Friday, May 9, 2008

Fallen Heroes May 9

May 9, 2003

Marine Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns

22, of Vancouver, Wash.; assigned to 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Eugene, Ore.; killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait.

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Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian K. Van Dusen

39, of Columbus, Ohio; assigned to 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed when his UH-60 air medical helicopter crashed in the Tigris River in Iraq.

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Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Hans N. Gukeisen

31, of Lead, S.D.; assigned to 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed when his UH-60 air medical helicopter crashed in the Tigris River in Iraq.

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Army Sgt. Richard P. Carl

26, of King Hill, Idaho; assigned to 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed when his UH-60 air medical helicopter crashed in the Tigris River in Iraq.

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May 9, 2004

Army Sgt. Rodney A. Murray

28, of Ayden, N.C.; assigned to the 351st Military Police Company, Army Reserve, Ocala, Fla.; killed May 9 when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle and his military vehicle collided between Baghdad and Scania, Iraq.

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May 9, 2005

Marine Pfc. Stephen P. Baldwyn

19, of Saltillo, Miss.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed May 9 in an explosion while he was conducting combat operations in Nasser Wa Salaam, Iraq.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Taylor B. Prazynski

920, of Fairfield, Ohio; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed May 9 in an explosion while he was conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Karmah, Iraq.

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Marine Staff Sgt. Anthony L. Goodwin

33, of Mount Holly, N.J.; assigned to the 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed May 9 by enemy small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in the vicinity of Qa'im, Iraq.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Marcus Mahdee

20, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died May 9 due to wounds sustained in an enemy explosion while conducting combat operations in the vicinity of Karmah, Iraq.

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May 9, 2006

Army Spc. Aaron P. Latimer

26, of Ennis, Texas; assigned to the 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; died May 9 in Mosul, Iraq. The circumstances of his death are being investigated.

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May 9, 2007

Marine Lance Cpl. Walter K. O’Haire

20, of Lynn, Mass.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died May 9 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

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May 9, 2008

Army Sgt. Isaac Palomarez

26, of Loveland, Colo.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; died May 9 in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his patrol encountered an improvised explosive device and came under small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire.

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Army Spc. Mary J. Jaenichen

20, of Temecula, Calif.; assigned to the Brigade Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died May 9 in Iskandariyah, Iraq, of a non-combat related injury.

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Army Pfc. Ara T. Deysie

18, of Parker, Ariz.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; died May 9 in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his unit came under rocket-propelled grenade fire.

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