{"id":19930,"date":"2024-03-29T14:19:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=case-virgil-ray"},"modified":"2024-05-12T21:35:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T03:35:37","slug":"case-virgil-ray","status":"publish","type":"casualty","link":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=case-virgil-ray","title":{"rendered":"Case, Virgil Ray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: 6\/1\/2005<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank<\/strong>: Staff Sergeant<\/p>\n<p><strong>Branch<\/strong>: U.S. Army<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operation<\/strong>: Operation Iraqi Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"205\" data-id=\"25473\" src=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SGT-Virgil-R-Case.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25473\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Virgil R. Case, 37, died on June 1st, 2005<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before he was deployed to Iraq, Case worked full time at the Mountain Home armory. He was assigned to the Guard\u2019s 145th Support Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team. Case is survived by his wife, Claudia Case, and four children. \u201cHe was a loving father and husband who lived for his family, and was proud to serve in the military,\u201d the family said. \u201cThere are no words that can express how much he will be missed. He will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maj. Gen. Larry Lafrenz, Idaho adjutant general, said Case would be remembered for valiant and dedicated service. \u201cSergeant Case was a true professional who lost his life while defending the rights and freedoms that have been the hallmark of our country for over 229 years,\u201d Lafrenz said. \u201cAll Idaho National Guard soldiers and airmen grieve his loss and extend to his family our heartfelt prayers and condolences.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"casualty-operation":[100],"casualty-tag":[106],"class_list":["post-19930","casualty","type-casualty","status-publish","hentry","casualty-operation-operation-iraqi-freedom","casualty-tag-idaho-casualty"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/19930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/casualty"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/19930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25475,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/19930\/revisions\/25475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"casualty-operation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-operation&post=19930"},{"taxonomy":"casualty-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-tag&post=19930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}