Another young WI soldier killed

[Serial Mom]

What a sad story!

It was reported this morning that a young marine from Milwaukee was killed while on his LAST mission before returning home. I could not find his name on http://icasualties.org/oif /.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep04/259318.asp?sou...

Last Iraq mission claims local man

By TOM HELD

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Cpl. Adrian Soltau's second tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom ended in an explosion Monday. The 21-year-old became the 21st soldier from Wisconsin and the second graduate of Milwaukee Public Schools to die in the fighting since the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003.

He last spoke to his father, Andrew Soltau, by telephone on Saturday.

"He told me this was his last mission before he comes home, and I told him not to say that," the elder Soltau said Wednesday. "I didn't like those words, 'his last mission,' and I told him to call me when he gets back.


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47 this month already!!!!!! - OUTRAGEOUS!!!

[sybylla]

1. Can't get much more tragic than that

as soldier stories go.