Mark C Baum

Name: Army Sgt. Mark C. Baum

Age: 32

From: Telford, Pa.

Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard

Incident: Army Sgt. Mark C. Baum died Feb. 21 in Baghdad of wounds sustained earlier that day when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire in Mushada, Iraq.

Died: February 21, 2009

Pa. guardsman killed by small-arms fire in Iraq

The Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Military officials say a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard is dead after being severely wounded by small-arms fire in Iraq.

Guard officials say Staff Sgt. Mark Baum was killed Saturday after his quick-reaction unit responded to an improvised explosive device attack in Mushada.

He was airlifted to Baghdad and died five hours later.

The 32-year-old Baum was from Quakertown and was assigned to the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team. He was a member of a unit based in Phoenixville.

Baum joined the Guard in 2005 and was a guard at the Bucks County prison. He is survived by a wife and three children.

Baum is...