Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 31


December 31, 2004


Marine Lance Cpl. Jason E. Smith,


21, of Phoenix; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Dec. 31 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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December 31, 2005


Army Spc. Marcelino R. Corniel,


23, of La Puente, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, California Army National Guard, Fullerton, Calif.; killed Dec. 31 when an enemy mortar attack occurred in the vicinity of his observation post in Baghdad.


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December 31, 2006


Navy Seaman Sandra S. Grant ,


23, of Linwood, N.C.; assigned to the aircraft carrier Eisenhower; died Dec. 31, 2006, of natural causes while on the Arabian Sea.


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Army Pfc. Alan R. Blohm,


21, of Kenai, Alaska; assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Dec. 31 in Baghdad of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on combat patrol.


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Army Cpl. Jonathan E. Schiller,


20, of Ottumwa, Iowa; assigned to the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 31 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated while on a combat patrol. Also killed was Spc. Richard A. Smith.


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Army Spc. Richard A. Smith,


20, of Grand Prairie, Texas; assigned to the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 31 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated while on a combat patrol. Also killed was Cpl. Jonathan E. Schiller.


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December 31, 2007


Army Sgt. Reno S. Lacerna ,


44, of Waipahu, Hawaii; assigned to the 87th Corps Support Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died Dec. 31 in Qayyarah, Iraq, of a non-combat-related illness.


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Navy Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Victor W. Jeffries,


52, of Honolulu; assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group, Kuwait; died Dec. 31 as a result of injuries sustained Dec. 24 in a vehicular accident in Kuwait.


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Army Pfc. Brian L. Gorham ,


21, of Woodburn, Ky.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Vicenza, Italy; died Dec. 31 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds sustained Dec. 12 in Afghanistan when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.


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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 30


December 30, 2003


Army Spc. Justin W. Pollard,


21, of Foothill Ranch, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in Fort Carson, Colo.; died as a result of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident, on Dec. 30 in Baghdad.


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December 30, 2004


Army Sgt. Damien T. Ficek,


26, of Pullman, Wash.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, Washington Army National Guard, Spokane, Wash.; killed Dec. 30 when his patrol was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Baghdad.


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December 30, 2005


Army Sgt. 1st Class Shawn C. Dostie,


32, of Granite City, Ill.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Dec. 30 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in Baghdad.


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Army Pvt. Jonathan R. Pfender,


22, of Evansville, Ind.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Dec. 30 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in Bayji, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Ayman A. Taha,


31, of Vienna, Va.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Dec. 30 when he was preparing a munitions cache for demolition and the cache exploded in Balad, Iraq.


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December 30, 2006


Army Sgt. John M. Sullivan,


22, of Hixon, Tenn.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Dec. 30 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat patrol in Baghdad.


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December 30, 2007


Army Pfc. Joseph R. Berlin Jr. ,


21, of Chelsea, Ala.; assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 30 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident.


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Monday, December 29, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 29


December 29, 2004


Army Sgt. Craig L. Nelson,


21, of Bossier City, La.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, Louisiana Army National Guard, Shreveport, La.; died Dec. 29 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., of injuries sustained Dec. 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Baghdad.


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Army Pfc. Oscar Sanchez,


19, of Modesto, Calif.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Dec. 29 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device struck his observation post in Mosul, Iraq.


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December 29, 2005


Army Spc. Prince K. Teewia,


27, of Durham, N.C.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Dec. 29 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad.


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Army Pfc. George A. Lutz, II,


25, of Virginia Beach, Va.; assigned to the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed Dec. 29 when his dismounted patrol was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire in Fallujah, Iraq.


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December 29, 2006


Army Pvt. David E. Dietrich,

21, of Marysville, Pa.; assigned to the 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; died Dec. 29 of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire while on combat patrol in Ramadi, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. William R. Newgard,


20, of Arlington Heights, Ill.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died Dec. 29 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Also killed was Sgt. Lawrence J. Carter.


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Army Sgt. Lawrence J. Carter,


25, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died Dec. 29 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Also killed was Pfc. William R. Newgard.


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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 28


December 28, 2003


Army Pvt. 2 Rey D. Cuervo,


24, of Laguna Vista, Texas; assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in Fort Polk, La.; killed in action while on a mounted patrol when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle, on Dec. 28 in Baghdad.


