Army Maj. Mark E. Rosenberg
Death: Apr 08, 2008
of Miami Lakes Fla.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion 29th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Brigade Combat Team 4th Infantry Division Fort Carson Colo.; Died April 8 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Army Maj. Mark E. Rosenberg remembered The Associated Press Mark E. Rosenberg and his sister Lori Sousa were close. Their weddings were only a day apart in 1999. “I got married at the Sheraton in Dania and he got married at the Hilton across the street the following day” she said. “It was a lot of fun.” Rosenberg32 of Miami Lakes Fla. was killed April 8 in Baghdad after his vehicle struck an explosive. He was assigned to Fort Carson and was a 1996 graduate of the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell N.M. “He was a wonderful wonderful man” said Amanda Greer who met Rosenberg and his wife when the three were students at the academy. “He had a smile for everybody.” Rosenberg enlisted in the Army in 1996 and was deployed to South Korea between 2001 and 2002. He served in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and returned last year. He loved scuba diving playing Wii with his family and tinkering with things around the house. “He was the life of the party an infectious laugh” Sousa said. “Everybody wants to be around him. A wonderful father.” He is survived by his wife Julie and two sons Maxwell1 and Joshua3Operation Iraqi freedom