Casey E. Howe
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Age: 32
From: Deford, Mich.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 314th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 78th Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class Casey E. Howe died Sept. 26 in Baghdad of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations near Rustimayah, Iraq. Also killed was Army Master Sgt. Tulsa Tuliau.
Died: September 26, 2005
Michigan native killed during second Iraq tour
Associated Press
DEFORD, Mich. — A native of Michigan’s Thumb who was on his second tour of duty in Iraq with the Army was killed while on patrol, military officials say.
Sgt. 1st Class Casey E. Howe, a 32-year-old native of Deford, was part of a convoy headed to join an Iraqi contingent when his patrol hit an improvised explosive device Monday, military officials said. Another soldier, Master Sgt. Tulsa Tuliau, 33, of Watertown, N.Y., also was killed in the blast near Rustimayah.
Howe and Tuliau were members of the 3rd Battalion, 314th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 78th Division, based at Fort Drum, N.Y.
A third unidentified soldier was seriously injured in the attack and taken to a medical facility in Germany, officials at Fort Drum said.
In his last conversation with his father, Howe talked of looking forward to spending his retirement in the Upper...
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