Casey Sheehan

1979–2004 (age 25)

Soldier

Biography

Casey Sheehan, born in 1979, answered his nation's call as a U.S. Army soldier and served in the first years of the Iraq War, bringing fierce loyalty and quiet compassion to every mission he undertook.

His loss in 2004 was mourned by his fellow soldiers and by the communities he had touched back home; his memory endures as a reminder of the cost of service and the love that held his family together, and he now rests at Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery.

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