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Staff Sgt. Matt Bumpus, who served on the 3rd Brigade's first Iraq tour with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, passed away Sunday after a two-year battle with acute myleogenous leukemia. He was 31, and leaves behind a wife and two young sons in Roseville, Calif.
Bumpus believed his cancer was likely the result of chemical or radiation exposures while he served in Iraq. The Veterans Administration denied his claim.
Memorial donations can be sent to Lisa Bumpus at 1000 Sunrise Ave., Suite 9B, Box 411, Roseville, CA 95661.
Sharon Cohen of The Associated Press has done a terrific job getting inside and telling the personal stories of the Minnesota National Guard soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 34th Infantry Division.
The brigade spent 22 months on active duty – 16 of them in Iraq, longer than any other unit.
We're running her seven-part series, The Long Haul, although with all the items competing for your attention on our home page you might have missed it.
They're having a groundbreaking ceremony at 2 p.m. today on a new 4,500-square-foot club house at the American Lake Veterans Golf Course on the grounds at the veterans hospital.
About 10 Washington National Guardsmen from the 176th Engineer Company over the next month will build the foundation, with the rest of the work to follow over the next year via donated design, materials and labor, according to a guard press release.
