Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Fallen Heroes August 13


August 13, 2003


Army Sgt. Steven W. White,


29, of Lawton, Okla.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, based at Fort Hood, Texas; killed when his M113 armored personnel carrier hit an antitank mine on Aug. 13 in Tikrit, Iraq.


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August 13, 2004


Marine Lance Cpl. Kane M. Funke,


20, of Vancouver, Wash.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Aug. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas B. Morrison,


23, of Carlisle, Pa.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Aug. 13 b y enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army 1st Lt. Neil Anthony Santoriello,


24, of Verona, Pa.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 34th Armor, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed Aug. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his mounted reconnaissance patrol vehicle in Khalidiyah, Iraq.


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August 13, 2005



Army Spc. Brian K. Derks ,


21, of White Cloud, Mich.; assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Irwin, Calif.; killed Aug. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was on mounted patrol in Baghdad.


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August 13, 2007


Army Spc. Alun R. Howells,


20, of Parlin, Colo.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died Aug. 13 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from enemy direct fire.


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Army Staff Sgt. Eric D. Cottrell,


39, of Pittsview, Ala.; assigned to 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas; died Aug. 13 in Qayyarah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Cpl. Juan M. Lopez Jr. and Cpl. Paulomarko U. Pacificador.


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Army Cpl. Juan M. Lopez Jr.,


23, of San Antonio; assigned to 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas; died Aug. 13 in Qayyarah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Eric D. Cottrell and Pfc. Paulomarko U. Pacificador.


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Army Cpl. Paulomarko U. Pacificador,


24, of Shirley, N.Y.; assigned to 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas; died Aug. 13 in Qayyarah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Eric D. Cottrell and Cpl. Juan M. Lopez Jr.


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August 13, 2008


Army Cpl. James M. Hale,


23, of Naperville, Ill.; assigned to the 978th Military Police Company, Fort Bliss, Texas; died Aug. 13 in Baghdad of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.


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