Michael L. Hermanson
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Age: 21
From: Fargo, N.D.
Assigned to the 164th Engineer Battalion, North Dakota Army National Guard, Minot, N.D.
Incident: Army Spc. Michael L. Hermanson died May 23 of injuries sustained when his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle came under attack from an improvised explosive device, a rocket-propelled grenade and enemy small-arms fire while on a route-clearing mission during combat operations in Abayachi, Iraq.
Died: May 23, 2006
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N.D. guardsman killed by RPG in Iraq
By Dave Kolpack
The Associated Press
FARGO, N.D. — A North Dakota National Guard soldier was killed in Iraq when his vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, military officials said. Spc. Michael Hermanson, of Fargo, was serving with Company A of the Minot-based 164th Engineer Combat Battalion.
Hermanson, 21, died at about 2 p.m. CDT — 11 p.m. Iraq time — on Tuesday, while his unit was on patrol clearing roadside bombs south of Balad, Guard spokesman Rob Keller said. Balad is about 50 miles north of Baghdad.
“All of us in the National Guard are deeply saddened at the loss of this great soldier,” Maj. Gen. Michael Haugen, the state Guard commander, said in a statement Wednesday. “Spc. Hermanson edified the volunteer spirit prevalent in the North Dakota National Guard.”
Maj. Jason Steckler, commander of Company A, said Hermanson’s...
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