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In the Military
Gregg K. Kakesako
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2 suspects in death of isle soldier arrested
Brig. Gen. Joe Chaves, commander of the 29th Brigade Combat Team, said two male Iraqis have been taken into custody and are suspected of being involved in the death of Sgt. Deyson Ken "Dice" Cariaga, a 2002 Roosevelt High School graduate who on July 8 became the first Hawaii Army National Guardsman to die in Iraq.
Cariaga, a member of the 29th Brigade Combat Team's 229th Military Intelligence Company, was killed in Balad when a homemade bomb was detonated near his Humvee.
Chaves, in an e-mail to the Star-Bulletin, said the two suspects were taken into custody in August and September. He said the two suspects were arrested by soldiers of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry, and Iraqi police in a village near Logistical Support Area Anaconda.
Chaves said the two Iraqi suspects will probably be tried by an Iraqi court in Baghdad.
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Erik Olson, former commander of the 25th Infantry Division, will be the keynote speaker at the 54th annual Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. at the National Cemetery of the Pacific. The theme of this year's remembrance ceremony is "60th Anniversary of the End of World War II in the Pacific."
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"In the Military" was compiled from wire reports and other
sources by reporter Gregg K. Kakesako, who covers military affairs for
the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. He can be reached can be reached by phone
at 294-4075 or by e-mail at
gkakesako@starbulletin.com.