Michael Robert Girdano, age 23, from Apollo, Pennsylvania, Armstrong county.
Parents: Robert and Cynthia (Ferkatch) Girdano
Service era: Iraq – Operation Enduring Freedom
Schools: Apollo Ridge High (2003)
Military history: Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 3d Brigade, 1 Id, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Friday, August 1, 2008
Death details: Hostile, died in Asadabad, Afghanistan
Cemetery: Plum Creek Cemetery, Pittsburgh
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Pittsburgh Post Gazette