Based: Ft. Carson, Colo.
571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance)
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: January 8, 2004
Fallouja (near), Iraq
Single
Gender: Male
Hometown: Simi Valley
High School: Simi Valley High (Simi Valley)
Burial: Assumption Cemetery, Simi Valley
From Military Times:
Spc. Michael A. Diraimondo had aspirations to work as a paramedic after his tour of duty in Iraq, where he served as an Army medic.Read the LA Times article about Army Sergeant Michael A. DiRaimondo here and find more here and here; and visit the Warrior Medic Memorial.
“He was at the peak of his life,” said his father, Anthony Diraimondo. “He was like a sponge with knowledge. He had such a great, great attitude and felt so good about himself. I take some comfort that he died with the highest self-confidence in himself.”
Diraimondo, 22, of Simi Valley, Calif., died Jan. 8 when the Black Hawk helicopter he was on was shot down near near Fallujah, Iraq. Eight others on board were killed. Diraimondo was stationed at Fort Carson, Colo.
The elder Diraimondo, a veteran of the Vietnam War, said his son had recently sent an e-mail to one of his two older sisters.
“He thought a lot about the families back home and how he was helping to save lives,” his father said.
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