The Pentagon has identified the Fort Lewis Stryker brigade soldier who died in a roadside bomb blast Monday in Iraq.
Spc. Michael M. Merila, 23, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., died after being seriously wounded near Tall Afar, about 35 miles west of Mosul, when his convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device. It was the first death of a Stryker soldier from hostile fire since the 5,000-member brigade crossed into Iraq in early December. Eight others have been killed in accidents.
Stryker soldier killed in roadside blast identified
Spc. Merila was part of HHT, 1-14 CAV. Our thoughts are with his family and his fellow soldiers.
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The Pentagon has identified the Fort Lewis Stryker brigade soldier who died in a roadside bomb blast Monday in Iraq.
Spc. Michael M. Merila, 23, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., died after being seriously wounded near Tall Afar, about 35 miles west of Mosul, when his convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device. It was the first death of a Stryker soldier from hostile fire since the 5,000-member brigade crossed into Iraq in early December. Eight others have been killed in accidents.
