Monday, September 22, 2008

Fallen Heroes September 22



September 22, 2003



Army Spc. Paul J. Sturino,


21, of Rice Lake, Wis.; assigned to B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Sept. 22 from a non-combat weapons discharge in Quest, Iraq.


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September 22, 2004



Army Staff Sgt. Lance J. Koenig,


33, of Fargo, N.D.; assigned to the 141st Engineer Battalion, North Dakota Army National Guard, Jamestown, N.D.; killed Sept. 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Tikrit, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. Skipper Soram,


23, of Kolonia Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Sept. 22 when a vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated near his security post in Baghdad.


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Army Pfc. Adam J. Harris,


21, of Abilene, Texas; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Sept. 22 by a sniper as he was on patrol in Mosul, Iraq.


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Marine Sgt. Benjamin K. Smith,


24, of Carterville, Ill.; assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Sept. 22 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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September 22, 2005



Army Spc. Mike T. Sonoda Jr.,


34, of Fallbrook, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, California Army National Guard, Fullerton, Calif.; died Sept. 22 of injuries sustained Sept. 21 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M113 Armored Personnel Carrier in Baghdad.


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Army Spc. Kevin M. Jones,


21, of Washington, N.C.; assigned to the 181st Transportation Battalion, 7th Corps Support Group, 3rd Corps Support Command, Mannheim, Germany; killed Sept. 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated by his vehicle near Taqaddum, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Scott P. McLaughlin,


29, of Hardwick, Vt.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 172nd Armor Regiment, 42nd Armor Division, Vermont Army National Guard, St. Albans, Vt.; killed Sept. 22 by enemy small-arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq.


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September 22, 2007



Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jonathan M. Lankford,


42, of Scottsboro, Ala.; assigned to the 79th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; died Sept. 22 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident.


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Army Cpl. David L. Watson,


29, of Newport, Ark.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Sept. 22 in Baqubah, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related accident.


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Army Cpl. Joshua H. Reeves,


26, of Watkinsville, Ga.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; died Sept. 22 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.


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