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Sgt. Nicholas A. Casey

http://news.soc.mil/releases/News%20Archive/2008/October/081028-01.html
RELEASE NUMBER: 081028-01
DATE POSTED: OCTOBER 28, 2008

Quote:

PRESS RELEASE: Army Special Operations Soldier killed in Afghanistan
U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office

Army Special Operations Soldier was killed by a suicide bomber Oct. 27 in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province, Afghanistan while in support of combat operations.

Sgt. Nicholas A. Casey, 22, of Canton, Ohio, a human intelligence collector assigned to Headquarters Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C., was killed when a suicide bomber entered a police station in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province, while Afghan officials were meeting with U.S. troops advising a police training program.

Casey is survived by his wife, Rachelle; sons, Nicholas II and Curtis; father, Samuel Casey; mother, Debaroh Mitchell; brother, Samuel Casey III; and sister, Amber Casey, all of Canton, Ohio.

For further information, media should contact the Special Forces Command Public Affairs Office during duty hours at 910-432-4587 or after duty hours at 910-689-6187.

For Sgt. Casey's bio, click here.

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Rest In Peace Sgt. Casey!

Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Prayers out.

Rest in Peace Sgt Casey

Rest In Peace, SGT Casey

Rest in Peace SGT CASEY. Thank You for your service & sacrifice.

NSDQ

Rest in Peace, SGT Casey.

Rest in Peace Sergeant.

Rest In Peace Sgt. Casey

Rest In Peace Sgt. Casey and may God bless your family.

Rest in Peace Sergeant

The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo;
No more on Life's parade shall meet
The brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
- Theodore O'Hara, The Bivouac of the Dead