Casey P. Mason
Private First Class, United States Army
February 17, 1985 – November 13, 2007
Age – 22
Manton, MI
728th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks, HI
Died of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit using small-arms fire.
PFC Casey P. Mason, of Lake, Mich., was fatally wounded by small-arms fire in Mosul. The 22-year-old Mason was assigned to the 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, at Schofield Barracks.
The 22-year-old from the Clare County community of Lake joined the Army in October 2006 after working at Lux Funeral Home and the Mobile Medical Response ambulance service. He had passions for golfing, riding all-terrain vehicles, computers and firearms.
Former classmate Carrie Kendrick recalled debating politics with Mason while riding the school bus. “He would always say he was going to run for president, and he’d tell me how he planned to change things. He’d talk about how things were going to be different when he got to the White House. He said government would be person to person, not person to group. He said he’d take everyone’s opinion into account, not just do things because that was the way he thought it should be.”
He was remembered by a fellow soldier as follows:
I was in the 552nd when we deployed to Mosul, Iraq. I will never forget Casey. I received terrible news that of my grandpas passing. While talking with the 1sg about my Red Cross message is when operations barged into the 1sg office an announced a soldier had been shot while on patrol. It wasn’t till later that night when the company was formed up in the cover of darkness that we relieved the news that Casey had been shot and passed away. That night there was so much anger, sadness and different emotions going around. None of us could believe that such a bright and humble person could have been taken from us. As I flew home on my Red Cross, there wasn’t a moment that went by I wasn’t crying. The sadness I felt knowing that we had lost a great person and someone we called brother, was of what no words could possibly describe. Casey we miss you so much and will never forget you brother.
Joseph Ford