Monday, December 8, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 8


December 8, 2003


Army Staff Sgt. Steven H. Bridges,


33, of Tracy, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Dec. 8 when his vehicle flipped into a canal in Duluiyah, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Joseph M. Blickenstaff ,


23, of Corvallis, Ore.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Dec. 8 when his vehicle flipped into a canal in Duluiyah, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Christopher J. Rivera Wesley,


26, of Portland, Ore.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, based in Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Dec. 8 when his Stryker armored vehicle flipped into a canal in Duluiyah, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. Jason G. Wright,


19, of Luzerne, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed while on security duty Dec. 8 when his vehicle came under fire from a passing vehicle in Mosul, Iraq.


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December 8, 2004


Army Sgt. Arthur C. Williams IV,


31, of Edgewater, Fla.; assigned to the 44th Engineer Battalion, 2d Infantry Division, Camp Howze, Korea; killed Dec. 8 when his unit was attacked by small-arms fire while conducting a dismounted patrol in Ramadi, Iraq.


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December 8, 2005


Army Sgt. Spencer C. Akers,


35, of Traverse City, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, Saginaw, Mich.; died Dec. 8 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, of injuries sustained Nov. 21 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Habbaniyah, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Milton Rivera-Vargas,


55, of Boqueron, Puerto Rico; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 296th Infantry Regiment, Puerto Rico Army National Guard, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico; died Dec. 8 from a non-combat-related cause while on guard duty in Kalsu, Iraq.


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Army 1st Lt. Kevin J. Smith,


28, of Brandon, Fla.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed Dec. 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad.


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