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Jose Casanova
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Name: Army Pfc. Jose Casanova
Age: 23
From: El Monte, Calif.
Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Pfc. Jose Casanova was killed Oct. 13 in Baghdad when an Iraqi dump truck swerved and rolled over on top of his Humvee.
Died: October 13, 2003
Soldier dies in vehicle accident
Associated Press
Age: 23
From: El Monte, Calif.
Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Pfc. Jose Casanova was killed Oct. 13 in Baghdad when an Iraqi dump truck swerved and rolled over on top of his Humvee.
Died: October 13, 2003
Soldier dies in vehicle accident
Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A second Fort Bragg soldier died this week when an Iraqi garbage truck rolled over a Humvee in Baghdad, the military said Oct. 15.
Pfc. Jose Casanova, 23, of El Monte, Calif., died Monday in the accident, the Department of Defense said.
The military earlier said Spc. Douglas J. Weismantle, 28, a Pittsburgh native, died in the incident.
The accident is under investigation, officials said.
Weismantle and Casanova were assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment. Efforts to contact Casanova’s family were unsuccessful Wednesday.
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Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident
Army Pfc. Jose Casanova died Oct. 13 in Baghdad when an Iraqi dump truck swerved and rolled over on top of his Humvee.
Prayers & Messages
Jose Casanova
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.