Thursday, May 15, 2008

Fallen Heroes May 15

May 15, 2004

Army Staff Sgt. Rene Ledesma

34, of Abilene, Texas; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed May 15 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his Bradley fighting vehicle in Baghdad.

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Air Force Senior Airman Pedro I. Espaillat Jr.

20, of Columbia, Tenn.; assigned to the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.; died May 15 of non-hostile injuries in Kirkuk, Iraq.

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Army Chief Warrant Officer Bruce E. Price

37, of Maryland; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed May 15 when his unit was ambushed with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in Kajaki, Afghanistan.

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May 15, 2006

Army Capt. Shane R. Mahaffee

36, of Alexandria, Va.; assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve, Knoxville, Tenn.; died May 15 in Ludwigshafen, Germany, of injuries sustained May 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat patrol operations in Hillah, Iraq.

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Army Pfc. Grant A. Dampier

25, of Merrill, Wis.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed May 15 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat patrol operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Marion Flint Jr.

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Army Staff Sgt. Marion Flint Jr.

29, of Baltimore, Md.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed May 15 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat patrol operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Pfc. Grant A. Dampier.

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May 15, 2007

Army Staff Sgt. Joshua R. Whitaker

23, of Long Beach, Calif.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died May 15 in Qalat, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained in small-arms fire.

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May 15, 2008

Army Sgt. John K. Daggett

21, of Phoenix; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died May 15 in Halifax, Canada, of wounds sustained May 1 in Baghdad when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle.

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