Saturday, May 3, 2008

Fallen Heroes May 3

May 3, 2003


Army Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds

25, of East Lansing, Mich.; assigned to 74th Long-Range Surveillance Detachment 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy; killed in Iraq when his M-4 rifle accidentally discharged after he fell off a ladder he had been climbing.

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May 3, 2004

Army 1st Lt. Christopher J. Kenny

32, of Miami; assigned to the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; one of four soldiers killed May 3 when their military vehicle left the road and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq.

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Army Sgt. Marvin R. Sprayberry III

24, of Tehachapi, Calif.; assigned to the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; one of four soldiers killed May 3 when their military vehicle left the road and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq.

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Army Sgt. Gregory L. Wahl

30, of Salisbury, N.C.; assigned to the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; one of four soldiers killed May 3 when their military vehicle left the road and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq.

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Army Pfc. Lyndon A. Marcus Jr.

21, of Long Beach, Calif.; assigned to the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; one of four soldiers killed May 3 when their military vehicle left the road and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq.

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Army Staff Sgt. Erickson H. Petty

28, of Fort Gibson, Okla.; assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Smith Barracks, Baumholder, Germany; killed by small-arms fire May 3 while conducting security of a weapons cache in Salman al Habb, Iraq.

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Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ronald E. Baum

38, of Hollidaysburg, Pa.; assigned to 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed May 3 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.

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May 3, 2005

Army Sgt. Stephen P. Saxton

24, of Temecula, Calif.; assigned to the Army’s 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed May 3 when his unit was conducting a route security mission and an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad.

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Army Staff Sgt. William J. Brooks

30, of Birmingham, Ala.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed May 3 when his unit was conducting a route security mission and an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad.

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May 3, 2006

Marine Capt. Brian S. Letendre

27, of Woodbridge, Va.; assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve’s Inspector and Instructor Staff, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Plainville, Conn.; killed May 3 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq.

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Army Sgt. Joseph E. Proctor

38, of Indianapolis; assigned to the 638th Battalion (Aviation), Indiana Army National Guard, Shelbyville, Ind.; killed May 3 when a suicide, vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device detonated near his observation post during dismounted combat patrol operations in Tammin, Iraq.

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Army Pfc. Christopher M. Eckhardt

19, of Phoenix, Ariz.; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 3 from a non-combat related cause in Taji, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. Benjamin T. Zieske

20, of Concord, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died of injuries sustained May 3, when an improvised explosive device detonated during a dismounted combat patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq.

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May 3, 2007

Army Spc. Matthew T. Bolar

24, of Montgomery, Ala.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died May 3 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations.

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Army Pfc. Jerome J. Potter

24, of Tacoma, Wash.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 3 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

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Army Spc. Kelly B. Grothe

21, of Spokane, Wash.; assigned to Company B, 321st Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve, Hayden Lake, Idaho; died May 3 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his armored personnel carrier was struck by an improvised explosive device.

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Army Pfc. John D. Flores

21, of Barrigada, Guam; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died May 3 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire.

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Army Sgt. Felix G. Gonzalez-Iraheta

25, of Sun Valley, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died May 3 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire.

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Army Spc. Andrew R. Weiss

28, of Lafayette, Ind.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died May 3 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

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Army Pfc. Joseph G. Harris

19, of Sugar Land, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died May 3 at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Afghanistan. His death is under investigation.

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Army 1st Lt. Colby J. Umbrell

26, of Doylestown, Pa.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died May 3 in Musayyib, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

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