Monday, January 5, 2009

Fallen Heroes January 5


January 5, 2004


Army Spc. Luke P. Frist,


20, of West Lafayette, Ind.; assigned to the 209th Quartermaster Company, U.S. Army Reserve, based in Lafayette, Ind.; died Jan. 5 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds he sustained while part of a convoy that was struck with an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.


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January 5, 2006


Army Lt. Col. Michael E. McLaughlin,


44, of Mercer, Pa.; assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Washington, Pa.; killed Jan. 5 when he was conducting a dismounted patrol at an Iraqi police recruiting station and an individual-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his position in Ramadi, Iraq.


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Marine Cpl. Albert P. Gettings,


27, of New Castle, Pa.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Jan. 5 of wounds sustained due to enemy small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq.


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Marine Lance Cpl. Ryan S. McCurdy,


20, of Baton Rouge, La.; assigned to Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Jan. 5 of wounds sustained due to enemy small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq.


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Army Pvt. Robbie M. Mariano,


21, of Stockton, Calif.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Jan. 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during convoy operations in Najaf, Iraq. Also killed were: Maj. William F. Hecker III, Capt. Christopher P. Petty, Sgt. 1st Class Stephen J. White and Sgt. Johnny J. Peralez Jr.


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Army Sgt. Johnny J. Peralez Jr.,


25, of Kingsville, Texas; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Jan. 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during convoy operations in Najaf, Iraq. Also killed were: Maj. William F. Hecker III, Capt. Christopher P. Petty, Sgt. 1st Class Stephen J. White and Pvt. Robbie M. Mariano.


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Army Sgt. 1st Class Stephen J. White,


39, of Talladega, Ala.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Jan. 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during convoy operations in Najaf, Iraq. Also killed were: Maj. William F. Hecker III, Capt. Christopher P. Petty, Sgt. Johnny J. Peralez Jr. and Pvt. Robbie M. Mariano.


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Army Capt. Christopher P. Petty,


33, of Vienna, Va.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Jan. 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during convoy operations in Najaf, Iraq. Also killed were: Maj. William F. Hecker III, Sgt. 1st Class Stephen J. White, Sgt. Johnny J. Peralez Jr. and Pvt. Robbie M. Mariano.


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Army Maj. William F. Hecker III,


37, of St. Louis, Mo.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Jan. 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during convoy operations in Najaf, Iraq. Also killed were: Capt. Christopher P. Petty, Sgt. 1st Class Stephen J. White, Sgt. Johnny J. Peralez Jr. and Pvt. Robbie M. Mariano.


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Army Spc. Ryan D. Walker,


25, of Stayton, Ore.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed Jan. 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during convoy operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Sgt. Jason Lopez-Reyes.


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Army Sgt. Jason Lopez-Reyes,


29, of Hatillo, Puerto Rico; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed Jan. 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during convoy operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Spc. Ryan D. Walker.


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Marine Sgt. Adam L. Cann,


23, of Davie, Fla.; assigned to Security Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Jan. 5 by a suicide-bomb attack on an Iraqi police recruitment center in Ramadi, Iraq.



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January 5, 2007


Army Maj. Michael L. Mundell,


47, of Brandenburg, Ky.; assigned to the 1st Brigade, 108th Division (Institutional Training), Spartanburg, S.C.; died Jan. 5 in Fallujah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.


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January 5, 2008


Army Cpl. Jason F. Lemke,


30, of West Allis, Wis.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Jan. 5 in Ibrahim Al Adham, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.


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