u.s. army http://michiganradio.org en Michigan service set for Army nurse who died on Skype chat http://michiganradio.org/post/michigan-service-set-army-nurse-who-died-skype-chat <p>ADDISON, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan memorial service is Saturday for a U.S. Army nurse who died suddenly in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his wife.<br /><br />The service for 43-year-old Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark is scheduled for 11 a.m. at Addison Middle School, about 70 miles southwest of Detroit. He grew up in Michigan.<br /><br />Clark was assigned to a medical center in El Paso, Texas, and then deployed to Afghanistan in March. His wife, Susan Orellana-Clark, was in Texas chatting with him via Skype on April 30 when he collapsed. The death is under investigation.<br /><br />A funeral is scheduled for Tuesday in western New York.<br /><br />Clark&#39;s wife is from Spencerport, N.Y. He and his family lived there for six years before he joined the Army in 2006. Mon, 14 May 2012 16:20:26 +0000 The Associated Press 7457 at http://michiganradio.org Army sergeant from Michigan killed in Afghanistan http://michiganradio.org/post/army-sergeant-michigan-killed-afghanistan <p>BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - The U.S. military says a 28-year-old Army sergeant from Battle Creek has been killed in an enemy attack in Afghanistan.</p><p>The Defense Department said Thursday that Staff Sgt. Joshua Throckmorton died Tuesday in Afghanistan&#39;s Paktia province. The military says Throckmorton died of injuries suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.</p><p>Also killed in the attack were 24-year-old Spc. Jordan Schumann of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and 22-year-old Spc. Preston Suter of Sandy, Utah.</p><p>They were part of the 709th Military Police Battalion in Hohenfels, Germany. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:41:36 +0000 The Associated Press 3195 at http://michiganradio.org