Sunday, June 8, 2008

Fallen Heroes June 8

June 8, 2003

Army Sgt. Micheal E. Dooley

23, of Pulaski, Va.; assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed on June 8 in Asad, Iraq. Dooley was manning a traffic control point when a vehicle came up to the checkpoint and two individuals got out requesting a medic for their sick friend. Immediately following the request for help, they opened fire on Dooley which resulted in his death.

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June 8, 2004

Army Capt. Humayun S.M. Khan

27, of Bristow, Va.; assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 201st Forward Support Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; killed June 8 after a vehicle packed with an improvised explosive device drove into the gate of his compound while he was inspecting soldiers on guard duty in Baqoubah, Iraq.

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June 8, 2005

Army Pfc. Douglas E. Kashmer

27, of Sharon, Pa.; assigned to the 70th Transportation Company, Mannheim, Germany; killed June 8 when the wrecker in which he was a passenger rolled over in a non-combat-related accident in Nippur, Iraq.

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Army Pfc. Emmanuel Hernandez

22, of Yauco, Puerto Rico; assigned to the 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy; killed June 8 when his helicopter-landing zone came under enemy fire in Shkin, Afghanistan.

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Army 1st Lt. Louis E. Allen

34, of Milford, Pa.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 42nd Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard, Troy, N.Y.; died on June 8 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained June 7 when an explosion of unknown origin occurred near his location in Tikrit. Also killed was Capt. Phillip T. Esposito.

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Army Sgt. Roberto Arizola Jr.

31, of Laredo, Texas; assigned to the 297th Military Intelligence Battalion, 513th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Gordon, Ga.; killed June 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad.

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Army Sgt. Michael J. Kelley

26, of Scituate, Mass.; assigned to the 101st Field Artillery Battalion, Massachusetts Army National Guard, Rehoboth, Mass.; killed June 8 when his helicopter landing zone came under enemy fire in Shkin, Afghanistan.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Marc L. Tucker

24, of Pontotoc, Miss.; assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan; attached to 2nd FSSG, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed June 8 in a non-hostile vehicle accident on Alternate Supply Route Uranium, Iraq.

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Army 1st Lt. Michael J. Fasnacht

25, of Mankato, Minn.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.; killed June 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley fighting vehicle in Tikrit, Iraq.

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June 8, 2006

Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel B. Crabtree

31, of Canton, Ohio; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, Ohio Army National Guard, Columbus, Ohio; died June 8 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Kut, Iraq.

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Army Cpl. Luis D. Santos

20, of Rialto, Calif.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died June 8 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Buritz, Iraq.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Clarence D. McSwain

31, of Meridian, Miss.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died June 8 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad.

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