Sunday, November 9, 2008

Fallen Heroes November 9


November 9, 2003



Army Sgt. Nicholas A. Tomko,


24, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; assigned to the 307th Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve, New Kensington, Pa.; killed while riding as the door gunner in a convoy vehicle Nov. 9 when his team came under small-arms attack in Baghdad.


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November 9, 2004



Air Force Master Sgt. Steven E. Auchman,


37, of Waterloo, N.Y.; assigned to the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Nov. 9 of injuries sustained when multiple rocket-propelled grenades struck his location in Mosul, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Juan E. Segura,


26, of Homestead, Fla.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Nathan R. Wood,


19, of Kirkland, Wash.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas D. Larson,


19, of Wheaton, Ill.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Sgt. William C. James,


24, of Huntington Beach, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Sgt. Lonny D. Wells,


29, of Vandergrift, Pa.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Command Sgt. Maj. Steven W. Faulkenburg,


45, of Huntingburg, Ind.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany; killed Nov. 9 by small-arms fire while he was conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Abraham Simpson,


19, Chino, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Sgt. David M. Caruso,


25, of Naperville, Ill.; assigned to 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Travis A. Babbitt,


24, of Uvalde, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Nov. 9 when his patrol was attacked by enemy forces using a rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire in Baghdad.


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Army Sgt. John B. Trotter,


25, of Marble Falls, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Howze, Korea; killed Nov. 9 when his patrol was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell,


38, of West Bend, Wis.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 339th Infantry Regiment, Army Reserve, Fraser, Mich.; killed Nov. 9 while acting in an advisory support capacity for his Iraqi unit, which was attacked in Fallujah, Iraq, by enemy forces using small-arms fire.


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Marine Staff Sgt. Russell L. Slay,


28, of Humble, Texas; assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Maj. Horst G. Moore,


38, of San Antonio; assigned to 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Nov. 9 when enemy mortar rounds detonated within his unit living area in Mosul, Iraq.


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November 9, 2006



Army Sgt. 1st Class Rudy A. Salcido,


31, of Ontario, Calif.; assigned to the 1114th Transportation Company, California Army National Guard, Bakersfield, Calif.; died Nov. 9 after an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle in Baghdad.


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Army Sgt. Courtland A. Kennard,


22, of Starkville, Miss.; assigned to the 410th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Nov. 9 after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Gregory W. G. McCoy.


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Army Staff Sgt. Gregory W. G. McCoy,


26, of Webberville, Mich.; assigned to the 410th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Nov. 9 after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad. Also killed was Sgt. Courtland A. Kennard.


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Marine Sgt. Bryan K. Burgess,


35, of Garden City, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Perrysburg, Ohio; died Nov. 9 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Kristopher C. Warren,


19, of Resaca, Ga.; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Chattanooga, Tenn.; died Nov. 9 from a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq.


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November 9, 2007




Army Capt. Matthew C. Ferrara,


24, of Torrance, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy; died Nov. 9 in Aranus, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when their patrol was attacked by direct fire from enemy forces. Also killed were Sgt. Jeffery S. Mersman; Spc. Sean K. A. Langevin; Spc. Lester G. Roque; and Pfc. Joseph M. Lancour.


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Army Cpl. Sean K. A. Langevin,


23, of Walnut Creek, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy; died Nov. 9 in Aranus, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when their patrol was attacked by direct fire from enemy forces. Also killed were 1st Lt. Matthew C. Ferrara; Sgt. Jeffery S. Mersman; Spc. Lester G. Roque; and Pfc. Joseph M. Lancour.


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Army Spc. Jermaine D. Franklin ,


22, of Arlington, Texas; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Nov. 9 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device.


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Marine Sgt. Phillip A. Bocks,


28, of Troy, Mich.; assigned to Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif.; died Nov. 9 while conducting combat operations in Aranus, Afghanistan.


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