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Staff Sergeant James Kristofer R. Ciraso, 26, of Bangor, Maine, died of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 7, 2006. Ciraso was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. |
| Kristofer Ciraso graduated
from Bangor High School in 1999. His Junior ROTC instructor said he
was an incredible leader in the program. Ciraso joined the ROTC as a
freshman, and excelled in the program. Since starting at Bangor High
School, his goal was to enlist in the military. When he was a
junior he enrolled in the National Guard. He had also lived in
Waltham, Massachusetts. Upon graduation from high school he enlisted for active duty with the U.S. army with an ultimate assignment to Fort Hood, Texas. Staff Sergeant Kris Ciraso is remembered as considerate, confidant and stoic. His family moved out of Maine when he graduated Bangor High. He is survived by a daughter, Liberty Leighann Murdock, of Fort Hood; his fiance.
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