Mike A Dennie
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Age: 31
From: Fayetteville, N.C.
Assigned to the 106th Finance Battalion, Kitzingen, Germany
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Mike A. Dennie died Sept. 29 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained Sept. 22 when the driver of his military vehicle pulled off the road and lost control, causing it to roll over, in Baghdad.
Died: September 29, 2004
As they wept over his death, few mourners at Mike Dennie's memorial service could remember when he wasn't smiling. "Staff Sgt. Dennie lived deeply," recalled his friend, Staff Sgt. Tanya Harris. "Not a day went by where he was sad or upset for more than five minutes. Even if he was, he'd soon be flashing those pearly whites again." Dennie, 31, of Fayetteville, N.C., died Sept. 29 from injures he sustained a week earlier in a vehicle rollover. He was based in Germany. Dennie was born in Jamaica. He joined the Army in 1996 and served until 2001, then rejoined in 2002. He helped get pay and petty cash to 13,000 troops at operating bases. Until recently, he had formed an inseparable trio with two other soldiers. The others wrote a tribute that...