Friday, May 16, 2008

Fallen Heroes May 16

May 16, 2003

Army Master Sgt. William L. Payne

46, of Otsego, Mich.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed in an accidental ordnance explosion in Haswah, Iraq.

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May 16, 2004

Army Spc. Mark J. Kasecky

20, of McKees Rocks, Pa.; assigned to Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment, Army National Guard, Oil City, Pa.; killed May 16 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Karmah, Iraq.

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Army Spc. Carl F. Curran

22, of Union City, Pa.; assigned to Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment, Army National Guard, Oil City, Pa.; killed May 16 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Karmah, Iraq.

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Army 2nd Lt. Leonard M. Cowherd

22, of Culpeper, Va.; assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; killed May 16 by sniper and rocket-propelled-grenade fire while securing a building near the Mukhayam Mosque in Karbala, Iraq.

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May 16, 2005

Army Sgt Jacob M. Simpson

24, of Ashland, Ore.; assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed May 16 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the building he was securing in Tal Afar, Iraq.

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May 16, 2006

Army Staff Sgt. Santiago M. Halsel

32, of Bowling Green, Ky.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died of injuries sustained May 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted clearance mission during combat operations in Baghdad.

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