Articles 3.14.2005

The Delco, DE, Times has an article on Spc Stephen M. McGowan, of the 1-9th, who was killed in Ramadi on 3.4.2005. According to his family, Spc McGowan had e-mailed his family two days before his death to inform him that he was scheduled for R&R leave over Easter. He had studied criminal justice at the University of Delaware and Wilmington College before joining the Army. His funeral service is being held today, and he will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday, 3.15.2005.
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The Michigan State University State News has an article on Capt. Sean Grimes, of the 1-9th, who was killed in Ramadi on 3.4.2005. Capt Grimes was a 1997 Graduate of MSU, and was a distinguished military graduate of the ROTC program. His duties in Iraq included "leading combat medics and running the aid stations." Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, 3.15.2005 in Rockaway, NJ, and a memorial service in Michigan is also being planned.
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Other articles from the region:
- LA Times (reg req'd): Still No New Government in Iraq as Talks Postponed
- LA Times (reg req'd): Extreme Cinema Verite