Thursday, May 29, 2008

Fallen Heroes May 29

May 29, 2004

Marine Pfc. Cody S. Calavan

19, of Lake Stevens, Wash.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 29 by hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Benjamin R. Gonzalez

23, of Los Angeles; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 29 by hostile action in Ramadi, Iraq.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Rafael Reynosa Suarez

28, of Santa Ana, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 29 by hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq.

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Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Mogensen;

26, of Leesville, La.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed May 29 when his vehicle hit a land mine in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Navy Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class (SEAL) Brian J. Ouellette

37, of Needham, Mass.; assigned to Navy Special Warfare Group Two, Little Creek, Va.; killed May 29 while on mounted patrol near Jahak and Seleh, Afghanistan.

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Army Capt. Daniel W. Eggers

28, of Cape Coral, Fla.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), from Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed May 29 when his vehicle hit a land mine in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Army Pfc. Joseph A. Jeffries

21, of Beaverton, Ore.; assigned to the 329th Psychological Operations Company, Army Reserve, Portland, Ore.; killed May 29 when his vehicle hit a land mine in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Army Spc. Michael J. Wiesemann

20, of North Judson, Ind.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died of non-combat-related injuries on May 29 at Forward Operating Base Q-West (Quyarrah Air Base), Iraq.

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May 29, 2005

Army Staff Sgt. Victor M. Cortes III

29, of Erie, Pa.; assigned to the 703rd Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died May 29 of non-combat-related injuries in Baghdad.

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May 29, 2006

Army Capt. James A. Funkhouser

35, of Katy, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 29 of injuries sustained when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during reconnaissance patrol operations in Baghdad.

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Army Cpl. Jeremy M. Loveless

25, of Estacada, Ore.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; killed May 29 when his Stryker came under enemy small-arms fire during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq.

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May 29, 2007

Army Sgt. Jonathan A. Markham

22, of Bedford, Texas; assigned to 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 29 in Abu Sayda, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted position.

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Army Spc. Doonewey White

26, of Milpitas, Calif.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 29 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.

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Army Pfc. Robert A. Liggett

23, of Urbana, Ill.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.; died May 29 in Rustamiyah, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident. His death is under investigation.

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Army Sgt. Richard V. Correa

25, of Honolulu; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died May 29 in Ilbu Falris, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position during a dismounted patrol. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Weiglein.

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Army Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Weiglein

31, of Audubon, N.J.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died May 29 in Ilbu Falris, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position during a dismounted patrol. Also killed was Sgt. Richard V. Correa.

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May 29, 2008

Army Sgt. 1st Class David Nunez

27, of Los Angeles; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died May 29 in Shewan, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when he encountered small-arms fire while conducting combat operations.

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