Michael C. Carlson
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Age: 22
From: St. Paul, Minn.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany
Incident: Army Sgt. Michael C. Carlson was killed Jan. 24 when his Bradley fighting vehicle overturned in Mohammed Sacran, Iraq. Four other soldiers were also
Died: January 24, 2005
Minnesota soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
ST. PAUL — A Minnesota solider was killed in Iraq this week, KSTP-TV reported Friday night.
Sgt. Mike Carlson, 22, died less than a month before his 23rd birthday, which would have been on Valentine’s Day, the station reported. He had been in Iraq for almost a year and been due to return to his unit’s home base in Germany next week.
His older brother, Dan Carlson, told KSTP-TV that their parents were away on a cruise when a military representative showed up at their home with the news Thursday, and that they were on their way home Friday night.
The report did not say exactly when or where Carlson was killed in Iraq. His death had not been announced by the Defense Department as of Friday night.
Carlson was a two-sports star at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, and was a defensive lineman on its 1999 state champion football team. He graduated in...
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rest in peace