Friday, June 27, 2008

Fallen Heroes June 27

June 27, 2003


Army Cpl. Tomas Sotelo Jr.


20, of Houston, Texas; assigned to Headquarters Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.; killed by enemy fire June 27 in Baghdad, Iraq. Sotelo was traveling in a convoy when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle.


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June 27, 2004


Army 1st Sgt. Ernest E. Utt


38, of Hammond, Ill.; assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed June 27 when two 122 mm rockets were fired into his forward operating base in Baghdad.



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June 27, 2005


Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Keith R. Mariotti


39, of Texas; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed June 27 when his AH-64D Apache helicopter crashed near Taji, Iraq. Also killed was Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Steven E. Shepard.


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Army 2nd Lt. Matthew S. Coutu


23, of North Kingstown, R.I.; assigned to the 64th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; killed June 27 by small-arms fire when his convoy was attacked in Baghdad.


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Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Steven E. Shephard


30, of Purcell, Okla.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed June 27 when his AH-64D Apache helicopter crashed near Taji, Iraq. Also killed was Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Keith R. Mariotti.


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June 27, 2006


Army Sgt. 1st Class Terry O.P. Wallace


33, of Winnsboro, La.; assigned to 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died June 27 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Taji, Iraq.


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Marine Cpl. Jason W. Morrow


27, of Riverside, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died June 27 from wounds sustained June 26 while conducting combat operations in Taqaddum, Iraq.


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Army Cpl. Jeremy S. Jones


25, of Omaha, Neb.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died June 27 of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device during dismounted combat operations in Baghdad.


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June 27, 2007


Army Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Newsome


27, of Chicopee, Mass.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died June 27 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device.


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June 27, 2008


Army Staff Sgt. Travis K. Hunsberger,


24, of Goshen, Ind.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; died on June 27 of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device while on combat


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