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Cpl. Michael Edward Curtin
Three other soldiers died with Curtin, 23 of Howell, when a taxi exploded at an Army checkpoint in the southern city of Najaf on March 29, 2003. He was the first New Jersey resident killed in the Iraq conflict.See the full content of this document
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New Jersey's Fallen Heroes
The soldiers had been drawn toward the taxi when its driver approached the checkpoint and waved for help.
Curtin, a Howell High School graduate, joined the Army in May 2001 and went through basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., where he graduated from the Army's paratrooper school.He was deployed to Kuwait on Jan. 25 with the Army's 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and dreamed of one day joining the Army's elite Rangers unit.Curtin's parents released a statement, remembering their son as a "kind and courageous young man.""Although he was with us but a short time, he displayed tremendous bravery, unwavering faith, and a devout love for his family," the statement read. "He was fighting for our freedom, which we should never take for granted. He was a hero in our eyes. Our hearts and prayers go out to the other servicemen who were killed and their families."* * *Staff Sgt. Terry HemingwayHemingway commanded a Bradley Fighting Vehicle that was traveling down a street in Baghdad on April 10, 2003, when a car next to it exploded in an apparent suicide attack, the Pentagon said. The blast killed him and anot...See the full content of this document
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