Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Fallen Heroes May 20

May 20, 2004

Army Pfc. Leslie D. Jackson

18, of Richmond, Va.; assigned to A Company, 115th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, Texas; killed May 20 when her military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device as she was returning to Camp Eagle in Baghdad.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Troy L. Miranda

44, of DeQueen, Ark.; assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Brigade Combat Team, Army National Guard, attached to the 1st Cavalry Division; killed May 20 when a grenade was thrown near his foot patrol in Baghdad.

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Marine Cpl. Rudy Salas

20, of Baldwin Park, Calif.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 20 in a non-combat-related vehicle accident in Anbar province.

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May 20, 2005

Army Sgt. Brad A. Wentz

21, of Gladwin, Mich.; assigned to the 180th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Muskegon, Mich.; killed May 20 on a main supply route in Iraq when his convoy came under attack by enemy forces.

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Army Sgt. Kurt D. Schamberg

26, of Euclid, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed May 20 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad.

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May 20, 2008

Navy Lt. Jeffrey A. Ammon

37, of Orem, Utah; assigned to the Commander Navy Region Northwest, Bangor, Wash., and was serving in Afghanistan as a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni; died May 20 in Aband District, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device.

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Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph A. Moore

54, of Boise, Idaho; assigned to the 124th Wing, Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho; died May 20 in Djibouti of natural causes.

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Army 1st Lt. Jeffrey F. Deprimo

35, of Pittston, Pa.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 103rd Armor Regiment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Williamsport, Pa.; died May 20 in Ghazni, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

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