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Michael C Ottolini
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Michael C. Ottolini
Age: 45
From: Sebastopol, Calif.
Assigned to the 579th Engineer Battalion, California Army National Guard, Petaluma, Calif.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Michael C. Ottolini was killed Nov. 10 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his up-armored Humvee in Balad, Iraq.
Died: November 10, 2004
California National Guard soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 45
From: Sebastopol, Calif.
Assigned to the 579th Engineer Battalion, California Army National Guard, Petaluma, Calif.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Michael C. Ottolini was killed Nov. 10 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his up-armored Humvee in Balad, Iraq.
Died: November 10, 2004
California National Guard soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
PETALUMA, Calif. — Staff Sgt. Michael Ottolini spent more than half his life in the California National Guard, training for whatever task came his way.
Ottolini, who volunteered for duty in Iraq in March, was killed this week in a roadside explosion in Iraq.
“When the Guard units started to be called up, he was saying he wanted to go,” his brother, Jay Ottolini, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “This is what Mike trained for, for 26, 27 years. This is what our society had bestowed on him as an American citizen, to fight for right and justice. This was him.”
Ottolini, 45, of Sebastopol, died Wednesday when an improvised explosive device detonated as he...
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the 579th Engineer Battalion, California Army National Guard, Petaluma, Calif.
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Michael C. Ottolini was killed Nov. 10 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his up-armored Humvee in Balad, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Michael C Ottolini
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.