Friday, May 23, 2008

Fallen Heroes May 23

May 23, 2004

Marine Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Molinabautista

37, of Rialto, Calif.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed by hostile action May 23 in Anbar province, Iraq.

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Army Spc. Jeremy L. Ridlen

23, of Clinton, Ill.; assigned to the 1544th Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Paris, Ill.; killed May 23 by small-arms fire after insurgents detonated explosives in a dump truck on the side of the road as his military convoy passed by in East Fallujah, Iraq.

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May 23, 2005

Army Spc. Bryan Edward Barron

26, of Biloxi, Miss.; assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, Biloxi, Miss.; killed May 23 when his military vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Haswa, Iraq. Also killed were Spc. Audrey Daron Lunsford, Staff Sgt. Saburant Parker and Sgt. Daniel Ryan Varnado.

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Army Spc. Audrey Daron Lunsford

29, of Sardis, Miss.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, McComb, Miss.; killed May 23 when his military vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Haswa, Iraq. Also killed were Spc. Bryan Edward Barron, Staff Sgt. Saburant Parker and Sgt. Daniel Ryan Varnado.

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Army Staff Sgt. Saburant Parker

43, of Foxworth, Miss.; assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, Biloxi, Miss.; killed May 23 when his military vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Haswa, Iraq. Also killed were Spc. Bryan Edward Barron, Spc. Audrey Daron Lunsford and Sgt. Daniel Ryan Varnado.

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Army Sgt. Daniel Ryan Varnado

23, of Saucier, Miss.; assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, Biloxi, Miss.; killed May 23 when his military vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Haswa, Iraq. Also killed were Spc. Bryan Edward Barron, Spc. Audrey Daron Lunsford and Staff Sgt. Saburant Parker.

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Army Staff Sgt. Russell J. Verdugo

34, of Phoenix; assigned to the 767th Ordnance Company, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.; killed May 23 when an improvised explosive device detonated as he was responding to a report of an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.

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Army Spc. Joshua T. Brazee

25, of Sand Creek, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; died May 23 in Qaim, Iraq, of non-combat-related injuries.

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Marine Sgt. Christopher S. Perez

30, of Hutchinson, Kan.; assigned to Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died May 23 of wounds sustained in an indirect fire attack while conducting combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq.

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Army Pfc. Kyle M. Hemauer

21, of Chilton, Wis.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, Virginia Army National Guard, Manassas, Va.; died May 23 of non-combat-related injuries in Zabul, Afghanistan.

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May 23, 2006

Marine Lance Cpl. Robert G. Posivio III

22, of Sherburn, Minn.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 23 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Karmah, Iraq. Also killed was Pfc. Steven W. Freund.

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Marine Pfc. Steven W. Freund

20, of Pittsburgh; assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 23 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Karmah, Iraq. Also killed was Lance Cpl. Robert G. Posivio III.

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Army Spc. Michael L. Hermanson

21, of Fargo, N.D.; assigned to the 164th Engineer Battalion, North Dakota Army National Guard, Minot, N.D.; died May 23 of injuries sustained when his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle came under attack from an improvised explosive device, a rocket-propelled grenade and enemy small-arms fire while on a route-clearing mission during combat operations in Abayachi, Iraq.

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May 23, 2007

Army Cpl. Jonathan D. Winterbottom

21, of Falls Church, Va.; assigned to 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Benning, Ga.; died May 23 in al Nahrawan, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed was Cpl. Victor H. Toledo Pulido.

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Army Cpl. Victor H. Toledo Pulido

22, of Hanford, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Benning, Ga.; died May 23 in al Nahrawan, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed was Cpl. Jonathan D. Winterbottom.

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Army Spc. Daniel P. Cagle

22, of Carson, Calif.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died May 23 in Balad, Iraq of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit in Ramadi. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Steve Butcher Jr.

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Army Staff Sgt. Steve Butcher Jr.

27, of Rochester, N.Y.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died May 23 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit in Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed was Pfc. Daniel P. Cagle.

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Army Cpl. Joseph J. Anzack Jr.

20, of Torrance, Calif.; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; was captured May 12 by enemy forces in Al Taqa, Iraq, when his unit was attacked by insurgents using automatic fire and explosives. His body was recovered May 23 in Iraq.

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May 23, 2008

Army Spc. Kyle P. Norris

22, of Zanesville, Ohio; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died May 23 in Balad, Iraq, from wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

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