{"id":21908,"date":"2024-03-29T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=baloga-michael-andrew"},"modified":"2024-05-10T23:54:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T05:54:32","slug":"baloga-michael-andrew","status":"publish","type":"casualty","link":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=baloga-michael-andrew","title":{"rendered":"Baloga, Michael Andrew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: 7\/26\/2007<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank<\/strong>: Private 2nd Class<\/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=\"569\" height=\"706\" data-id=\"25439\" src=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PVT-Michael-A-Baloga.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PVT-Michael-A-Baloga.png 569w, https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PVT-Michael-A-Baloga-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PVT. Michael Andrew Baloga was killed in action on July 26, 2007, in Mugdadiyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 6<sup>th<\/sup> squadron, 9<sup>th<\/sup> Cavalry Regiment, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Brigade Combat Team, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born October 30, 1985, in Sedro Woolley, Washington, the son of Robert and Linda Baloga. Michael served in the US Army from November 7, 2006 until his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He loved to spend time with his daughter Isis and his friends and family. Michael was a young man that would do for anyone without asking for repayment. All he met loved him. Michael was a wonderful son, father, and a fantastic brother and a hero to many. His wife, Mellissa; 20-month-olf daughter, Isis; his parents, Robert and Linda Baloga; two brothers, Jeremiah and Jacob Nydoske; two sisters, Linnea Baloga and Leah Valade, all survive Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His biological mother, Mary Neslund preceded him in death.<\/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,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"casualty-operation":[100],"casualty-tag":[106],"class_list":["post-21908","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\/21908","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\/21908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25441,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/21908\/revisions\/25441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"casualty-operation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-operation&post=21908"},{"taxonomy":"casualty-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-tag&post=21908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}