Michael J. Tully

Died: August 23, 2007

Rank: Sergeant First Class

Unit: C Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Branch: U.S. Army

Sergeant First Class Michael J. Tully was killed on August 23, 2007, at Al Aziziyah, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, when a makeshift bomb exploded near his vehicle. Tully was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) out of Fort Lewis, Washington. His body was escorted home by his brother John, also serv­ing in Iraq. He was buried with full military honors at Beechwoods Cemetery in Falls Creek, Pennsylvania.