Sunday, August 10, 2008

Fallen Heroes August 10

August 10, 2003


Army Staff Sgt. David S. Perry,


36, of Bakersfield, Calif.; assigned to 649th Military Police Company, Army National Guard, Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif.; killed when a suspicious package he was inspecting exploded Aug. 10 in Baquabah, Iraq.


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August 10, 2005


Marine Lance Cpl. Evenor C. Herrera,


22, of Gypsum, Colo.; 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); died Aug. 10 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting combat operations near Ramadi, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael A. Benson,


40, of Winona, Minn.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 314th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 78th Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Aug. 10 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of injuries sustained Aug. 2 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device struck his convoy in Baghdad.


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August 10, 2006


Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy Z. Long,


18, of Sun Valley, Nev.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Aug. 10 while conducting combat operations in Zella, Iraq.


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August 10, 2007


Army Staff Sgt. Joan J. Duran,


24, of Roxbury, Mass.; assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Aug. 10 in Iraq of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident.


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August 10, 2008


Army Sgt. Kenneth B. Gibson,


25, of Christiansburg, Va.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died of wounds sustained Aug. 10 in Tarmiyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position during dismounted operations.


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Marine Sgt. Michael H. Ferschke Jr.,


22, of Maryville, Tenn.; assigned to the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan; died Aug. 10 while supporting combat operations in Salah ad Din province, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. John A. Mattox,


23, of Daingerfield, Texas; assigned to the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Aug. 10 at Forward Operating Base Bostick, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident.


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