Sunday, May 18, 2008

Fallen Heroes May 18

May 18, 2003

Marine Cpl. Douglas Jose Marencoreyes

28, of Chino, Calif.; assigned to Light Armored Vehicle-Air Defense Battery, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed when the transport truck in which he was riding rolled over near Samawah, Iraq.

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Army Spc. Rasheed Sahib

22, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; assigned to 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed by an accidental weapons discharge in Balad, Iraq.

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May 18, 2004

Army Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Garyantes

34, of Rehoboth, Del.; assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; killed May 18 by sniper fire while on a combat patrol in Muqdadiyah, Iraq.

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Army Cpl. Marcos O. Nolasco

34, of Chino, Calif.; assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Bamberg, Germany; died May 18 in an electrocution accident in Baji, Iraq.

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Army Staff Sgt. William D. Chaney

59, of Schaumburg, Ill.; assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, Chicago; died May 18 in Landstuhl, Germany, from complications following surgery for a sudden medical condition that led to Chaney’s medical evacuation from Iraq.

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Marine Pfc. Michael M. Carey

20, of Prince George, Va.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died May 18 after he apparently fell into a canal in Iraq and did not resurface. His body was recovered the same day.

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May 18, 2005

Army Sgt. Antwan L. Walker

22, of Tampa, Fla.; assigned to the 2nd Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed May 18 when his camp was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire in Ramadi, Iraq.

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May 18, 2006

Marine Cpl. William B. Fulks

23, of Culloden, W.Va.; assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died May 18, at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, from wounds sustained May 1 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

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Army Pfc. Nicholas R. Cournoyer

25, of Gilmanton, N.H.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died May 18 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed were Lt. Col. Daniel E. Holland, 1st Lt. Robert A. Seidel III and Sgt. Lonnie C. Allen Jr.

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Army Sgt. Lonnie C. Allen Jr.

26, of Bellevue, Neb.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died May 18 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed were Lt. Col. Daniel E. Holland, 1st Lt. Robert A. Seidel III and Pfc. Nicholas R. Cournoyer.

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Army 1st Lt. Robert A. Seidel III

23, of Gettysburg, Pa.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died May 18 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed were Lt. Col. Daniel E. Holland, Sgt. Lonnie C. Allen Jr. and Pfc. Nicholas R. Cournoyer.

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Army Lt. Col. Daniel E. Holland

43, of San Antonio; assigned to the 352nd Civil Affairs Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died May 18 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed were 1st Lt. Robert A. Seidel III, Sgt. Lonnie C. Allen Jr. and Pfc. Nicholas R. Cournoyer.

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May 18, 2007

Army Sgt. Ryan J. Baum

27, of Aurora, Colo.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died May 18 in Karmah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Scott J. Brown

33, of Windsor, Colo.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died May 18 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire. Also killed was Spc. Marquis J. McCants.

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Army Cpl. Marquis J. McCants

23, of San Antonio; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died May 18 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire. Also killed was Sgt 1st Class Scott J. Brown.

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Army Sgt. Casey W. Nash

22, of Baltimore; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 18 in Tahrir, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Sgt. Anselmo Martinez III and Spc. Joshua G. Romero.

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Army Sgt. Anselmo Martinez III

26, of Robstown, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 18 in Tahrir, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Spc. Casey W. Nash and Spc. Joshua G. Romero.

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Army Cpl. Joshua G. Romero

19, of Crowley, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 18 in Tahrir, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Sgt. Anselmo Martinez III and Spc. Casey W. Nash.

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May 18, 2008

Army Pvt. Branden P. Haunert

21, of Cincinnati; 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died May 18 in Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

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Army Master Sgt. Davy N. Weaver

39, of Barnesville, Ga.; assigned to the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard, Macon Ga.; died May 18 in Qalat, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

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