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Anthony O. Cardinal

Wednesday, December 28 2005 @ 06:11 AM EST
Contributed by: River97
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www.mlive.com -- Muskegon -- An Army Specialist who grew up in Michigan has been killed in Iraq, less than two weeks before he was due home, his family said Monday.

Tony Cardinal's wife said two soldiers came to her front door in Fort Stewart, Ga. on Christmas and told her he had died earlier that day.

Cardinal, 20, graduated from Oakridge High School in Muskegon in 2003. His wife, Amber, graduated in 2004.

Amber Cardinal told the Muskegon Chronicle that she did not know the circumstances of her husbands death.

She said that her husband had told her recently that his anxiety was growing, as his Jan. 5 homecoming neared.

"He mentioned to me that he's more afraid of dying now than ever, because he was so close to coming home," she said.

Amber Cardinal said she last heard from her husband on Christmas Eve via e-mail. He wrote that he had two missions that day.

Tony Cardinal had spent nearly a year in Iraq and was to spend the rest of his two-year enlistment in Georgia.

"Amber and the kids meant the world to him," Cardinal's mother, Maria, said. "He always put them first. He was a wonderful husband and a good father."

Amber Cardinal had recently moved to Fort Stewart with their two children, 19-month-old Mikel and 2-month-old Maylee. Her family lives in Michigan.

"I'm coming home as soon as possible. It's too hard being here now," she said.

Tony Cardinal joined the Army shortly before the arrival of the couple's first baby because jobs were scarce in the Muskegon area, his wife said. He was in Iraq when the couple's daughter was born in October.

"They brought a satellite phone to him so he could call me," Amber Cardinal said, adding that her husband got to see the baby by Web cam, though never in person.

Amber Cardinal said her husband came to love the military and wanted to make a career out of it.

"He was really dedicated to his job," she said. "He said they were getting things done over there."

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Anthony O. Cardinal

Authored by: anonymous on Saturday, December 31 2005 @ 08:22 PM EST

Anthony,
I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your family, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

"Gary Owen-The Seventh First!"(7th Cav Motto)

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Anthony O. Cardinal

Authored by: anonymous on Sunday, January 08 2006 @ 01:10 AM EST

I would just like to say thank you Tony. You will never be forgotten by me and the entire Oakridge community. You truly are a hero.

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Anthony O. Cardinal

Authored by: anonymous on Monday, January 23 2006 @ 11:26 AM EST

True Hero.

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a.l.w.a.y.s r.e.m.e.m.b.e.r

Authored by: anonymous on Thursday, December 21 2006 @ 02:02 PM EST

i l0ve y0u.

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