Casey Grochowiak

An Army staff sergeant from Encinitas was killed by a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan. 


Casey J. Grochowiak, who had been in the Army about 15 years, was two weeks into his tour in Afghanistan. He was a special-forces Army Ranger.

Casey Grochowiak, who was 34, is survived by his wife, Celestina, and two children, son Deegan, 6; and daughter Matia, 14. 

He was “loving and warm-hearted and a big kid at heart,” said Christine Grochowiak, who lives in Carlsbad. “He was proud to serve,” she added.

Casey Grochowiak’s father, Edward, is a retired Navy officer.

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Casey Grochowiak is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen