Thursday, May 1, 2008

Fallen Heroes May 1

May 1, 2003



Army Pfc. Jesse A. Givens

34, of Springfield, Mo.; 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed in Habbaniyah, Iraq, when his M-1A1 tank fell into the Euphrates River after the bank on which he was parked gave way.

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May 1, 2004

Army Spc. Trevor A. Win’E

22, of Orange, Calif.; assigned to 24th Quartermaster Company, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died May 1 in Tikrit, Iraq, from injuries sustained on April 30 when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.

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Army Sgt. Joshua S. Ladd

20, of Port Gibson, Miss.; assigned to the 367th Maintenance Company, Army National Guard, DeKalb, Miss.; killed May 1 when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq.

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Army Spc. Phillip L. Witkowski

24, of Fredonia, N.Y.; assigned to 7th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died May 1, 2004, in Homberg, Germany, from non-combat-related injuries sustained on April 30, 2004, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Army Staff Sgt. Oscar D. Medina

32, of Chicago; assigned to the 84th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, Hawaii; killed May 1 when his convoy was attacked in Amarah, Iraq.

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Army Spc. Ramon C. Ojeda

22, of Ramona, Calif.; assigned to the 84th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, Hawaii; killed May 1 when his convoy was attacked in Amarah, Iraq.

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May 1, 2005

Army Sgt. Derrick J. Lutters

24, of Burlington, Colo.; assigned to the 891st Engineer Battalion, Kansas Army National Guard, Pittsburg, Kan.; killed May 1 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated while his unit was inspecting a bridge for enemy tampering along a supply route in Iraq.

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May 1, 2006

Army Cpl. Robbie G. Light

21, of Kingsport, Tenn.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died of injuries sustained May 1 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A2 Abrams tank during combat operations in Baghdad.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Robert L. Moscillo

21, of Salem, N.H.; assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 1 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq.

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May 1, 2007

Army Pfc. Zachary R. Gullett

20, of Hillsboro, Ohio; assigned to the 984th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo.; died May 1 in Baghdad as a result of a non-combat-related incident. His death is under investigation.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Johnathan E. Kirk

25, of Belhaven, N.C.; assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died May 1 from wounds received while conducting combat operations on Apri

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May 1, 2008

Army Spc. Jeffrey F. Nichols

21, of Granite Shoals, Texas; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Polk, La.; died May 1 in Baghdad from wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

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