Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Fallen Heroes September 16


September 16, 2004



Army Sgt. Foster Pinkston,


47, of Warrenton, Ga.; assigned to the 878th Engineer Battalion, Georgia Army National Guard, Augusta, Ga.; died Sept. 16 in Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, Ga., from a non-combat related illness.


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Marine Cpl. Steven A. Rintamaki,


21, of Lynnwood, Wash.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept 16 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine 1st Lieutenant Andrew K. Stern,


24, of Germantown, Tenn.; assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died Sept. 16 of injuries sustained in enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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September 16, 2005


Army Spc. David H. Ford IV,


20, of Ironton, Ohio; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., killed Sept. 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during patrol operations in Baghdad. Also killed was 1st Sgt. Alan N. Gifford.


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Army 1st Sgt. Alan N. Gifford,


39, of Tallahassee, Fla.; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., killed Sept. 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during patrol operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Spc. David H. Ford IV.


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Army Sgt. Matthew L. Deckard,


29, of Elizabethtown, Ky.; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., killed on Sept. 16, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during patrol operations in Baghdad.


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September 16, 2006



Navy Electronics Technician 2nd Class (SW/DV) David S. Roddy,


32, of Aberdeen, Md.; assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two in Norfolk, Va., and served with Multi-National Corps in Iraq; killed Sept. 16 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Hadithah, Iraq.


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September 16, 2007


Army Staff Sgt. Michael L. Townes,


29, of Las Vegas; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, Aviation Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Sept. 16 in Balad, Iraq, from a non-combat-related illness.


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