Thursday, December 25, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 25


December 25, 2003


Army Staff Sgt. Thomas W. Christensen,


42, of Atlantic Mine, Mich.; assigned to the 652nd Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, based in Ellsworth, Wis.; killed during a mortar attack on Dec. 25 in Baquba, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Stephen C. Hattamer,


43, of Gwinn, Mich.; assigned to the 652nd Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, based in Ellsworth, Wis.; killed during a mortar attack on Dec. 25 in Baquba, Iraq.


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December 25, 2005


Army Spc. Sergio Gudino,


22, of Pomona, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed Dec. 25 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 tank during combat operations in Baghdad.


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Army Spc. Anthony O. Cardinal,


20, of Muskegon, Mich.; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed Dec. 25 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad.


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December 25, 2006


Army Pfc. Eric R. Wilkus,


20, of Hamilton, N.J.; assigned to the 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died Dec. 25 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of a non-combat related injury Dec. 22 in Baghdad.


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Army Sgt. Jason C. Denfrund,


24, of Cattaraugus, N.Y.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Dec. 25 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on patrol in Baghdad.


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Army Sgt. Jae S. Moon,


21, of Levittown, Pa.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Dec. 25 in Baghdad of wounds sustained there when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on patrol.


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Army Sgt. 1st Class Dexter E. Wheelous,


37, of Winder, Ga.; assigned to the 842nd Military Training and Transition team, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; died Dec. 25 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad.


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Army Capt. Hayes Clayton,


29, of Georgia; assigned to the 842nd Military Training and Transition team, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; died Dec. 25 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting combat operations in Balad, Iraq.


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December 25, 2007


Air Force Senior Airman Nicholas D. Eischen,

24, of Sanger, Calif.; assigned to the 60th Medical Operations Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.; died Dec. 25 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.



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Army Sgt. Peter C. Neesley,


28, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died Dec. 25 in Baghdad of an undetermined cause in a non-combat environment.


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Army Sgt. Bryan J. Tutten,


33, of St. Augustine, Fla.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Dec. 25 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position during combat operations.


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