25, of Watha, N.C.; assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment, 422 Civil Affairs Battalion, Greensboro, N.C.; died when a vehicle in the convoy he was riding with hit an improvised explosive device while traveling to a water treatment facility on July 21 in Baghdad. Sign Mark’s Legacy Guest Book at this Link Marine Lance Cpl. Mark E. Engel, 21, of Grand Junction, Colo.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died July 21 at Brook Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds he received July 6 due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq. Sign Mark’s Legacy Guest Book at this Link Army Pfc. Nicholas H. Blodgett, 21, of Wyoming, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, Schweinfurt, Germany; killed July 21 when his patrol vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Abdalluyah, Iraq. Sign Nicholas’ Legacy Guest Book at this Link 24, of Round Rock, Texas; assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, San Antonio; attached to Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed July 21 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations near Zaidon, Iraq. Sign Steven’s Legacy Guest Book at this Link Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Travis L. Youngblood, 26, of Surrency, Ga.; assigned to Naval Hospital Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Ill.; deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); died July 21 of wounds sustained July 15 from an improvised explosive device during combat operations in Hit, Iraq. Sign Travis’ Legacy Guest Book at this Link 22, of Lexington Park, Md.; assigned to the 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died July 21 in the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained July 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad. Sign Matthew’s Legacy Guest Book at this Link Army 1st Sgt. Christopher C. Rafferty, 37, of Brownsville, Pa.; assigned to 37th Engineer Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died July 21 of injuries sustained when his unit encountered a mortar attack during combat operations in Sharana, Afghanistan. Sign Christopher’s Legacy Guest Book at this Link Marine Capt. Christopher T. Pate, 29, of Hampstead, N.C.; assigned to the 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Command Element, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed July 21 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Sign Christopher’s Legacy Guest Book at this Link Army Sgt. Jacob S. Schmuecker, 27, of Atkinson, Neb.; assigned to the 755th Recon/Decon Company, Nebraska Army National Guard, O’Neill, Neb.; died July 21 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. Sign Jacob’s Legacy Guest Book at this Link Marine Cpl. Christopher G. Scherer, 21, of East Northport, N.Y.; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died July 21 of wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Taqaddum, Iraq. Sign Christopher’s Legacy Guest Book at this Link
22, of Clearlake, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died July 21 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations.
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