Sunday, August 31, 2008

Fallen Heroes August 31


August 31, 2003


Army Pfc. Adam L. Thomas,


21, of Palos Hills, Ill.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed on Aug. 31, 2003, in Afghanistan.


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Army Spc. Chad C. Fuller,


24, of Potsdam N.Y.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed Aug. 31, 2003, in Afghanistan.


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August 31, 2005


Army Sgt. Monta S. Ruth,


26, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.; killed Aug. 31 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle during security patrol operations in Samarra, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Jason E. Ames ,


21, of Cerulean, Ky.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Aug. 31 of non-combat-related injuries in Mosul, Iraq.



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Army Capt. Lowell T. Miller II,


35, of Flint, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, McComb, Miss.; killed Aug. 31 when his military training team, conducting operations with the Iraqi Army, came under attack by enemy forces using small arms in Iskandariyah, Iraq.


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August 31, 2006


Army Staff Sgt. Michael L. Deason,


28, of Farmington, Mo.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Aug. 31 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in War, Iraq.


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August 31, 2007


Army Sgt. Kevin A. Gilbertson,


24, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died Aug. 31 in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit during combat operations Aug. 29 in Ramadi, Iraq.


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