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Sgt. 1st Class Collin J. Bowen, of Millersville, Md., was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard, Towson, Md.

Bowen met his wife, Ursula, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County when he was enrolled in a Spanish class she taught. They had one daughter, Gabriela.

He also had two daughters from a previous marriage - Erin and Katelyn, who live in Westminster, Md.

Mrs. Bowen said her husband learned to take care of others as an infantryman, but he maintained the same selfless manner outside the military. "What people always said about him is how much he cared for people," she said. "He was a true friend."