Brett E. Angus
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Age: 40
From: St. Paul, Minn.
Assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron-372, Marine Wing Support Group-37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. attached to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident: Marine Master Sgt. Brett E. Angus was killed Nov. 26 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in the vicinity of Camp Taqaddum, Iraq.
Died: November 26, 2005
Slain Marine followed in his family’s footsteps
By Elizabeth Dunbar
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Master Sgt. Brett E. Angus was perhaps called to be a Marine. With his father and his uncle both in the military, he grew up surrounded by family members who wanted to serve their country.
He loved to travel and was able to see the world with the Marines. He even met his wife while working in Japan. Angus had been in Iraq for less than a year before he was killed Saturday by an improvised explosive device.
“He expressed no qualms about going. He felt that this was his job,” said his uncle, David Angus. “We were very proud of him. ... Our family supported him in his decision.”
Angus, 40, died while conducting combat operations near Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, Department of Defense officials announced Monday. He is the 28th Minnesotan to die as a result of injuries sustained in the Mideast during the Iraq war.
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