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November 13, 2003



Army Sgt. Joseph Minucci II,


23, of Richeyville, Pa.; assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy; killed Nov. 13 when an improvised explosive device exploded next to the bus on which he was riding in Samara, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. Jacob S. Fletcher,


28, of Bay Shore, N.Y.; assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy; killed Nov. 13 when an improvised explosive device exploded next to the bus on which he was riding in Samara, Iraq.


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November 13, 2004



Army Sgt. Catalin D. Dima,


36, of White Lake, N.Y.; assigned to the 411th Engineer Brigade, Army Reserve, New Windsor, N.Y.; killed Nov. 13 when enemy mortar fire landed near his position in Baghdad.


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Army Pfc. Cole W. Larsen,


19, of Canyon Country, Calif.; assigned to the 272nd Military Police Company, 21st Theater Support Command, Mannheim, Germany; killed Nov. 13 when a civilian vehicle struck his military vehicle, causing it to roll over, in Baghdad.


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Army Spc. Jose A. Velez,


23, of Lubbock, Texas; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Nov. 13 when his unit came under fire while clearing an enemy strongpoint in Fallujah, Iraq.


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Army Capt. Sean P. Sims,


32, of El Paso, Texas; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; killed Nov. 13 when his unit came under small-arms fire while clearing a building in Fallujah, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Victor R. Lu,


22, of Los Angeles; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Benjamin S. Bryan,


23, of Lumberton, N.C.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Justin D. McLeese,


19, of Covington, La.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Cpl. Kevin J. Dempsey,


23, of Monroe, Conn.; assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Nov. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Justin M. Ellsworth,


20, of Mount Pleasant, Mich.; assigned to Combat Service Support Battalion 1, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Sgt. Byron W. Norwood,


25, of Pflugerville, Texas; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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November 13, 2006



Lt. Col. Peter E. Winston,


56, of Plant City, Fla.; assigned to the 143rd Sustainment Command, Orlando, Fla.; died Nov. 13 in Kaiserslautern, Germany, from a non-combat related incident while in Iraq. The incident is under investigation.


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Army Pfc. Daniel J. Allman II,


20, of Canon, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died Nov. 13 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Pfc. Jang H. Kim.


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Army Pfc. Jang H. Kim,


20, of Placentia, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died Nov. 13 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Pfc. Daniel J. Allman II.


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November 13, 2007



Army Cpl. Peter W. Schmidt,


30, of Eureka, Calif.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Nov. 13 in Mukhisa, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated during dismounted combat operations. Also killed was Sgt. Christopher R. Kruse.


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Army Pfc. Casey P. Mason,


22, of Lake, Mich.; assigned to the 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died Nov. 13 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit using small-arms fire.


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Army Sgt. Christopher R. Kruse,


23, of Emporia, Kan.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Nov. 13 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated during dismounted combat operations. Also killed was Cpl. Peter W. Schmidt.


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Army 2nd Lt. Stuart F. Liles,


26, of Hot Springs, Ark.; assigned to the 122nd Aviation Support Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Nov. 13 in Bagram, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. The incident is under investigation.


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November 12, 2003



Army Staff Sgt. Nathan J. Bailey,


46, Nashville, Tenn., 1175th Transportation Company, Tennessee National Guard, Tullahoma, Tenn.; died Nov. 12 of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.


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Florida Army National Guard Spc. Robert A. Wise,


21, of Tallahassee, Fla.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, 53rd Infantry Brigade, Florida National Guard, Tallahassee, Fla.; killed while on mounted patrol Nov. 12 when an improvised explosive device exploded in Baghdad.


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November 12, 2004



Marine Sgt. Morgan W. Strader,


23, of Croosville, Tenn.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov 12 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Cpl. Jarrod L. Maher,


21, of Imogene, Iowa; assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Nov. 12 as result of a non-hostile gunshot wound at Abu Ghraib, Iraq.


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Marine Cpl. Brian P. Prening,


24, of Sheboygan, Wis.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve, Chicago; killed Nov 12 by enemy action in Babil province, Iraq.


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Marine Cpl. Nathan R. Anderson,


22, of Howard, Ohio; assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Nov. 12 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Raymond L. White,


22, of Elwood, Ind.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (Armor), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Nov. 12 when his patrol encountered enemy forces using small-arms fire in Baghdad.


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Army Sgt. Jonathan B. Shields,


25, of Atlanta; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (Armor), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Nov.12 when he was accidentally struck by a tank in Fallujah, Iraq.


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Army 1st Lt. Edward D. Iwan,


28, of Albion, Neb.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; killed Nov. 12 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Fallujah, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Brian A. Medina,


20, of Woodbridge, Va.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; killed Nov. 12 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. David M. Branning,


21, of Cockesville, Md.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; killed Nov. 12 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas H. Anderson,


19, of Las Vegas; assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 12 in a vehicle incident while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. James C. Matteson,


23, of Celoron, N.Y.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; killed Nov. 12 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Fallujah, Iraq.


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November 12, 2005


Marine Lance Cpl. David A. Ruiz,


20, of Cleveland; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Nov. 12 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Amiriyah, Iraq. Also killed was Lance Cpl. Scott A. Zubowski.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Scott A. Zubowski,


20, of Manchester, Ind.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Nov. 12 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Amiriyah, Iraq. Also killed was Lance Cpl. David A. Mendez Ruiz.


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Army Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Sutherland,


33, of West Deptford, N.J.; assigned to the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; killed Nov. 12 when his Stryker military vehicle accidentally rolled over in Qadisiyah, Iraq.


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November 12, 2006



Army 1st Lt. Michael A. Cerrone,


24, of Clarksville, Tenn.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Nov. 12 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq. Also killed was Pfc. Harry A. Winkler III.


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Army Pfc. Harry A. Winkler III,


32, of Clarksville, Tenn.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Nov. 12 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq. Also killed was 1st Lt. Michael A. Cerrone.


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November 12, 2007


Army Sgt. Joseph M. Vanek,


22, of Elmhurst, Ill.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Nov. 12 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit using small-arms fire.


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Army Capt. David A. Boris,


30, of Pennsylvania; assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Schweinfurt, Germany; died Nov. 12 in Bermel, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when the vehicle he was in was struck by an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Spc. Adrian E. Hike.


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Army Spc. Adrian E. Hike,


26, of Callender, Iowa; assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Schweinfurt, Germany; died Nov. 12 in Bermel, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when the vehicle he was in was struck by an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Capt. David A. Boris.


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Army Spc. Ashley Sietsema,


20, of Melrose Park, Ill.; assigned to the 708th Medical Company, 108th Medical Battalion, 108th Sustainment Brigade, Illinois National Guard, North Riverside, Ill.; died Nov. 12 in Kuwait City, Kuwait, of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident.


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