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Michael J Fasnacht
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Name: Army 1st Lt. Michael J. Fasnacht
Age: 25
From: Mankato, Minn.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Michael J. Fasnacht was killed June 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley fighting vehicle in Tikrit, Iraq.
Died: June 08, 2005
Minnesota soldier killed by roadside bomb in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 25
From: Mankato, Minn.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Michael J. Fasnacht was killed June 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley fighting vehicle in Tikrit, Iraq.
Died: June 08, 2005
Minnesota soldier killed by roadside bomb in Iraq
Associated Press
MANKATO, Minn. — A soldier from southern Minnesota was killed when a roadside bomb hit the truck he was driving while on patrol in Iraq.
First Lt. Michael Fasnacht, 25, of Mankato, was hit by the bomb Wednesday while on patrol in a Bradley fighting vehicle, his family said Thursday. He was stationed near Tikrit in the Sunni Triangle.
“He was in charge of a convoy and their mission was to stop those creating havoc,” his mother, Marny Fasnacht, told the Star Tribune. “He was trying to stop them.”
She and her husband, Raymond, were awakened Thursday morning by three officers from Fort Snelling who arrived at their home to deliver the news about the fourth...
Occupation
the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
Incident
Army 1st Lt. Michael J. Fasnacht was killed June 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley fighting vehicle in Tikrit, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Michael J Fasnacht
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.