Friday, July 18, 2008

Fallen Heroes July 18

July 18, 2003

Army Spc. Joel L. Bertoldie,


20, of Independence, Mo.; assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 4-64 Armor Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died when an explosive device detonated beneath the vehicle he was driving, throwing him from it, July 18 in Fallujah, Iraq.

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July 18, 2006


Marine Lance Cpl. Geofrey R. Cayer,

20, of Fitchburg, Mass.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died July 18 from a non-hostile incident in Habbaniyah, Iraq.

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Army Sgt. Mark R. Vecchione,

25, of Tucson, Ariz.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; died July 18 in Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank.


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July 18, 2007


Army Spc. Richard Gilmore III,

22, of Jasper, Ala.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died July 18 in Adhamiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire. Also killed were Sgt. 1st Class Luis E. Gutierrez-Rosales, Spc. Zachary R. Clouser and Spc. Daniel E. Gomez.

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Army Spc. Daniel E. Gomez,

21, of Warner Robins, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died July 18 in Adhamiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire. Also killed were Sgt. 1st Class Luis E. Gutierrez-Rosales, Spc. Zachary R. Clouser and Spc. Richard Gilmore III.

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Army Spc. Zachary R. Clouser,

19, of Dover, Pa.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died July 18 in Adhamiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire. Also killed were Sgt. 1st Class Luis E. Gutierrez-Rosales, Spc. Richard Gilmore III and Spc. Daniel E. Gomez.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Luis E. Gutierrez-Rosales,

38, of Bakersfield, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died July 18 in Adhamiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire. Also killed were Spc. Zachary R. Clouser, Spc. Richard Gilmore III and Spc. Daniel E. Gomez.

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