Sunday, December 21, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 21



December 21, 2004


Marine Lance Cpl. Neil D. Petsche,


21, of Lena, Ill.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died Dec. 21 of injuries sustained in a non-hostile vehicle incident in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Navy Chief Joel Egan Baldwin,


37, of Arlington, Va.; assigned to Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 77, Gulfport, Miss.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. Lionel Ayro,


22, of Jeanerette, La.; assigned to 73rd Engineer Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. David A. Ruhren,


20, of Stafford, Va.; assigned to 276th Engineer Battalion, Virginia Army National Guard, West Point, Va.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Nicholas C. Mason,


20, of King George, Va.; assigned to 276th Engineer Battalion, Virginia Army National Guard, West Point, Va.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.
"His life is gone, but his strength and spirit will always be with us," Vic Mason said his Dad”


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Army Spc. Cory M. Hewitt,


26, of Dover, Tenn.; assigned to the 705th Ordnance Company, Fort Polk, La.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Thomas J. Dostie,


20, of Sommerville, Maine; assigned to 133rd Engineer Battalion, Maine Army National Guard, Portland, Maine; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Jonathan Castro,


21, of Corona, Calif.; assigned to 73rd Engineer Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. Lynn R. Poulin Sr.,


47, of Freedom, Maine; assigned to the 133rd Engineer Battalion, Maine Army National Guard, Belfast, Maine; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Robert S. Johnson,


23, of Castro Valley, Calif.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Darren D. VanKomen,


33, of Bluefield, W.Va.; assigned to 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Julian S. Melo,


47, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul D. Karpowich,


30, of Bridgeport, Pa.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 390th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Reserve, Webster, N.Y.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. Maj. Robert D. O’dell,


38, of Manassas, Va.; assigned to Army Intelligence & Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Va.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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Army Capt. William W. Jacobsen Jr.,


31, of Charlotte, N.C.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Dec. 21 when his base dining facility was attacked in Mosul, Iraq.


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December 21, 2006


Marine Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Burgess,


21, of Sanford, Mich.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Dec. 21 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed was Lance Cpl. Ryan L. Mayhan.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Ryan L. Mayhan,


25, of Hawthorne, Calif.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Dec. 21 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed was Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Burgess.


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Hospitalman Kyle A. Nolen,


21, of Ennis, Texas; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Dec. 21 as a result of enemy action in Anbar Province, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Fernando S. Tamayo,


19, of Fontana, Calif.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died December 21 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.


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December 21, 2007


Army Pfc. George J. Howell,


24, of Salinas, Calif.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Infantry Division (Light Infantry) Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Dec. 21 in Riyadh, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.


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