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Aug-14-2009 » Filed Under: 56th SBCT

The Daily Times profiles the family of 56th SBCT officer, Lt. Col. Mark O’Hanlon, as they await his return from Iraq.

Lt. Col. Mark O’Hanlon is commander of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team. He and his 700-man unit, including several soldiers from Delaware County, have been in Iraq since January. They are expected to be home by the end of September, said O’Hanlon’s wife, Michelle.

“We expect him back in Wallingford by Sept. 30, which is my birthday, which would be a nice birthday present if he is,” said Mrs. O’Hanlon.

Since he has been deployed, O’Hanlon has missed Kate’s and Maggie’s birthdays, as well as the birthdays of his children from a former marriage, Joshua, 16, and Beth, 13, who live in Lehigh County.


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