Friday, August 15, 2008

Fallen Heroes August 15


August 15, 2004


Marine Corps Pfc. Geoffrey Perez,


24, of Los Angeles; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Aug. 15 of injuries sustained in enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Corps Pfc. Fernando B. Hannon,


19, of Wildomar, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Aug. 15 of injuries sustained in enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Mark Anthony Zapata,


27, of Edinburg, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Aug. 15 by hostile fire in Najaf, Iraq.


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Army 2nd Lt. James Michael Goins,


23, of Bonner Springs, Kan.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Aug. 15 by hostile fire in Najaf, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. Daniel Michael Shepherd,


23, of Elyria, Ohio; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Riley, Kan.; killed Aug. 15 when his M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Ramadi, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. Brandon R. Sapp,


21, of Lake Worth, Fla.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Aug. 15 when his M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Najaf, Iraq.


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August 15, 2005


Army Spc. Jose L. Ruiz,


28, of Brentwood, N.Y.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Aug. 15 by small-arms fire from a civilian vehicle while he was conducting security operations in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. Thomas J. Strickland,


27, of Douglasville, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 108th Armor Regiment, Georgia Army National Guard, Calhoun, Ga.; killed Aug. 15 when his Humvee accidentally rolled over into a canal in Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Also killed were Spc. Joshua P. Dingler and Sgt. Paul A. Saylor.


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Army Spc. Joshua P. Dingler,


19, of Hiram, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 108th Armor Regiment, Georgia Army National Guard, Calhoun, Ga.; killed Aug. 15 when his Humvee accidentally rolled over into a canal in Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Also killed were Sgt. Thomas J. Strickland and Sgt. Paul A. Saylor.


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Army Sgt. Paul A. Saylor,


21, of Norcross, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 108th Armor Regiment, Georgia Army National Guard, Calhoun, Ga.; killed Aug. 15 when his Humvee accidentally rolled over into a canal in Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Also killed were Sgt. Thomas J. Strickland and Spc. Joshua P. Dingler.


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August 15, 2007


Army Staff Sgt. Robert R. Pirelli,


29, of Franklin, Mass.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colo.; died Aug. 15 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire.


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Army Sgt. Princess C. Samuels,


22, of Mitchellville, Md.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Aug. 15 in Taji, Iraq, when the enemy attacked using indirect fire. Also killed was Spc. Zandra T. Walker.


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Army Spc. Zandra T. Walker,


28, of Greenville, S.C.; assigned to 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Aviation Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Aug. 15 in Taji, Iraq, when the enemy attacked using indirect fire. Also killed was Sgt. Princess C. Samuels.


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August 15, 2008


Army 1st Lt. Donald C. Carwile,


29, of Oxford, Va.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Aug. 15 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and then received small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade fire. Also killed was Pfc. Paul E. Conlon.


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Army Pfc. Paul E. Conlon,


21, of Somerville, Mass.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Aug. 15 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and then received small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade fire. Also killed was 1st Lt. Donald C. Carwile.


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