Friday, January 16, 2009

Fallen Heroes January 16



January 16, 2004



Army Staff Sgt. Roland L. Castro,



26, of San Antonio, Texas; assigned to Battery A, 1st Battalion, 12th Field Artillery, based at Fort Sill, Okla.; died from a non-hostile gunshot wound, Jan. 16, in Camp Cedar II, Iraq.



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January 16, 2006



Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ruel M. Garcia,



34, of Wahiawa, Hawaii; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment (Attack), Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Jan. 16 when his AH64D Apache helicoptor was shot down while he was conducting an aerial patrol in Baghdad. Also killed was Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Rex C. Kenyon.



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Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Rex C. Kenyon,



34, of El Segundo, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment (Attack), Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Jan. 16 when his AH64D Apache helicoptor was shot down while he was conducting an aerial patrol in Baghdad. Also killed was Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ruel M. Garcia.


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January 16, 2007



Navy Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jennifer A. Valdivia,


27, of Cambridge, Ill.; assigned to the naval security force for Naval Support Activity, Bahrain; died Jan. 16 of non-combat-related injuries in Bahrain.


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Army Spc. Collin R. Schockmel,


19, of Richwood, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Jan. 16 of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using grenades during security and observation operations in Ramadi, Iraq.


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January 16, 2008


Army Cpl. John P. Sigsbee,


21, of Waterville, N.Y.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Jan. 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained from grenade and small-arms fire during combat operations. Also killed were Pfc. Danny L. Kimme and Pfc. David H. Sharrett II.


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Army Pfc. Danny L. Kimme,


27, of Fisher, Ill.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Jan. 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained from grenade and small-arms fire during combat operations. Also killed were Pfc. David H. Sharrett II and Spc. John P. Sigsbee.


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Army Pfc. David H. Sharrett II,


27, of Oakton, Va.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Jan. 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained from grenade and small-arms fire during combat operations. Also killed were Pfc. Danny L. Kimme and Spc. John P. Sigsbee.


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