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Killed in action -
June 2003
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| Army Sgt. Timothy M. Conneway, 22, of Enterprise, Ala.;
assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning,
Ga.; died June 28 as a result of enemy fire in Baghdad. Conneway
was traveling in a government vehicle in Baghdad June 26 when an
explosive device detonated and struck the vehicle. He died two days
later. |
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| Army Pfc. Kevin C. Ott, 27, of Columbus, Ohio; assigned
to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort
Sill, Okla.; killed in action in Iraq sometime between June 25 and
June 28. |
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| Army Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe, 37, of Linden, N.J.;
assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment,
Fort Sill, Okla.; killed in action in Iraq sometime between June
25 and June 28. |
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| Army Cpl. Tomas Sotelo Jr., 20, of Houston, Texas; assigned
to Headquarters Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk,
La.; killed by enemy fire June 27 in Baghdad, Iraq. Sotelo was traveling
in a convoy when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle. |
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| Army Spc. Corey A. Hubbell, 20, of Urbana, Ill.; assigned
to Company B, 46th Engineer Battalion, Fort Rucker, Ala.; died June
26 in Camden Yards, Kuwait, from a non-combat related cause. |
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| Army Spc. Richard P. Orengo, 32, of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico;
assigned to the 755th Military Police Company, Arecibo, Puerto Rico;
killed by enemy fire June 26 in Najif, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Andrew F. Chris, 25, of San Diego; assigned to
Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.;
killed June 25 in Iraq. Chris was fatally wounded in combat operations
in hostile enemy territory. |
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Gregory E. MacDonald, 29, of Washington,
D.C.; assigned to Bravo Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance
Battalion, Frederick, Md.; died when the light armored vehicle he
was traveling in rolled over June 25 in Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Cedric L. Lennon, 32, of West Blocton, Ala.;
assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry
Regiment, Fort Polk, La.; died June 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, from a
non-combat-related cause. |
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| Army Spc. Orenthial J. Smith, 21, of Allendale, S.C.; assigned
to Company A, 123rd Main Support Battalion, Dexheim, Germany; killed
by enemy fire on June 22, in Baghdad, Iraq. Smith was in a convoy
that was ambushed. |
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| Army Spc. Paul T. Nakamura, 21, of Santa Fe Springs, Calif.;
assigned to 437th Medical Company, based in Colorado Springs, Colo.;
killed by enemy fire on June 19 in Iskandariyah, Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. Michael R. Deuel, 21, of Nemo, S.D.; assigned
to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed June 18, in Baghdad, Iraq. Deuel
received fatal gun shot wounds while on guard duty at a propane
distribution center. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. William T. Latham, 29, of Kingman, Ariz.;
assigned to Troop E, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment,
Fort Carson, Colo.; died June 18, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
in Washington, D.C. Latham was participating in a raid at a suspected
arms market in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on May 19 when he was hit by shrapnel.
Latham was evacuated back to the United States where he died of
his wounds. |
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| Army Pvt. Robert L. Frantz, 19, of San Antonio, Texas;
assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st
Armored Division, Ray Barracks, Germany; killed June 17, in Baghdad,
Iraq. He was on guard duty when a local resident threw a grenade
over the wall. Frantz died of his injuries. |
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| Army Sgt. Michael L. Tosto, 24, of Apex, N.C.; assigned
to Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored
Division, Smith Barracks, Germany; died June 17, at Camp Wolf, Kuwait.
He died from a non-combat related cause. |
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| Army Pvt. Shawn D. Pahnke, 25, of Shelbyville, Ind.; assigned
to Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored
Division, Friedberg, Germany; killed by enemy fire in Baghdad on
June 16. Pahnke was on patrol when he received a fatal gunshot wound. |
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| Army Spc. Joseph D. Suell, 24, of Lufkin, Texas; assigned
to Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Battery, 5th Battalion,
3rd Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.; killed June 16 in
Todjie, Iraq. He died from a non-combat related cause. |
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| Marine Pfc. Ryan R. Cox, 19, of Derby, Kan.; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine
Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died June
15 as a result of wounds received from a non-combat weapon discharge
near Najaf, Iraq. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Andrew R. Pokorny, 30, of Naperville, Ill.;
assigned to 3rd Air Defense Artillery, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment,
Fort Carson, Colo.; died June 13 in a vehicle accident in Asad,
Iraq. On the way back from patrol, Pokorny’s M113 armored
personnel carrier threw a track and went over a 4-foot drop-off
on the side of the road, causing the vehicle to roll over. |
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| Army Spc. John K. Klinesmith Jr., 25, of Stockbridge, Ga.;
was assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment,
10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; died June 12 in Fallujah,
Iraq. Klinesmith was last seen wading in the lake on the palace
compound in Fallujah on June 12. A search was launched and Klinesmith’s
body was discovered at the lake. |
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| Army Pfc. Gavin L. Neighbor, 20, of Somerset, Ohio; assigned
to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed by a rocket-propelled grenade
in Baghdad, Iraq. Neighbor was off work from guard duty June 10,
resting in a bus, when a rocket-propelled grenade round was fired
from a nearby house. He died as a result of his wounds. |
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| Army Sgt. Michael E. Dooley, 23, of Pulaski, Va.; assigned
to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.;
killed on June 8 in Asad, Iraq. Dooley was manning a traffic control
point when a vehicle came up to the checkpoint and two individuals
got out requesting a medic for their sick friend. Immediately following
the request for help, they opened fire on Dooley which resulted
in his death. |
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| Army Pvt. Jesse M. Halling, 19, of Indianapolis, Ind.;
assigned to 401st Military Police Company, Fort Hood, Texas; killed
June 7 in Tikrit, Iraq. Halling was at a military police station
when his unit received rifle-propelled grenade and small arms fire.
The soldier received a fatal gunshot wound. |
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| Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Doyle W. Bollinger Jr., 21,
of Poteau, Okla.; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion
133, Gulfport, Miss.; killed June 6 in Iraq when a piece of unexploded
ordnance accidentally detonated in the area he was working. |
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| Army Pfc. Branden F. Oberleitner, 20, of Worthington,
Ohio; assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment,
Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed June 5 by a rifle-fired grenade in Fallujah,
Iraq, as he returned from a dismounted patrol. |
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| Army Sgt. Atanacio Haro Marin, 27, of Baldwin Park, Calif.;
assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment,
Fort Hood, Texas; killed by enemy south of Balad, Iraq, June 3. |
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