Michael G. Owen
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Age: 31
From: Phoenix
Assigned to the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Sgt. Michael G. Owen was killed Oct. 15 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Karabilah, Iraq. Also
Died: October 15, 2004
Arizona soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
PHOENIX — A soldier from Phoenix has become the latest service member Arizona ties to be killed in Iraq.
Sgt. Michael G. Owen, 31, died last week in a car-bomb explosion in a town near the Syrian border, the Pentagon said Monday.
Owen was killed Friday along with another psychological operations soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C. — Spc. Jonathan J. Santos, 22, of Bellingham, Wash.
Their vehicle was attacked “while conducting vehicle-mounted loudspeaker operations with the 1st Marine Division,” according to a statement from the Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg.
Owen was the leader and Santos was a member of a three-man team. The third member was wounded in the attack, the special operations command said.
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