Michael K Clark
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Age: 24
From: Sacramento, Calif.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Sgt. Michael K. Clark died Oct. 7 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds sustained when he encountered small arms fire while on dismounted patrol.
Died: October 07, 2008
Carson soldier dies from Iraq combat wounds
The Associated Press
FORT CARSON, Colo. — A Fort Carson soldier died last week after he was wounded in combat in Iraq, the military said Wednesday.
Sgt. Michael K. Clark, 24, of Sacramento, Calif., was wounded by small-arms fire while on dismounted patrol Oct. 7 in Mosul.
A military statement said U.S. and Iraqi security forces had been called to a house that an al-Qaida in Iraq member had entered wearing a suicide vest. As they approached the house, they came under small-arms fire.
Clark was assigned to Fort Carson’s 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
He joined the Army in August 2004 and was on his second tour in Iraq.
Clark had received two Army Commendation Medals and other decorations.
He is the 243rd Fort Carson killed in the Iraq war.