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Army Sgt. Curt E. Jordan, Jr.,


25, of Greenacres, Wash.; assigned to the 14th Combat Engineer Battalion (Corps) (Wheeled), 555th Combat Engineer Group, based in Fort Lewis, Wash.; died of non-combat injuries on Dec. 28 near Bayji, Iraq.


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Army Capt. Ernesto M. Blanco,


28, of San Antonio; assigned to 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed while conducting a support mission Dec. 28 when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle in Qaryat Ash Shababi, Iraq.


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December 28, 2005


Army 1st Sgt. Tobias C. Meister,


30, of Jenks, Okla.; assigned to the 321st Civil Affairs Brigade, Army Reserve, San Antonio; killed Dec. 28 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat patrol operations south of Asadabad, Afghanistan.


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Army Pfc. Jason D. Hasenauer,


21, of Hilton, N.Y.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed Dec. 28 when his Humvee accidentally rolled over during patrol operations near Kandahar, Afghanistan.


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Army Spc. Aaron M. Forbes,


24, of Oak Island, N.C.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Dec. 28 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad.


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December 28, 2006


Marine Sgt. Aron C. Blum,


22, of Tucson, Ariz.; assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.; died Dec. 28 at Naval Medical Center, San Diego, of a non-hostile cause after being evacuated from Anbar province, Iraq, on Dec. 8.


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Army Spc. Luis G. Ayala,


21, of South Gate, Calif.; assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 28 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on combat patrol.


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Army Spc. Dustin R. Donica,


22, of Spring, Texas; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Dec. 28 in Baghdad of wounds received from small arms fire while conducting combat operations.


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Marine Cpl. Christopher E. Esckelson,


22 of Vassar, Mich.; assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Lansing, Mich.; died on December 28 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed were Lance Cpl. Nicholas A. Miller and Lance Cpl. William D. Spencer.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas A. Miller,


20, of Silverwood, Mich.; assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Lansing, Mich.; died December 28 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed were Cpl. Christopher E. Esckelson and Lance Cpl. William D. Spencer.


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Marine Lance Cpl. William D. Spencer,


20, of Paris, Tenn.; assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Nashville, Tenn.; died Dec. 28 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed were Cpl. Christopher E. Esckelson and Lance Cpl. Nicholas A. Miller.


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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 27


December 27, 2004


Army Spc. Jose A. Rivera-Serrano,



26, of Mayaquez, Puerto Rico; assigned to the 2d Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 27 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle in Baghdad.


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Army Staff Sgt. Todd D. Olson,


36, of Loyal, Wis.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment, Wisconsin Army National Guard, Neillsville, Wis.; died Dec. 27 in the 67th Combat Support Hospital in Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds sustained on Dec. 26 when an improvised explosive device detonated in Samarra, Iraq.


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December 27, 2005


Army Spc. Lance S. Sage,


26, of Hempstead , N.Y.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Dec. 27 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol in Baghdad. Also killed was Pvt. Joshua M. Morberg.


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Army Pvt. Joshua M. Morberg,


20, of Sparks , Nev.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Dec. 27 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol in Baghdad. Also killed was Spc. Lance S. Sage.


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December 27, 2006


Army Pvt. Clinton T. McCormick,


20, of Jacksonville, Fla.; assigned to the 2nd Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Dec. 27 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated during combat operations in Baghdad.




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Marine Lance Cpl. William C. Koprince Jr.,


24, of Lenoir City, Tenn.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Dec. 27 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed was Cpl. Joshua M. Schmitz.


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Army Sgt. Christopher P. Messer,

28, of Petersburg, Fla.; assigned to 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Dec. 27 in Baghdad of wounds received from an improvised explosive device that detonated near him while on dismounted patrol. Also killed was Pfc. Nathaniel A. Given.


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Army Pfc. Nathaniel A. Given,


21, of Dickinson, Texas; assigned to 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Dec. 27 in Baghdad of wounds received from an improvised explosive device that detonated near him while on dismounted patrol. Also killed was Sgt. Christopher P. Messer.


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Army Sgt. Edward W. Shaffer,


23, of Mont Alto, Pa.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; died Dec. 27 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of injuries sustained Nov. 13 in Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated nearby.


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