Friday, December 19, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 19


December 19, 2003


Army Pfc. Charles E. Bush Jr.,


43, of Buffalo, N.Y., assigned to 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion, 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, Army Reserve, based in Riverdale Park, Md.; killed while riding in a convoy Dec. 19 when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Balad, Iraq.


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December 19, 2004


Army Sgt. Barry K. Meza,


23, of League City, Texas; assigned to the 180th Transportation Battalion, 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Dec. 19 when a vehicle struck him in Shuaybah, Kuwait. Also killed was Army Staff Sgt. Donald B. Farmer.


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Army Staff Sgt. Donald B. Farmer,


33, of Zion, Ill.; assigned to the 180th Transportation Battalion, 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Dec. 19 when a vehicle struck him in Shuaybah, Kuwait. Also killed was Army Sgt. Berry K. Meza.


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December 19, 2005


Army Staff Sgt. Johnnie V. Mason,


32, of Rio Vista, Texas; assigned to the 717th Ordnance Company, 184th Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Detachment), Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Dec. 19, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Mahmudiyah, Iraq.


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December 19, 2006


Army Spc. Andrew P. Daul,


21, of Brighton, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; died Dec. 19 in Hit, Iraq, of injuries suffered then an improvised explosive device detonated near his Abrams tank during combat operations.


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Marine Cpl. Joshua D. Pickard,


20, of Merced, Calif.; assigned to the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Dec. 19 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.


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