Jersey Shore Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

A U.S. Army soldier with ties to southern New Jersey has been killed in combat in Afghanistan.

The Air Force said the body of Spc. Michael P. Scusa, formerly of Villas, was scheduled to be returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Tuesday morning.

David Shuhart of Villas, who lived with Scusa and his mother after they moved to New Jersey from Nebraska in 2000, said Scusa joined the Army shortly after graduating from Lower Cape May Regional High School.

The 22-year-old Scusa was on his second tour in Afghanistan with a unit home-based at Fort Carson, Colo.

Shuhart said Scusa had married a woman from Colorado and they had a young son.

Copyright Associated Press / NBC 10 Philadelphia

Leave Comments