Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Fallen Heroes September 10


September 10, 2003


Army Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky Jr.,


31, of Elizaville, N.Y.; assigned to the 759th Ordnance Company, Fort Irwin, Calif.; killed Sept. 10 in Baghdad, Iraq, by an improvised explosive device. Robsky was on call to neutralize an improvised explosive device after the initial attempt failed. When he returned to the site to render it safe, the explosive device detonated.


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September 10, 2004


Army Spc. Edgar P. Daclan Jr.,


24, of Cypress, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, based in Schweinfurt, Germany; killed Sept. 10 by an improvised explosive device as his patrol was responding to indirect fire in Balad, Iraq.


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September 10, 2006


Army Staff Sgt. Nathaniel B. Lindsey,


38, of Troutdale, Ore.; assigned to 41st Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard,Portland, Ore.; died Sept. 10 of injuries sustained when his Humvee encountered undetermined ordnance from enemy forces during patrol operations in Shajoy, Afghanistan.


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Army Cpl. Alexander Jordan,


31, of Miami; assigned to 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Sept. 10 of injuries suffered when he encountered enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat operations in Baghdad.


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September 10, 2007


Army Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray,


26, of Ismay, Mont.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Sept. 10 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related vehicle rollover. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Gregory Rivera-Santiago, Sgt. Michael C. Hardegree, Sgt. Omar L. Mora, Sgt. Nicholas J. Patterson, Spc. Ari D. Brown-Weeks and Spc. Steven R. Elrod.


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Army Staff Sgt. Gregory Rivera-Santiago,


26, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Sept. 10 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related vehicle rollover. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray, Sgt. Michael C. Hardegree, Sgt. Omar L. Mora, Sgt. Nicholas J. Patterson, Spc. Ari D. Brown-Weeks and Spc. Steven R. Elrod.


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Army Sgt. Michael C. Hardegree,


21, of Villa Rica, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Sept. 10 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related vehicle rollover. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray, Staff Sgt. Gregory Rivera-Santiago, Sgt. Omar L. Mora, Sgt. Nicholas J. Patterson, Spc. Ari D. Brown-Weeks and Spc. Steven R. Elrod.


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Army Sgt. Omar L. Mora,


28, of Texas City, Texas; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Sept. 10 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related vehicle rollover. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray, Staff Sgt. Gregory Rivera-Santiago, Sgt. Michael C. Hardegree, Sgt. Nicholas J. Patterson, Spc. Ari D. Brown-Weeks and Spc. Steven R. Elrod.


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Army Sgt. Nicholas J. Patterson,


24, of Rochester, Ind.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Sept. 10 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related vehicle rollover. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray, Staff Sgt. Gregory Rivera-Santiago, Sgt. Michael C. Hardegree, Sgt. Omar L. Mora, Spc. Ari D. Brown-Weeks and Spc. Steven R. Elrod.


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Army Spc. Ari D. Brown-Weeks,


23, of Abingdon, Md.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Sept. 10 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related vehicle rollover. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray, Staff Sgt. Gregory Rivera-Santiago, Sgt. Michael C. Hardegree, Sgt. Omar L. Mora, Sgt. Nicholas J. Patterson and Spc. Steven R. Elrod.


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Army Spc. Steven R. Elrod,


20, of Hope Mills, N.C.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Sept. 10 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related vehicle rollover. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray, Staff Sgt. Gregory Rivera-Santiago, Sgt. Michael C. Hardegree, Sgt. Omar L. Mora, Sgt. Nicholas J. Patterson and Spc. Ari D. Brown-Weeks.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Jon T. Hicks Jr.,


20, of Atco, N.J.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Sept. 10 while conducting combat operations in Ashraf, Iraq. Also killed was Cpl. Carlos E. Gil Orozco.


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Marine Cpl. Carlos E. Gil Orozco,


23, of San Jose, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Sept. 10 while conducting combat operations in Ashraf, Iraq. Also killed was Lance Cpl. Jon T. Hicks Jr.


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Army Pfc. Sammie E. Phillips,


19, of Cecilia, Ky.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, Kentucky Army National Guard, Carlisle, Ky.; died Sept. 10 in Rustamiyah, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a vehicle rollover.


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