Age: 24
Hometown: St. Paul, Minnesota
B Company, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry
Died: January 9, 2007 in Fallujah, Iraq

Staff Sgt. James M. Wosika, Jr., age 24, of St Paul, was killed in combat.  Sgt. Wosika was assigned to B Company, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry, based in Crookston.  On Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at approximately 3 p.m. Iraq time, while traveling on a foot patrol mission near Fallujah, Iraq, an explosive device detonated nearby.

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https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/twincities/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=85931682
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17379180
https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-sgt-james-m-wosika-jr/2488983
http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/9192773/?fullname=wosika-,-james-m
https://www.twincities.com/2007/01/19/soldier-james-wosika-jr-laid-to-rest-in-st-paul/
https://www.twincities.com/2007/07/24/west-end-salutes-a-fallen-son/
http://ericiniraq.scrappydog.com/2007/01/leading-from-front-sgt-wosika-rest-of.html
https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2007/01/10/kia
https://www.leg.state.mn.us/docs/2010/other/101583/www.governor.state.mn.us/mediacenter/pressreleases/printerfriendly/PROD007930.html
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/11955/staff-sgt-wosika-field-dedication
http://www.inforum.com/content/funeral-set-minn-soldier-killed-iraq