Local Soldier Killed On Military Base In Iraq
19-year-old Michael Edward Yates Jr. grew up in Federalsburg
Michael Edward Yates Jr.
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A 19-year-old soldier from Maryland was identified Tuesday as one of five people shot to death at a military counseling clinic at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq.
The mother of Michael Edward Yates Jr., Shawna Machlinski, said two men from the Army came to her home Tuesday in Federalsburg, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, to tell her about her son.
Yates had been at the clinic for about five days when the shooting happened, Machlinski said. She said he had trouble readjusting to life in Iraq after a recent visit home.
Yates's mother said her son called and talked to her on Mother's Day, and they had talked about the alleged shooter, Sgt. John Russell. She said her son said he was "someone with issues."
Michael Edward Yates Jr. is survived by a young son.
He attended Colonel Richardson High School in Federalsburg and was being remembered on his Myspace page Tuesday night as a good friend taken far too soon.
Posted Monday, Jul 13, 2009 - 9:44 PM EST
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