Monday, August 4, 2008

Fallen Heroes August 4

August 4, 2004


Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph L. Nice,


19, of Nicoma Park, Okla.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Aug. 4 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Gunnery Sgt. Elia P. Fontecchio,


30, of Milford, Mass.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died Aug. 4 of injuries sustained in enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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August 4, 2005


Marine Staff Sgt. Chad J. Simon,


32, of Madison, Wis.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Madison, Wis.; died Aug. 4 in Madison, Wis., while under hospice care for wounds sustained Nov. 8, 2004, in an explosion as he was conducting combat operations in Babil province, Iraq.


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Marine Gunnery Sgt. Theodore Clark Jr.,


31, of Emporia, Va.; assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Aug. 4 when the vehicle in which he was a passenger was struck by an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations near Gardez, Afghanistan.


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Army Pfc. Nils G. Thompson,


19, of Confluence, Pa.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Aug. 4 when he was struck by enemy fire while on routine patrol at an Iraqi police station in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. Damian J. Garza,


19, of Odessa, Texas; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.; killed Aug. 4 when his vehicle left the road and went into a river in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Also killed was Army Pvt. John M. Henderson.


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Army Pvt. John M. Henderson Jr.,


21, of Columbus, Ga.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.; killed Aug. 4 when his vehicle left the road and went into a river in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Also killed was Army Pvt. 1st Class Damian J. Garza.


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August 4, 2006


Army Staff Sgt. Clint J. Storey,


30, of Enid, Okla.; assigned to 1st Calvary Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; killed Aug. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee while conducting combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed was Sgt. Bradley H. Beste.


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Army Sgt. Bradley H. Beste,


22, of Naperville, Ill.; assigned to 1st Calvary Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; killed Aug. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Humvee while conducting combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Clint J. Storey.


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Army Sgt. Leroy Segura Jr.,


23, of Clovis, N.M.; assigned to 362nd Engineer Company, 54th Engineer Battalion, Fort Benning, Ga.; died Aug. 4 of injuries sustained from a Humvee accident in Habbaniyah, Iraq.


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August 4, 2007


Army Cpl. Jaron D. Holliday,


21, of Tulsa, Okla.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Aug. 4 in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, when the vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device during combat operations. Also killed were Sgt. Dustin S. Wakeman and Cpl. Jason K. Lafleur.


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Army Spc. Braden J. Long,


19, of Sherman, Texas; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; died Aug. 4 in Baghdad of injuries sustained when his Humvee came under grenade attack.


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Army Sgt. Dustin S. Wakeman,


25, of Fort Worth, Texas; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Aug. 4 in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, when the vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device during combat operations. Also killed were Cpl. Jason K. Lafleur and Cpl. Jaron D. Holliday.


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Army Spc. Matthew M. Murchison,


21, of Independence, Mo.; assigned to the 127th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Hanau, Germany; died Aug. 4 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when the vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device.


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Army Cpl. Jason K. Lafleur,


28, of Ignacio, Colo.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Aug. 4 in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, when the vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device during combat operations. Also killed were Sgt. Dustin S. Wakeman and Cpl. Jaron D. Holliday.


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August 4, 2008


Army Pvt. Timothy J. Hutton,


21, of Dillon, Mont.; assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, Bamberg, Germany; died Aug. 4 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident.


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Army Spc. Jonathan D. Menke,


22, of Madison, Ind.; assigned to the 38th Military Police Company, 38th Infantry Division, Indiana Army National Guard, Danville, Ind.; died Aug. 4 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when debris from an improvised explosive device that was detonated on an overpass fell onto his vehicle. Also killed was Sgt. Gary M. Henry.


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Army Sgt. Gary M. Henry,


34, of Indianapolis; assigned to the 28th Military Police Company, 38th Infantry Division, Indiana Army National Guard, Danville, Ind.; died Aug. 4 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when debris from an improvised explosive device detonation on an overpass fell onto his vehicle. Also killed was Spc. Jonathan D. Menke.


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Marine Capt. Garrett T. Lawton,


31, of Charleston, W.Va.; assigned to Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, N.C .; died Aug. 4 while supporting combat operations in Herat province, Afghanistan.


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Army Sgt. Errol M. James,


29, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands; assigned to the 527th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, Grafenwoehr, Germany; died Aug. 4 at Forward Operating Base Torkham, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident.


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