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(Ret.) Corporal Casey Owens (born c. 1981 in Houston, Texas) is a United States Marine, Iraq War veteran, and paralympic athlete from Houston, Texas, United States, who has come to fame from his feats of completing marathons in a wheelchair. Since his legs were amputated after being severely injured in September, 2004 by shrapnel from an anti-tank mine explosion while on a rescue mission to find a comrade during his second tour in the Iraq War. He is also a paralympic skiier.

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  • (Ret.) Corporal Casey Owens (born c. 1981 in Houston, Texas) is a United States Marine, Iraq War veteran, and paralympic athlete from Houston, Texas, United States, who has come to fame from his feats of completing marathons in a wheelchair. Since his legs were amputated after being severely injured in September, 2004 by shrapnel from an anti-tank mine explosion while on a rescue mission to find a comrade during his second tour in the Iraq War. He is also a paralympic skiier.
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  • Houston, Texas, United States
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  • (Ret.) Corporal Casey Owens (born c. 1981 in Houston, Texas) is a United States Marine, Iraq War veteran, and paralympic athlete from Houston, Texas, United States, who has come to fame from his feats of completing marathons in a wheelchair. Since his legs were amputated after being severely injured in September, 2004 by shrapnel from an anti-tank mine explosion while on a rescue mission to find a comrade during his second tour in the Iraq War. Owens has also testified before the United States Congress in hearings regarding the poor quality of care and "bureaucratic maze" that military personnel must navigate in order to receive medical care from the VA. He is also a paralympic skiier.
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