Sunday, June 1, 2008

Fallen Heroes June 1

June 1, 2003

Marine Sgt. Jonathan W. Lambert

28, of New Site, Miss.; assigned to the Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died June 1 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, as a result of injuries he suffered May 26 when his Humvee rolled over in Iraq.

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June 1, 2004

Army Pfc. Markus J. Johnson

20, of Springfield, Mass.; assigned to D Battery, 4th Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Kitzingen, Germany; killed June 1 when an Avenger air defense vehicle rolled over in Anbar province, Iraq.

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June 1, 2005

Army Sgt. 1st Class Virgil R. Case

37, of Mountain Home, Idaho; assigned to the 145th Support Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team, Idaho Army National Guard, Mountain Home, Idaho; died June 1 of non-combat-related injuries in Kirkuk, Iraq.

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Army Spc. Phillip C. Edmundson

22, of Wilson, N.C.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed June 1 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley fighting vehicle during combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq.

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Army Pfc. Louis E. Niedermeier

20, of Largo, Fla.;assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed June 1 when his unit was conducting combat operations and he came under enemy small-arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq.

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June 1, 2007

Army Staff Sgt. Juan F. Campos

27, of McAllen, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died June 1 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by insurgents using improvised explosive devices and rocket propelled grenades May 14 in Baghdad.

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Marine Lt. Col. Michael A. Robinson

42, of Sylacauga, Ala.; assigned to Mobilization Command, Deployment Processing Command, Marine Corps Installations East, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died June 1 in Kabul, Afghanistan. His death is under investigation.

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Army Sgt. Bruce E. Horner

43, or Newport News, Va.; assigned to the 127th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Support Command, Fliegerhorst, Germany; died June 1 in Seddah of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire.

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Army Staff Sgt. Charles R. Browning

31, of Tucson, Ariz.; assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona National Guard, Gilbert, Ariz.; died June 1 in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

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Army Staff Sgt. Travis W. Atkins

31, of Bozeman, Mont.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died June 1 in Al Yusufiyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit.

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June 1, 2008


Army Cpl. Justin R. Mixon

22, of Bogalusa, La.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany; died June 1 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

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Army Spc. Christopher D. McCarthy

28, of Virginia Beach, Va.; assigned to the U.S. Joint Forces Command, Joint Reserve Unit, Norfolk, Va.; died June 1 at Forward Operating Base Ramadi, Iraq. His death is under investigation.

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