Sunday, January 25, 2009

Fallen Heroes January 25


January 25, 2004


Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Bunda,


29, of Bremer, Wash; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, based at Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Jan. 25 when his boat capsized during a patrol on the Tigris River. Bunda was originally listed as duty status whereabouts unknown. His remains were recovered Feb. 10.


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Army 1st Lt. Adam G. Mooney,


28, of Cambridge, Md.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation, Fort Drum, N.Y.; attached to 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum; killed Jan. 25 when his helicopter went down in the Tigris River during a search for a missing soldier in Mosul, Iraq. Mooney was listed as duty status whereabouts unknown after the crash. His remains were recovered Feb. 14.


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Army Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Dorff,


32, of Minnesota; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation (Fort Drum); attached to the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y; killed Jan. 25 when his Kiowa Warrior helicopter went down in the Tigris River during a search for four soldiers whose watercraft had capsized. Dorff was listed as duty status whereabouts unknown after the crash. His remains were recovered Jan. 29.


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January 25, 2006


Army Staff Sgt. Jerry M. Durbin Jr.,


26, of Spring, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Jan. 25 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his dismounted patrol during combat operations in Baghdad.


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Army Sgt. Joshua A. Johnson,


24, of Richford, Vt.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Vermont Army National Guard, Jericho, Vt.; killed Jan. 25, when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle during combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq.


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January 25, 2007


Army Pfc. Michael C. Balsley,


23, of Hayward, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Jan 25 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Army Sgt. Alexander H. Fuller.


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Army Pfc. Darrell W. Shipp,


25, of San Antonio; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Jan. 25 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad.


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Marine Cpl. Mark D. Kidd,


26, of Milford, Mich.; assigned to Marine Forces Reserve�s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Mount Clemens, Mich.; died Jan. 25 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.


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Army Sgt. Alexander H. Fuller,


21, of Centerville, Mass.; assigned to 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Jan 25 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Army Pfc. Michael C. Balsley.


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January 25, 2008


Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller,


24, of Iowa City, Iowa; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Jan. 25 in Barikowt, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when he encountered small-arms fire while conducting combat operations.


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Army Sgt. Tracy Renee Birkman,


41, of New Castle, Va.; assigned to the 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Jan. 25 in Owesat, Iraq, from non-combat-related injuries.


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Army Cpl. Duncan Charles Crookston,


19, of Denver; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; died Jan. 25 in Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad.


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