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Paul D Karpowich

Paul D Karpowich

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Name: Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul D. Karpowich

Age: 30

From: Bridgeport, Pa.

Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 390th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Reserve, Webster, N.Y.

Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul D. Karpowich was killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.

Died: December 21, 2004


Penn. reservist killed in Mosul mess-tent attack

Associated Press

FREELAND, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man who was among the 22 killed in an explosion at a crowded mess tent in Iraq on Dec. 21 died only because it was a sneak attack, his stepmother said.

“If he were on a field of combat, this never would have happened,” said Claire Karpowich, stepmother of Sgt. 1st Class Paul D. Karpowich. “He was ambushed in a mess hall surrounded with his friends. He was glad to be back at Camp Marez because he was out in the field for two weeks. This was the first time he had a hot shower and good meal.”

Karpowich, 30, grew up in Freeland, in northeastern Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County, but had been living in the Philadelphia suburb of Bridgeport,...

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2nd Battalion, 390th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Reserve, Webster, N.Y.

Incident

Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul D. Karpowich was killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.

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Paul D Karpowich
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.