Family: Michigan soldier wounded in Iraq last month dies

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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13384223.htm

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A member of the Army National Guard and veteran of the first Gulf War who was among a group of Michigan soldiers wounded last month in Iraq has died, his family said.

Sgt. Spencer Akers, 35, of Traverse City, died Wednesday at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, said Akers' uncle, George Akers, of Manton. He was burned after his vehicle struck a land mine in Habbaniyah.

"He was a darn good kid, somebody every father would be proud of," George Akers told the Traverse City Record-Eagle for a Sunday story. He said his nephew's goal was to become a state police trooper.

Pfc. John Dearing, 21, of Hazel Park, died Nov. 21 after the blast, which also injured three other soldiers from Michigan. All five were with the Guard's Saginaw-based 125th Infantry Regiment.

[FreedomAngel82]

1. How sad

:cry:

[Old and In the Way]

2. Drip, drip, drip................

So damn sad to read these posts....I feel so sorry for these families left behind. I can only imagine what they think of the sacrifice their children, fathers, or brothers have made, for so little benefit.

[madeline_con]

3. Deos this go on the list? Or because he died here..... n/t

[bluestateguy]

5. icasualties.org has already picked it up

www.icasualties.org

They don't let the Pentagon get away with this shit anymore.

[w8liftinglady]

4. what bothers me the most...

is that soon,he will fade into another nameless,faceless statistic to this administration.Bless his family.Maybe,in our lifetime,these war criminals will be exposed for what they are-power-hungry,greedy,soulless sociopaths.