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Sad news: American patriot

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5th Group soldier killed in Najaf

A Special Forces soldier from Fort Campbell was killed Thursday in Najaf, Iraq, when his unit came under small arms fire and grenade attack.

Capt. Michael Yury Tarlavsky, a 30-year-old Special Forces officer assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, was a native of Passaic, N.J., according to a Department of Defense release.

Tarlavsky is survived by his wife, Tricia, and their 10-month-old son, Joseph Michael, both of Clarksville.

A memorial service will be held next week at Fort Campbell.

"Michael was a true American," a family statement reads. "He and his parents immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1980, ingraining in Michael a profound love of freedom and of this country. He was proud to be a Special Forces officer. It was his life."

Tarlavsky served as a detachment commander with 5th Group and deployed in support of the war on terrorism to both Afghanistan and Iraq. He entered service in 1996 as an infantry officer before completing the Special Forces Qualification course in 2001, according to DoD.

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Hits home hard, Rest in peace.

Fair winds and following seas...

A 10 month old son.. I feel for that family and the many others. That really does hit hard.

This hits hard everytime we lose somebody at Ft. Campbell...

-marissa

Back at home, a young wife waits...
Her Green Beret, has met his fate!
He has died for those oppressed,
Leaving her his last request:
"Put silver wings on my son's chest,
Make him one of America's best...
One hundred men will test one day,
Have him win the Green Beret!"

SSG Barry Sadler, "The Ballad of the Green Berets"

I think it was NBC Nightly News or CNN that showed his picture and stuff while I was at the gym on friday. It really resonated with me becasue were the same age.

We do what we gotta do, but damn, I am so tired of us loosing our peeps. I hate it more and more each day.

I thank him and his family for their sacrifice for our nation and for me.