
ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. — A soldier from Michigan was killed when an explosive detonated near his unit, the Department of Defense announced Oct. 12.
Army Staff Sgt. Donald L. Munn II, 25, of St. Clair Shores, died Oct. 11 in Baghdad.
Munn was leading his platoon on a mission when he sensed something was wrong and tried to get all of his men out safely, said Dorothy Richards, his grandmother. She said Munn was the last to leave when the bomb exploded.
“He’s 25 years old and had a whole life ahead of him,” Richards, who raised Munn, told The Detroit News for a story posted Oct. 12 on its Web site. “He was fighting for his...