Thursday, January 1, 2009

Fallen Heroes January 1


January 1, 2004


Army Sgt. Dennis A. Corral,


33, of Kearney, Neb.; assigned to the 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed while riding in a convoy going to Baghdad International Airport Jan. 1, when his vehicle went out of control and rolled over in Baghdad.


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January 1, 2005


Marine Lance Cpl. Brian P. Parrello,


19, of West Milford, N.J.; assigned to Small Craft Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Jan. 1 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Jeff LeBrun,


21, of Buffalo, N.Y.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed Jan. 1 when his military vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.


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January 1, 2006


Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason L. Bishop,


31, of Williamstown, Ky.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Jan. 1 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in As Siniyah, Iraq.


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Army Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Vanderhorn,


37, of Tacoma, Wash., assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Jan. 1 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in As Sinia, Iraq.


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January 1, 2007


Army Sgt. Thomas E. Vandling Jr.,


26, of Pittsburgh; assigned to the 303rd Psychological Operations Company, Oakdale, Pa., a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Jan. 1 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat patrol in Baghdad.


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