Cpl. Casey L. Mellen of Huachuca City, Ariz., lived in Huachuca City for about 5 years. He graduated from Omega Alpha Academy charter school in Sierra Vista in 2004 and joined the Army after a semester at Cochise College. He left for Iraq in June, and was scheduled to serve a one-year tour. Military service is a strong tradition in the family. The elder Casey works as a civilian employee at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista.
Casey had a calming influence on his comrades and held a place of honor in his platoon. He had an uncanny ability to slow things down and project a sense of peace, even in a place of chaos and ugliness. He died in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq at age 21.
Army
5th Battalion
20th Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade
2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team)
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Casey had a calming influence on his comrades and held a place of honor in his platoon. He had an uncanny ability to slow things down and project a sense of peace, even in a place of chaos and ugliness. He died in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq at age 21.
Army
5th Battalion
20th Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade
2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team)
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Cpl. Casey L. Mellen of Huachuca City, Ariz., lived in Huachuca City for about 5 years. He graduated from Omega Alpha Academy charter school in Sierra Vista in 2004 and joined the Army after a semester at Cochise College. He left for Iraq in June, and was scheduled to serve a one-year tour. Military service is a strong tradition in the family. The elder Casey works as a civilian employee at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista.
Casey had a calming influence on his comrades and held a place of honor in his platoon. He had an uncanny ability to slow things down and project a sense of peace, even in a place of chaos and ugliness. He died in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq at age 21.
Army
5th Battalion
20th Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade
2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team)
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Casey had a calming influence on his comrades and held a place of honor in his platoon. He had an uncanny ability to slow things down and project a sense of peace, even in a place of chaos and ugliness. He died in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq at age 21.
Army
5th Battalion
20th Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade
2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team)
Fort Lewis, Wash.
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