Casey Byers
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Age: 22
From: Schleswig, Iowa
Assigned to the 224th Engineer Battalion, Iowa Army National Guard, Ottumwa, Iowa
Incident: Army Spc. Casey Byers was killed June 11 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Taqaddum, Iraq. Also
Died: June 11, 2005
Iowa soldier killed in Iraq
By Michelle Spitzer
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa — A soldier with the Iowa National Guard was killed and another injured when a roadside bomb detonated in Iraq, a guard spokesman said.
Spc. Casey Byers, 22, of Schleswig, was killed Saturday night south of Ramadi, Lt. Col. Greg Hapgood said on Monday.
Byers was in a Humvee that was part of a convoy of 25 vehicles searching for roadside bombs and insurgents when a bomb exploded directly underneath the Humvee, Hapgood said.
Spc. James Migues Jr., 28, of Ottumwa, was on foot patrol in front of the Humvee when the bomb exploded.
Migues was taken to a military hospital in Iraq and later transported to a hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, Hapgood said.
Both soldiers were members of Company B, 224th Engineering Battalion, based in Ottumwa. Hapgood said four members of the unit have died in the war.
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