Monday, October 13, 2008

Fallen Heroes October 13


October 13, 2003



Army Pfc. Stephen E. Wyatt,


19, of Kilgore, Texas; assigned to C Battery, 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.; killed while riding in a convoy that was hit by an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire Oct. 13 in Balad, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Donald L. Wheeler,


22 of Concord, Mich.; assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Oct. 13 when his unit came under attack from a rocket-propelled grenade while searching for an improvised explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. Jose Casanova,


23, of El Monte, Calif.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Oct. 13 in Baghdad when an Iraqi dump truck swerved and rolled over on top of his Humvee.


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Army Pvt. 2 Benjamin L. Freeman,


19, of Valdosta, Ga.; assigned to K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in Fort Carson, Colo.; drowned Oct. 13 near Asad, Iraq. Soldiers from his unit had been searching for Freeman when they discovered him floating on the surface of the water near Haditha dam.


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Army Spc. Douglas J. Weismantle,


28, of Pittsburgh; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Oct. 13 in Baghdad when an Iraqi dump truck swerved and rolled over on top of his Humvee.


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October 13, 2004



Marine Lance Cpl. Victor A. Gonzalez,


19, of Watsonville, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force of Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Oct. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine 2nd Lt. Paul M. Felsberg,


27, of West Palm Beach, Fla.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force of Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Oct. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Jaime Moreno,


28, of Round Lake Beach, Ill.; assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Oct. 13 of injuries sustained Oct. 12 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol vehicle in Baghdad. Also killed were Capt. Dennis L. Pintor and Spc. Michael S. Weger.


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Army Maj. Charles R. Soltes Jr.,


36, of Irvine, Calif.; assigned to the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, Upland, Calif.; killed Oct. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle in Mosul, Iraq. Also killed was Lt. Col. Mark P. Phelan.


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Army Lt. Col. Mark P. Phelan,


44, of Green Lane, Pa.; assigned to the 416th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, Morristown, Pa.; killed Oct. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle in Mosul, Iraq. Also killed was Maj. Charles R. Soltes Jr.


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Army Spc. Ronald W. Baker,


34, of Cabot, Ark.; assigned to the 39th Support Battalion, Arkansas Army National Guard, Lonoke, Ark.; died Oct. 13th in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained Oct. 7th when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol vehicle in Taji, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Jeremy F. Regnier,


22, of Littleton, N.H.; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Oct. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol in Baghdad.


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October 13, 2005



Army Spc. Robert W. Tucker,


20, of Hilham, Tenn.; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard, Jamestown, Tenn.; killed Oct. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Dujayl, Iraq.


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Navy Information Systems Technician 1st Class (SW) Howard E. Babcock IV,


33, of Houston; assigned to the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station in Bahrain; killed Oct. 13 in a motorcycle accident there.


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October 13, 2006


Army 2nd Lt. Johnny K. Craver,


37, of McKinney, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Oct. 13 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad.


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Army Private 1st Class Thomas J. Hewett,


22, of Temple, Texas; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Oct. 13 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., from injuries sustained during a Sept. 26 incident in Baghdad, during which an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.


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Army Spc. Jason A. Lucas,


24, of Columbus, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Polk, La.; died Oct. 13 from injuries sustained when his vehicle was struck by a suicide bomber using a vehicle-born improvised explosive device in Kandahar, Afghanistan.


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Army Pfc. Kenny F. Stanton Jr.,


20, of Hemet, Calif.; assigned to the 57th Military Police Company, Waegwan, Korea; died Oct. 13 from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad.


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