old King George native who died Dec. 21 in an apparent suicide bombing near Mosul.
“I stand here with a heavy heart,” said Vic Mason,...
Occupation
276th Engineer Battalion, Virginia Army National Guard, West Point, Va.
Incident
Army Spc. Nicholas C. Mason was killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Nicholas C Mason
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.