Michael S. Voss
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Age: 35
From: Aberdeen, N.C.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, North Carolina Army National Guard, Wilmington, N.C.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Michael S. Voss was killed Oct. 8 when his convoy vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire near Tikrit, Iraq.
Died: October 08, 2004
Carthage soldier dies in Iraq
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — A National Guard soldier from Carthage who received the Purple Heart while in the Army was reported killed in Iraq, the Pentagon and National Guard said Sunday.
Staff Sgt. Michael S. Voss, 35, died Friday near Tikrit when his convoy encountered an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire, the Department of Defense announced. Voss was a squad leader assigned to the Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, based in Wilmington.
Voss worked for Caterpillar Co. in Sanford, according to Powell Funeral Home in Southern Pines. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing and hunting.
Voss is survived by his wife, Emily Voss, and two children. His family declined to be interviewed Sunday.
“The North Carolina National Guard has suffered a great loss,” Maj. Gen. William E. Ingram, Jr., adjutant general of the North Carolina...