Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 9


December 9, 2004


Army Chief Warrant Officer Patrick D. Leach,


39, of Rock Hill, S.C.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment, South Carolina Army National Guard, Columbia, S.C.; killed Dec. 9 in an Apache helicopter accident in Mosul, Iraq. Also killed was Army 1st Lt. Andrew C. Shields.


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Army 1st Lt. Andrew C. Shields,


25, of Campobello, S.C.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment, South Carolina Army National Guard, Columbia, S.C.; killed Dec. 9 in an Apache helicopter accident in Mosul, Iraq. Also killed was Army Chief Warrant Officer Patrick D. Leach.



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Marine Pfc. Christopher S. Adlesperger,


20, of Albuquerque, N.M.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Dec. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Marine Cpl. Kyle J. Renehan,


21, of Oxford, Pa.; assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.; died Dec. 9 in Kaiserslautern, Germany, of injuries sustained Nov. 29 by enemy action in Babil province, Iraq.


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December 9, 2005


Army Sgt. Adrian N. Orosco,


26, of Corcoran, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Irwin, Calif.; killed Dec. 9 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted position during combat operations in Baghdad.


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December 9, 2006


Marine 1st Lt. Nathan M. Krissoff,


25, of Reno, Nev.; assigned to Headquarters and Service Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan; died Dec. 9 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.


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December 9, 2007


Army Spc. Randy W. Pickering,


31, of Bovey, Minn.; assigned to the Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany; died Dec. 9 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident.


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Army Cpl. Tanner J. O’Leary,


23, of Eagle Butte, S.D.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Dec. 9 in Musa Qal’eh, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated.



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