Saturday, January 17, 2009

Fallen Heroes January 17


January 17, 2004


Army Sgt. Edmond L. Randle,


26, of Miami, Fla.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed while conducting a surveillance sweep for improvised explosive devices Jan. 17, when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck such a device and overturned north of Taji, Iraq.


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Army Spc. Larry E. Polley, Jr.,


20, of Center, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed while conducting a surveillance sweep for improvised explosive devices Jan. 17, when when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck such a device and overturned north of Taji, Iraq.


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Army Pfc. Cody J. Orr,


21, of Ruskin, Fla.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed while conducting a surveillance sweep for improvised explosive devices Jan. 17 when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck such a device and overturned north of Taji, Iraq.


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January 17, 2005


Army Pfc. Francis C. Obaji,


21, of Queens Village, N.Y.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, New York, N.Y.; died Jan. 17 in the 86th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, after he was involved in a motor vehicle accident Jan. 16 in Baghdad.


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Army Pfc. George R. Geer,


27, of Cortez, Colo.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea; killed Jan. 17 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his position in Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed was Army Staff Sgt. Thomas E. Vitagliano.


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Army Staff Sgt. Thomas E. Vitagliano,


33, of New Haven, Conn.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea; killed Jan. 17 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his position in Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed was Army Pfc. George R. Geer.


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Army Pfc. Jesus Fonseca Jr.,


19, of Marietta, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea; killed Jan. 17 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his position in Ramadi, Iraq.


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January 17, 2006


Army Pfc. Adam R. Shepherd,


21, of Somerville, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Jan. 17 of a non-combat-related illness in Baghdad.


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January 17, 2007


Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class Joseph D. Alomar,


22, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; assigned to the Navy Provisional Detention Battalion; died Jan. 17 in a non-combat-related incident at Camp Bucca, Iraq.


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