Sean Grimes
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Age: 31
From: Southfield, Mich.
Assigned to the 1st Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Camp Hovey, Korea
Incident: Army Capt. Sean Grimes was killed March 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol in Ramadi, Iraq. Also
Died: March 04, 2005
Soldier from Oakland County killed in Iraq bombing
Associated Press
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — An Army captain and nurse from Oakland County was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his patrol in Iraq, the military said Tuesday.
Capt. Sean Grimes, 31, of Bloomfield Hills, serving as a physician’s assistant, was one of four soldiers killed Friday by an improvised explosive device in Ramadi, the Defense Department said. All four were assigned to the 1st Infantry Battalion based at Fort Carson, Colo.
“Our family is very saddened and our hearts are filled with grief,” his family said in a statement released by the Army. “Sean loved the Army and the military and was devoted to his mission of providing the best possible medical care to soldiers.”
Grimes was born in Pontiac and graduated from Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School in 1991. He studied at Western Michigan University and graduated from Michigan State...
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Rest in peace