Michael G. Mihalakis, Army National Guard, Specialist -- Rest In Peace

Michael G. Mihalakis, 18

Army National Guard, Specialist
Based: Fairfield, Calif.
270th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Battalion, 100th Troop Command
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: December 26, 2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Single
Gender: Male
Hometown: San Jose
High School: Milpitas High (Milpitas)
Burial: Cedar Lawn Memorial Park, Fremont, Calif.

As his assignment in Iraq neared completion, Army National Guard Spc. Michael Mihalakis e-mailed his instructors at Cuesta College near San Luis Obispo and asked them to hold him a place in their spring classes. His unexpected overseas adventures were coming to a close, and he was ready to renew his quest for a business degree.
"He was already planning the next phase of his life," his mother, Diana, said from the family home in San Jose. "He went out to discover himself and to grow and to have experiences. The last time I talked with him, he felt he had done those things."


In addition to his parents, Mihalakis also is survived by his sister Kristine, 23; two grandparents; a great-great-grandmother; six aunts and uncles; and six cousins.

Read the entire LA Times article about Army National Guard Specialist Michael G. Mihalakis here, and find more about Specialsit Mihalakis here and here.

And read Road of Remembrance here.