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Michael J Rodriguez
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Name: Army Spc. Michael J. Rodriguez
Age: 20
From: Sanford, N.C.
Assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Spc. Michael J. Rodriguez died April 23 in Sadah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his location. Also killed were Spc. Jerry R. King, Sgt. Michael L. Vaughan, Sgt. Brice A. Pearson, Sgt. Randell T. Marshall, 1st Lt. Kevin J. Gaspers, Staff Sgt. Kenneth E. Locker Jr., Staff Sgt. William C. Moore and Pfc. Garrett C. Knoll.
Died: April 23, 2007
Family says soldier with Knoxville ties among 9 killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
Age: 20
From: Sanford, N.C.
Assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Spc. Michael J. Rodriguez died April 23 in Sadah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his location. Also killed were Spc. Jerry R. King, Sgt. Michael L. Vaughan, Sgt. Brice A. Pearson, Sgt. Randell T. Marshall, 1st Lt. Kevin J. Gaspers, Staff Sgt. Kenneth E. Locker Jr., Staff Sgt. William C. Moore and Pfc. Garrett C. Knoll.
Died: April 23, 2007
Family says soldier with Knoxville ties among 9 killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A soldier who grew up in Knoxville is one of nine 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers killed in a suicide truck bombing in Iraq, his family says.
The Department of Defense had yet to confirm the identity of the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based soldiers who were killed in the blast April 23 in Iraq’s Diyala province northeast of Baghdad.
But Caitlin Stone of Knoxville told The Knoxville News Sentinel and WATE-TV that one of them was her fiancé, Pfc. Michael Rodriguez, 20, who lived in Knoxville as a boy and attended Central High School in the city.
Occupation
the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident
Army Spc. Michael J. Rodriguez died April 23 in Sadah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his location. Also killed were Spc. Jerry R. King, Sgt. Michael L. Vaughan, Sgt. Brice A. Pearson, Sgt. Randell T. Marshall, 1st Lt. Kevin J. Gaspers, Staff Sgt. Kenneth E. Locker Jr., Staff Sgt. William C. Moore and Pfc. Garrett C. Knoll.
Prayers & Messages
Michael J Rodriguez
2009-02-01
MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ IS A TRUE HERO THROUGHOUT HIGHSCHOOL WE HAD GREAT TIMES TOGETHER HE ALWAYS SMILED AND PUT SMILES ON ALL OUR FACES HE WAS MY BROTHER...IN HONOR OF HIM I STOOD MY GROUND AND NOW IM HEADING TO IRAQ MYSELF YET THERE IS NOT ONE MORNING I WAKE UP AND DO NOT LOOK AT HIS FACE HE IS MY HERO AND MY MOTIVATION TO MOVE FORWARD EVERYDAY
Michael J Rodriguez
2007-07-05
i will always miss him god bless you
Michael J Rodriguez
2007-05-10
God Bless