25, of Ridgecrest, Calif.; assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; died from wounds received as a result of an explosion April 19 while on a dismounted patrol with other soldiers in Iraq. He died from his injuries at the
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Navy Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class (SW) Michael J. Pernaselli
27, of Monroe, N.Y.; assigned to patrol coastal Firebolt, forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; killed April 24 in a waterborne attack in the northern Persian Gulf.
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Navy Signalman 2nd Class (SW) Christopher E. Watts
28, of Knoxville, Tenn.; assigned to patrol coastal Firebolt, forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; killed April 24 in a waterborne attack in the northern Persian Gulf.
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Coast Guard Damage Controlman 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal
24, of Smithtown, N.Y.; assigned to Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 403, aboard the patrol coastal Firebolt, forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; killed April 24 in a waterborne attack in the northern Persian Gulf.
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36, of Louisville, Ark.; assigned to 39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Army National Guard, Hazen, Ark.; killed April 24 when mortar rounds hit his camp in Taji, Iraq.
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Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Patrick W. Kordsmeier
49, of North Little Rock, Ark.; assigned to 39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Army National Guard, Hazen, Ark.; killed April 24 when mortar rounds hit his camp in Taji, Iraq.
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Army Staff Sgt. Billy J. Orton
41, of Humnoke, Ark.; assigned to 39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Army National Guard, Hazen, Ark.; killed April 24 when mortar rounds hit his camp in Taji, Iraq.
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Army Staff Sgt. Stacey C. Brandon
35, of Hazen, Ark.; assigned to 39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Army National Guard, Hazen, Ark.; killed April 24 when mortar rounds hit his camp in Taji, Iraq.
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Army Staff Sgt. Cory W. Brooks
32, of Philip, S.D.; assigned to 153rd Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard, Wagner, S.D.; died April 24 of non-combat related injuries in Baghdad.
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31, of Victoria, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed April 24 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad.
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21, of West Babylon, N.Y.; assigned to the 23rd Ordnance Company, Miesau, Germany; died April 24 of non-combat-related injuries in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Army Staff Sgt. Metodio A. Bandonill
29, of Honolulu; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died April 24 from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron W. Simons
20, of Modesto, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed April 24 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq.
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24, of Jim Thorpe, Pa.; assigned to C Battery, 1st Battalion, 213th Air Defense Artillery, Spring City, Pa.; died April 24 in Baghdad in a non-combat-related incident. His death is under investigation.
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Army Staff Sgt. Shaun J. Whitehead,
24, of Commerce, Ga.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died April 24 in Iskandariyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when he encountered an improvised explosive device while on a dismounted patrol.
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