updated 2224est 30 SEP 10 Three Peanuts
Georgia has lost yet another son. Senior Airman Michael J. Buras, 23 of Fitzgerald, Ga, was killed in action on September 21, 2010 by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Senior Airman Buras was born July 28, 1987 in Tifton, Georgia to John E. Buras and Joy Ann Butrica Buras. He grew up in Fitzgerald, graduating from Fitzgerald High School in 2005. Seniror Airman Buras was a highly decorated Explosive Ordinance Disposal Journeyman in the United States Air Force assigned at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada with Headquarters Air Combat Command, 99th Air Base Wing, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron and was a Purple Heart recipient from a previous deployment.
