Fallen Hoosier Heroes Memorial for Enduring Freedom
| Specialist Brian R. Bowman | | Print | |
 On Sunday, January 3, Spc. Brian R. Bowman, 24, of Crawfordsville, Ind. was killed when his unit was attacked with improvised explosives and small-arms fire in Ashoque, Afghanistan.He was killed along with two other Fort Carson, CO, soldiers who were among the first US troops killed in Afghanistan in 2010. All three men served with the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th BCT. Bowman's family confirmed the death to Monday afternoon. His wife's Aunt says,"He was just a decent kid, [he] cared about others." Jane Carter told NEWSCHANNEL 13 by phone that Bowman, an Army medic, enlisted in the Army to further his education and to become an EMT. Bowman met his wife while both worked at a Pizza Hut in Crawfordsville, Indiana. The couple married in 2007 and moved to Colorado after Bowman joined the Army. Carter says Casie, his wife, continually worried about his safety. "She knew it was part of his job and she didn't want him to leave," Carter says. According to Carter, Casie traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to retrieve her husband's body. A funeral service is being planned in Indiana, Fort Carson will also have a service for the three men. Randy Tisor, a spokesperson at Fort Carson, says the unit deployed to Afghanistan in June or July. According to Tisor, the mission of the 4th BCT is to reduce the capability and will of the insurgency and to support the development of a secure environment for the Afghan people. |
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