Sunday, December 7, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 7


December 7, 2003


Army Pfc. Ray J. Hutchinson,


20, of League City, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based at Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Dec. 7 when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle as he was returning from patrol in Mosul, Iraq.


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December 7, 2004


Marine Cpl. In C. Kim,


23, of Warren, Mich.; assigned to 9th Communications Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Dec. 7 in a non-hostile vehicle incident in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Capt. Mark N. Stubenhofer,


30, of Springfield, Va.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed Dec. 7 when his unit was attacked by small-arms fire while conducting dismounted operations in Baghdad.


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Army Sgt. 1st Class Todd C. Gibbs,


37, of Lufkin, Texas; assigned to 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Greaves, Korea; killed Dec. 7 when an improvised explosive device detonated while his unit was on a dismounted patrol in Khalidiyah, Iraq.


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December 7, 2005


Marine Cpl. Joseph P. Bier,


22, of Centralia, Wash.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Dec. 7 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Ramadi, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. Michael C. Taylor,


23, of Hockley, Texas; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery, 214th Field Artillery Brigade, III Corps Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.; killed Dec. 7 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck while his unit was conducting combat operations in Balad, Iraq.


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December 7, 2006


Army Staff Sgt. Henry W. Linck,


23, of Manhattan, Kan.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Dec. 7 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on patrol during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Spc. Micah S. Gifford.


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Army Spc. Micah S. Gifford,


27, of Redding, Calif.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Dec. 7 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on patrol during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Henry W. Linck.


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Army Staff Sgt. Kristofer R. Ciraso,


26, of Bangor, Maine; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 7 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Baghdad.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Brent E. Beeler,


22, of Jackson, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Lansing, Mich.; died Dec. 7 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.


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