Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Fallen Heroes June 10

June 10, 2003

Army Pfc. Gavin L. Neighbor

20, of Somerset, Ohio; assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed by a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq. Neighbor was off work from guard duty June 10, resting in a bus, when a rocket-propelled grenade round was fired from a nearby house. He died as a result of his wounds.


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June 10, 2005

Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Kilpela

22, of Fowerville, Mich. ; assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed June 10 in an explosion while conducting combat operations in Saqlawiyah, Iraq. Also killed was Lance Cpl. Mario A. Castillo.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Mario A. Castillo

20, of Brownwood, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed June 10 in an explosion while conducting combat operations in Saqlawiyah, Iraq. Also killed was Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Kilpela.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Victor H. Cervantes

27, of Stockton, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed June 10 when he came under small-arms fire while on patrol in Orgun-e, Afghanistan.

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June 10, 2007

Army Staff Sgt. Brian M. Long

32, of Burns, Wyo., died June 10 in Baghdad of wounds sustained in an explosion. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.

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Air Force Airman 1st Class Eric M. Barnes

20, of Lorain, Ohio; assigned to the 90th Logistics Readiness Squadron, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.; died June 10 as result of an improvised explosive device attack on an Air Force convoy about 100 miles south of Baghdad.

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Army Cpl. Llythaniele Fender

21, of Medical Lake, Wash; assigned to 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died June 10 in Lutifiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Cpl. Meresebang Ngiraked and Spc. Adam G. Herold.

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Army Cpl. Meresebang Ngiraked

21, of Koror, Republic of Palau; assigned to 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died June 10 in Karbala, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Cpl. Llythaniele Fender and Spc. Adam G. Herold.

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Army Spc. Adam G. Herold

23, of Omaha, Neb.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died June 10 in Lutifiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Cpl. Llythaniele Fender and Cpl. Meresebang Ngiraked.

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June 10, 2008


Army Sgt. Steve A. McCoy


23, of Moultrie, Ga.; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died June 10 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, of wounds sustained March 23 in Baghdad when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.


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