Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Fallen Heroes November 18


November 18, 2001



Navy Electronics Technician 3rd Class Benjamin Johnson,


21, of Rochester, N.Y.; based at Norfolk Naval Station, Va.; drowned aboard an Iraqi freighter that sank on Nov. 18, 2001, in the Persian Gulf.


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Navy Engineman 1st Class Vincent Parker,


38, of Preston, Mich.; based at Norfolk Naval Station, Va.; drowned aboard an Iraqi freighter that sank on Nov. 18, 2001, in the Persian Gulf.


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November 18, 2004


Marine Lance Cpl. Luis A. Figueroa,


21, of Los Angeles; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 18 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. Joseph M. Nolan,


27, of Philadelphia; assigned to the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Nov. 18 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his up-armored Humvee while his unit was on patrol in Fallujah, Iraq.


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November 18, 2005


Army Sgt. Luis R. Reyes,


26, of Aurora, Colo.; assigned to the Army National Guard's 947th Engineer Company, Durango, Colo.; died Nov. 18 when the bus in which he was riding rolled over en route to Ali Al Salem, Kuwait.


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Army Pfc. Anthony A. Gaunky,


19, of Sparta, Wis., assigned to the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Nov. 18 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained Nov. 17 when his Humvee was involved in a vehicle accident during convoy operations in Bayji, Iraq. Also killed was Spc. Vernon R. Widner.


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November 18, 2006



Army Spc. Bradley N. Shilling,


22, of Stanwood, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), Big Rapids, Mich.; died Nov. 18 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad.


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November 18, 2007



Army Cpl. Christopher J. Nelson ,


22, of Rochester, Wash.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Nov. 18 in Balad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated during a mounted patrol. Also killed were Pfc. Marius L. Ferrero and Cpl. Jason T. Lee.


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Army Cpl. Jason T. Lee ,


26, of Fruitport, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Nov. 18 in Balad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated during a mounted patrol in Baqubah. Also killed were Pfc. Marius L. Ferrero and Cpl. Christopher J. Nelson.


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Army Pfc. Marius L. Ferrero ,

23, of Miami; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash; died Nov. 18 in Baqubah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated during a mounted patrol. Also killed were Cpl. Jason T. Lee and Cpl. Christopher J. Nelson.


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Air Force Tech. Sgt. Alejandro Ayala ,


26, of Riverside, Calif.; assigned to the 90th Logistics Readiness Squadron, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.; died Nov. 18 of injuries sustained as a result of a vehicle accident in Kuwait.


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