Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 30


December 30, 2003


Army Spc. Justin W. Pollard,


21, of Foothill Ranch, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in Fort Carson, Colo.; died as a result of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident, on Dec. 30 in Baghdad.


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December 30, 2004


Army Sgt. Damien T. Ficek,


26, of Pullman, Wash.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, Washington Army National Guard, Spokane, Wash.; killed Dec. 30 when his patrol was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Baghdad.


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December 30, 2005


Army Sgt. 1st Class Shawn C. Dostie,


32, of Granite City, Ill.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Dec. 30 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in Baghdad.


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Army Pvt. Jonathan R. Pfender,


22, of Evansville, Ind.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Dec. 30 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in Bayji, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Ayman A. Taha,


31, of Vienna, Va.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Dec. 30 when he was preparing a munitions cache for demolition and the cache exploded in Balad, Iraq.


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December 30, 2006


Army Sgt. John M. Sullivan,


22, of Hixon, Tenn.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Dec. 30 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat patrol in Baghdad.


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December 30, 2007


Army Pfc. Joseph R. Berlin Jr. ,


21, of Chelsea, Ala.; assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 30 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident.


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