Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Fallen Heroes May 13

May 13, 2003

Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker

19, of Irvington, Ill.; assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed near Hillah, Iraq, when the munitions bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded.

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr.

31, of Elgin, S.C.; assigned to 728th Air Control Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; killed in action near Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his convoy was ambushed en route to Baghdad.

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May 13, 2004

Marine Corps Pfc. Brandon C. Sturdy

19, of Urbandale, Iowa; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 13 by hostile fire near Fallujah in Anbar province, Iraq.

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Marine Corps Pfc. Brian K. Cutter

19, of Riverside, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died May 13 after being found unconscious in Asad, Iraq.

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May 13, 2005

Army Pfc. Travis W. Anderson

28, of Hooper, Colo.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed May 13 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy in Bayji, Iraq.

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May 13, 2006

Army Spc. Ronald W. Gebur

23, of Delavan, Ill.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 13 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Richard Z. James

20, of Seaford, Del.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed May 13 while conducting combat operations in the Anbar province, Iraq.

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May 13, 2007

Army 1st Lt. Andrew J. Bacevich

27, of Walpole, Mass.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 13 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat patrol operations in Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq.

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Army Sgt. Rhys W. Klasno

20, of Riverside, Calif.; assigned to the 1114th Transportation Company, California National Guard, Bakersfield, Calif.; died May 13 in Asad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

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