Sunday, June 15, 2008

Fallen Heroes June 15

June 15, 2003

Marine Pfc. Ryan R. Cox

19, of Derby, Kan.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died June 15 as a result of wounds received from a non-combat weapon discharge near Najaf, Iraq.

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June 15, 2005

Marine Lance Cpl. Chad B. Maynard

19, of Montrose, Colo.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1 Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; operating with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed June 15 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations near Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed were Lance Cpl. Jonathan R. Flores, Lance Cpl. Dion M. Whitley, Cpl. Jesse Jaime and Cpl. Tyler S. Trovillion.

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Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cesar O. Baez

37, of Pomona, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed June 15 by enemy small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Dion M. Whitley

21, of Los Angeles; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; unit operating with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed June 15 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations near Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed were Lance Cpl. Jonathan R. Flores, Lance Cpl. Chad B. Maynard, Cpl. Jesse Jaime and Cpl. Tyler S. Trovillion.

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Marine Cpl. Tyler S. Trovillion

23, of Richardson, Texas; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; unit operating with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed June 15 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations near Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed were Lance Cpl. Jonathan R. Flores, Lance Cpl. Chad B. Maynard, Lance Cpl. Dion M. Whitley and Cpl. Jesse Jaime.

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Marine Cpl. Jesse Jaime

22, of Henderson, Nev.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; unit operating with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed June 15 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations near Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed were Lance Cpl. Jonathan R. Flores, Lance Cpl. Chad B. Maynard, Lance Cpl. Dion M. Whitley and Cpl. Tyler S. Trovillion.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan R. Flores

18, of San Antonio; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; unit operating with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed June 15 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations near Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed were Lance Cpl. Chad B. Maynard, Lance Cpl. Dion M. Whitley, Cpl. Jesse Jaime and Cpl. Tyler S. Trovillion.

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June 15, 2006

Army Cpl. Jeremiah S. Santos

21, of Minot, N.D.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died June 15 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad.

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Army Capt. Patrick D. Damon

41, of Falmouth, Maine; assigned to 240th Engineer Group, Maine Army National Guard, Augusta, Maine; died June 15 from a non-combat related cause in Bagram, Afghanistan. This incident is under investigation.

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June 15, 2007

Army Master Sgt. Arthur L. Lilley

35, of Smithfield, Pa.; assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died June 15 in Shkin, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire.

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Air Force Maj. Kevin H. Sonnenberg

42, of McClure, Ohio; assigned to the 112th Fighter Squadron, Toledo, Ohio; died June 15 when his jet crashed five miles north of Balad Air Base, Iraq. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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Army Pfc. Michael P. Pittman

34, of Davenport, Iowa; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; died June 15 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire.

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