
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Military officials on Monday confirmed the death of a soldier who dropped out of high school to care for his ill mother full-time and joined the Army after she died.
Cpl. Wade J. Oglesby, 27, was one of two soldiers killed Wednesday in Taji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle, the Defense Department said.
Cpl. Michael M. Rojas, 21, of Fresno, Calif., also was killed. Both were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Oglesby was a sophomore when he dropped out of Grand Junction High School. Though he later earned his...