Name:
Army Spc. Marc S. Seiden
Age:
26
From:
Brigantine, N.J.
Assigned to
2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident:
Army Spc. Marc S. Seiden was killed in action when his convoy was ambushed by the enemy who used an improvised explosive device (IED), small arms fire, and a rocket-propelled grenade, on Jan. 2 in Baghdad.
Died:
January
02, 2004
Three weeks from coming home, N.C.-based soldier dies in Iraq
By John Curran
Associated Press
BRIGANTINE, N.J. — After nine months in Iraq, Army Spc. Marc S. Seiden was looking forward to coming home. But he never made it: Three weeks before his unit was to return to the states, he was killed in Iraq.
Seiden, a 26-year-old paratrooper from Brigantine, died Jan. 2 when his convoy was ambushed in Baghdad, killing Seiden and another soldier.
Their unit, 2nd Battalion, the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, N.C., is scheduled to return to Fort Bragg, N.C., later this month after nine months in Iraq.
“It’s a tragedy to his family and the community,” said his longtime...
Occupation
2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident
Army Spc. Marc S. Seiden was killed in action when his convoy was ambushed by the enemy who used an improvised explosive device (IED), small arms fire, and a rocket-propelled grenade, on Jan. 2 in Baghdad.