Monday, June 16, 2008

Fallen Heroes June 16

June 16, 2003

Army Spc. Joseph D. Suell

24, of Lufkin, Texas; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Battery, 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.; killed June 16 in Todjie, Iraq. He died from a non-combat related cause.

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Army Pvt. 2 Shawn D. Pahnke

25, of Shelbyville, Ind.; assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; killed by enemy fire in Baghdad on June 16. Pahnke was on patrol when he received a fatal gunshot wound.

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June 16, 2004

Army Maj. Paul R. Syverson III

32, of Lake Zurich, Ill.; assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed June 16 during a mortar attack when mortar rounds hit his camp in Balad, Iraq.

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Army Staff Sgt. Arthur S. Mastrapa

35, of Apopka, Fla.; assigned to the 351 Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade, Army Reserve, Ocala, Fla.; killed June 16 during a mortar attack when mortar rounds hit his camp in Balad, Iraq.

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Army Spc. Jeremy M. Dimaranan

29, of Virginia Beach, Va.; assigned to the 302nd Transportation Company, 172nd Combat Support Group, Army Reserve, Fort Eustis, Va.; killed June 16 during a mortar attack when mortar rounds hit his camp in Balad, Iraq.

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June 16, 2005

Marine Capt. John W. Maloney

36, of Chicopee, Mass.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed June 16 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations near Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed was Lance Cpl. Erik R. Heldt.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Erik R. Heldt

26, of Hermann, Mo.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed June 16 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations near Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed was Capt. John W. Maloney.

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Army Spc. Anthony S. Cometa

21, of Las Vegas; assigned to the 1864th Transportation Company, 106th Transportation Battalion, Nevada Army National Guard, Henderson, Nev.; killed June 16 when his Humvee rolled over in Safwan, Kuwait.

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Army Staff Sgt. Christopher N. Piper

43, of Marblehead, Mass.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died June 16 at the Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of injuries sustained June 3 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Orgun-E, Afghanistan.

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June 16, 2006

Army 1st Lt. Forrest P. Ewens

25, of Chewelah, Wash.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed June 16 when his all-terrain vehicle struck an improvised explosive device during combat operations in Pech River Valley, Afghanistan. Also killed was Sgt. Ian T. Sanchez.

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Army Sgt. Ian T. Sanchez

26, of Staten Island, N.Y.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed June 16 when his all-terrain vehicle struck an improvised explosive device during combat operations in Pech River Valley, Afghanistan. Also killed was 1st Lt. Forrest P. Ewens.

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Army Sgt. Brent W. Koch

22, of Morton, Minn.; assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 136th Infantry Combined Arms Battalion, Hutchinson, Minn.; killed June 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Diwaniyah, Iraq.

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Army Spc. David J. Babineau

25, of Springfield, Mass.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed June 16 while manning a checkpoint when he came under enemy small-arms fire in Baghdad.

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Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca

* June 19

Army Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker

* June 19



June 16, 2007

June 16, 2007

Army Sgt. Danny R. Soto

24, of Houston; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; died June 16 in Rashidiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Spc. Zachary A. Grass.

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Army Spc. Zachary A. Grass

22, of Beach City, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; died June 16 in Rashidiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Sgt. Danny R. Soto.

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Army Staff Sgt. Roy P. Lewsader, Jr.

36, of Belleville, Ill.; assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; died June 16 in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade.

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Army 1st Lt. Frank B. Walkup IV

23, of Woodbury, Tenn.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died June 16 in Kirkuk, Iraq, from injuries sustained in Rashaad Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position during dismounted operations.

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June 16, 2008


Army Spc. Jason N. Cox


21, of Elyria, Ohio; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died June 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained near Hillah, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.


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