Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Fallen Heroes April 2

April 2, 2003

Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Smith

41, of Rochester, N.Y.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.


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Army Sgt. Michael F. Pedersen

26, of Flint, Mich.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.

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Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar


32, of Granbury, Texas; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.


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Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Erik A. Halvorsen


40, of Bennington, Vt.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.

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Army Spc. Mathew G. Boule


22, of Dracut, Mass.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.


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Army Capt. James F. Adamouski


29, of Springfield, Va.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.


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Navy Lt. Nathan D. White


30, of Mesa, Ariz.; assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 195, based in Atsugi, Japan, and deployed with Carrier Air Wing 5 aboard the carrier Kitty Hawk.; killed when his F/A-18C Hornet was lost over Iraq. The incident remains under investigation.


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Marine Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner

19, of Ohio City, Ohio; assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed by an accidental weapons discharge in southern Iraq.


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Army Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez


36, of
El Paso, Texas; assigned to the Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed in action in northern Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson


26, of Durham, N.C.; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident west of Nasiriyah, Iraq.


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April 2, 2004

Army Pfc. William R. Strange

19, of Adrian, Ga.; assigned to the 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed April 2 when an improvised explosive device detonated as he was setting up an observation point in Baghdad.


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April 2, 2005

Marine Lance Cpl. Tenzin Dengkhim

19, of Falls Church, Va.; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed April 2 by enemy action in Anbar Province, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Ioasa F. Tavae Jr.

29, of Pago Pago, American Samoa; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed April 2 when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Mosul, Iraq.


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April 2, 2006

Navy Hospitalman Geovani Padilla Aleman

20, of South Gate, Calif.; permanently assigned to Bethesda Naval Hospital, USNS Comfort Detachment; operationally assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2/28 Brigade Combat Team; killed April 2
as a result of enemy action in Anbar Province, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. Jeremy W. Ehle

19, of Richmond, Va.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Friedberg, Germany; died April 2 from wounds sustained when his dismounted patrol came under enemy small arms fire during combat operations in Hit, Iraq.


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Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Marcques J. Nettles


22, of Beaverton, Ore.; assigned to the 1st Combat Logistics Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died April 2 when the truck he was riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Asad, Iraq; Nettles was previously listed as Duty Status - Whereabouts Unknown; his body was recovered April 16.


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Marine Staff Sgt. Abraham G. Twitchell


28, of Yelm, Wash.; assigned to the Combat Service Support Group-1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died April 2 when the seven-ton truck he was riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Asad, Iraq. Also killed were: Cpl. Andres Aguilar Jr., Cpl. David A. Bass, Lance Cpl. Patrick J. Gallagher, Lance Cpl. Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores and Cpl. Brian R. St. Germain.


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Marine Cpl. Brian R. St. Germain


22, of Warwick, R.I.; assigned to elements of the 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died April 2 when the seven-ton truck he was riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Asad, Iraq. Also killed were: Cpl. Andres Aguilar Jr., Cpl. David A. Bass, Lance Cpl. Patrick J. Gallagher, Lance Cpl. Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores and Staff Sgt. Abraham G. Twitchell.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores


20, of Los Angeles, Calif.; assigned to elements of the 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died April 2 when the seven-ton truck he was riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Asad, Iraq. Also killed were: Cpl. Andres Aguilar Jr., Cpl. David A. Bass, Lance Cpl. Patrick J. Gallagher, Cpl. Brian R. St. Germain and Staff Sgt. Abraham G. Twitchell.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick J. Gallagher

27, of Jacksonville, Fla.; assigned to elements of the 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died April 2 when the seven-ton truck he was riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Asad, Iraq. Also killed were: Cpl. Andres Aguilar Jr., Cpl. David A. Bass, Lance Cpl. Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores, Cpl. Brian R. St. Germain and Staff Sgt. Abraham G. Twitchell.


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Marine Cpl. David A. Bass

20, of Nashville, Tenn.; assigned to elements of the 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died April 2 when the seven-ton truck he was riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Asad, Iraq. Also killed were: Cpl. Andres Aguilar Jr., Lance Cpl. Patrick J. Gallagher, Lance Cpl. Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores, Cpl. Brian R. St. Germain and Staff Sgt. Abraham G. Twitchell.


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Marine Cpl. Andres Aguilar Jr.


21, of Victoria, Texas; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division,
III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; died April 2 when the seven-ton truck he was riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Asad, Iraq. Also killed were: Cpl. David A. Bass, Lance Cpl. Patrick J. Gallagher, Lance Cpl. Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores, Cpl. Brian R. St. Germain and Staff Sgt. Abraham G. Twitchell.


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Marine Cpl. Scott J. Procopio

20, of Saugus, Mass.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed April 2 while conducting combat operations in Anbar Province, Iraq. Also killed were: Lance Cpl. Jacob W. Beisel, Lance Cpl. Kun Y. Kim and Staff Sgt. Eric A. McIntosh.

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Marine Staff Sgt. Eric A. McIntosh

29, of Trafford, Pa.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed April 2 while conducting combat operations in Anbar Province, Iraq. Also killed were: Lance Cpl. Jacob W. Beisel, Lance Cpl. Kun Y. Kim and Cpl. Scott J. Procopio.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Kun Y. Kim


20, of Atlanta, Ga.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed April 2 while conducting combat operations in Anbar Province, Iraq. Also killed were: Lance Cpl. Jacob W. Beisel, Staff Sgt. Eric A. McIntosh and Cpl. Scott J. Procopio.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Eric A. Palmisano

27, of Florence, Wis.; assigned to 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died April 2 after the truck he was riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Asad, Iraq. The incident also resulted in the death of six other Marines and a Navy petty officer. Palmisano was listed as Duty Status - Whereabouts Unknown until his body was recovered April 11.


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April 2, 2007

Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Olsen

20, of Eagan, Minn.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died April 2 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

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Army Spc. Brian E. Ritzberg

24, of New York; assigned to the 977th Military Police Company, 97th Military Police Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; died April 2 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations in Kirkuk, Iraq.

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Army Staff Sgt. Bradley D. King

28, of Marion, Ind.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Brigade, Marion, Ind.; died April 2 in Amiriyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.

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Army Spc. Curtis R. Spivey

25, of Chula Vista, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died April 2 in San Diego of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations Sept. 16, 2006, in Baghdad.

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