Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 10


December 10, 2003


Army Staff Sgt. Richard A. Burdick,


24, of National City, Calif.; assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed while riding in a convoy Dec. 10 when his vehicle was hit by an improvise explosive device in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Aaron T. Reese,


31, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio; assigned to the 135th Military Police Company, Army National Guard based in Brookpark, Ohio; killed while on patrol Dec. 10 when he fell into the Tigris River south of Baghdad.


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Army Spc. Todd M. Bates,


20, of Bellaire, Ohio; assigned to the 135th Military Police Company, Army National Guard based in Brookpark, Ohio; placed on duty status whereabouts unknown. Bates was on a river patrol on the Tigris River south of Baghdad Dec. 10 when his squad leader fell overboard. He dove into the water after his squad leader, Staff Sgt. Aaron T. Reese, but did not surface. Reese did not survive.


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Army Pfc. Jerrick M. Petty,


25, of Idaho Falls, Idaho; assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed while guarding a gas station Dec. 10 when his position was attacked by enemy forces in Mosul, Iraq.


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December 10, 2005


Army Staff Sgt. Travis L. Nelson,


41, of Anniston, Ala.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Dec. 10 as a result of enemy small arms fire in Baghdad. Also killed was Sgt. Kenith Casica.


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Army Sgt. Kenith Casica,


32, of Virginia Beach, Va.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Dec. 10 as a result of enemy small arms fire in Baghdad. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Travis L. Nelson.


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Army Sgt. Clarence L. Floyd Jr.,


28, of Newark, N.J.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Dec. 10 when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat operations in Taji, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. Julia V. Atkins,


22, of Bossier City, La.; assigned to the 64th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Dec. 10 when an improvised explosive device detonated near her Humvee during patrol operations in Baghdad.


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December 10, 2006


Army Staff Sgt. Thomas W. Clemons,


37, of Leitchfield, Ky.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 123rd Armor, Leitchfield, Ky.; died Dec. 10 from a non-combat health-related incident in Diwaniyah, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Nicholas P. Steinbacher,


22, of La Crescenta, Calif.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 10 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad.


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Army Sgt. Brennan C. Gibson,


26, of Tualatin, Ore.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Dec. 10 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad. Also killed was Spc. Philip C. Ford and Pfc. Shawn M. Murphy.


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Army Spc. Philip C. Ford,


21, of Freeport, Texas; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Dec. 10 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad. Also killed was Sgt. Brennan C. Gibson and Pfc. Shawn M. Murphy.


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Army Pfc. Shawn M. Murphy,


24, of Fort Bragg, N.C.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Dec. 10 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad. Also killed was Sgt. Brennan C. Gibson and Spc. Philip C. Ford.


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December 10, 2007


Army Cpl. Johnathan A. Lahmann,


21, of Richmond, Ind.; assigned to the 59th Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 10 in Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds sustained in Bayji, Iraq, when a improvised explosive device struck his vehicle.


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