California’s War Dead

    Michael C. Ottolini

    Michael C. Ottolini, 45

    Army National Guard, Staff Sergeant
    Balad (near), Iraq
    Gender: Male
    Hometown: Sebastopol
    Since he was a little boy, Mike wanted to follow me into the military.
    — Daniel Ottolini, father and WWII veteran

    Ottolini enlisted in the National Guard when he was 17 and put in 28 years before he was killed. In civilian life he was a truck driver who hauled hay. His tour in Iraq was his first time in combat.
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