Carl J. Morgain
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Age: 40
From: Butler, Pa.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Butler, Pa.
Incident: Army Sgt. Carl J. Morgain died May 22 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in Kadasia, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee.
Died: May 22, 2005
Pa. National Guardsman killed in Iraq
Associated Press
BUTLER, Pa. — A National Guardsman was killed by a suicide car bomber Sunday in Khadasia, Iraq, Pennsylvania military officials said Tuesday.
Sgt. Carl Morgain, a National Guardsman from Butler, was sitting on a Humvee turret as he was patrolling an Iraqi police station when a car with taxi markings pulled up beside the vehicle and exploded, the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs said in a statement.
Three other Pennsylvania National Guardsmen and four Iraqi police were injured in the blast, officials said.
Before joining the National Guard in 2000, Morgain served in the Army from 1982 to 1986.
He was employed by T.W. Phillips Gas and Oil Co. in Butler.
Morgain, 40, was a member of A Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry. The Butler-based unit is a part of Task Force Dragoon, a group of 750 Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers who...
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My condolences to your family. Rest in peace.