How Michael died

Died in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when vehicle encountered a makeshift bomb. [source: Faces of the Fallen]
projects.washingtonpost.com/... /michael-r-girdano/

Dept. of Defense News Release

Sign Guestbook

30 entries - Legacy.com
1 entry - The Afghanistan Page

Memorial Sites

Honor the Fallen
Faces of the Fallen
Legacy.com
The Afghanistan Page

Obituaries

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Press Coverage [source: Faces of the Fallen]

Armstrong County soldier dies in Afghanistan
  (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Apollo-Ridge remembers graduates who died as soldiers
  (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

An officer, a gentleman and a casualty of war
  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)