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Killed in action -
May 2003
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| Marine Sgt. Jonathan W. Lambert, 28, of New Site, Miss.;
assigned to the Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.; died June 1 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center,
Germany, as a result of injuries he suffered May 26 when his Humvee
rolled over in Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Michael T. Gleason, 25, of Warren, Pa.; assigned
to the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.;
killed May 30 in a vehicle accident near Mosul, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Kyle A. Griffin, 20, of Emerson, N.J.; assigned
to the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.;
killed May 30 in a vehicle accident near Mosul, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Zachariah W. Long, 20, of Milton, Pa.; assigned
to the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.;
killed May 30 in a vehicle accident near Mosul, Iraq. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Bradley, 39, of Utica, Miss.;
assigned to the 588th Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; died
May 28 in Baqubah, Iraq. His death was non-combat related. |
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| Army Spc. Jose A. Perez III, 22, of San Diego, Texas; assigned
to 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.;
killed May 28 in Taji, Iraq, when the convoy he was traveling in
was ambushed. |
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| Army Sgt. Thomas F. Broomhead, 34, of Cannon City, Colo.;
assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson,
Colo.; killed by enemy fire in Fallujah, Iraq, May 27 |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Michael B. Quinn, 37, of Tampa, Fla.; assigned
to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.;
killed May 27 by enemy fire in Fallujah, Iraq. |
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| Army Sgt. Keman L. Mitchell, 24, of Hilliard, Fla.; assigned
to Company C, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo.; drowned
in Karkuk, Iraq, May 26. |
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| Army Pvt. Kenneth A. Nalley, 19, of Hamburg, Iowa, assigned
to the 501st Military Police Company, Wiesbaden, Germany; killed
in a vehicle accident in Samawah, Iraq, May 26. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Brett J. Petriken, 30, of Flint, Mich.;
assigned to the 501st Military Police Company, Wiesbaden, Germany;
killed in a vehicle accident in Samawah, Iraq, May 26. |
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| Army Maj. Mathew E. Schram, 36, of Brookfield, Wis.; assigned
to the Headquarters & Headquarters Troop Support Squadron, 3rd
Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed by enemy fire
May 26 in Hadithah, Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. Jeremiah D. Smith, 25, of Odessa, Mo.; assigned
to 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed
when his vehicle hit unexploded ordnance in Baghdad May 26. |
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| Army Pvt. David Evans Jr., 18, of Buffalo, N.Y.; assigned
to the 977th Military Police Company, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed in
an Iraqi ammunition plant explosion in Diwaniyah, Iraq, May 25. |
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| Army Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell, 27, of Omaha, Neb.; assigned
to 404th Air Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas; killed May 21 in a vehicle accident in Baghdad. |
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| Army Lt. Col. Dominic R. Baragona, 42, of Niles, Ohio;
assigned to 19th Maintenance Battalion, Fort Sill, Okla.; killed
in a vehicle accident in Iraq. 42, of Niles, Ohio; assigned to 19th
Maintenance Battalion, Fort Sill, Okla.; killed May 19 in a vehicle
accident in Iraq. |
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| Marine Capt. Andrew David La Mont, 31, of Eureka, Calif.;
assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft
Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed
May 19 in a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash in the Shatt al Hillah
Canal in Iraq. |
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Jason William Moore, 21, of San Marcos,
Calif.; assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine
Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.,
killed May 19 in a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash in the Shatt
al Hillah Canal in Iraq. |
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| Marine 1st Lt. Timothy Louis Ryan, 30, of Aurora, Ill.;
assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft
Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed
May 19 in a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash in the Shatt al Hillah
Canal in Iraq. |
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| Marine Sgt. Kirk Allen Straseskie, 23, of Beaver Dam, Wis.;
assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.; drowned May 19 while attempting to rescue crewmembers of
a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter that went down in the Shatt
al Hillah Canal in Iraq. |
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| Marine Staff Sgt. Aaron Dean White, 27, of Shawnee, Okla.;
assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft
Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed
May 19 in a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash in the Shatt al Hillah
Canal in Iraq. |
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| Marine Cpl. Douglas Jose Marencoreyes, 28, of Chino, Calif.;
assigned to Light Armored Vehicle-Air Defense Battery, 4th Light
Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.; killed May 18 when the transport truck in which he was riding
rolled over near Samawah, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Rasheed Sahib, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; assigned
to 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas; killed May 18 by an accidental weapons discharge in Balad,
Iraq. |
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| Army Master Sgt. William L. Payne, 46, of Otsego, Mich.;
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.;
killed May 16 in an accidental ordnance explosion in Haswah, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. David T. Nutt, 32, of Blackshear, Ga.; assigned
to 494th Transportation Company, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed May
14 in a vehicle accident in Mosul, Iraq. |
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| Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr., 31, of Elgin,
S.C.; assigned to 728th Air Control Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base,
Fla.; killed May 13 in action near Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his convoy
was ambushed en route to Baghdad. |
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker, 19, of Irvington,
Ill.; assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed May 13 near Al Hillah, Iraq, when the
munitions bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded.
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik, 21, of Schaumburg,
Ill.; assigned to 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Force Service Support
Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 12 in Iraq when unexploded
ordnance he was handling detonated. |
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| Marine Pfc. Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez, 19, of Norwalk,
Calif.; assigned to 1st Supply Battalion, 1st Force Service Support
Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 12 in Iraq when unexploded
ordnance he was handling detonated. |
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Smith, 20, of Anderson, Ind.;
assigned to Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and
Service Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Peru, Ind.;
killed May 10 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait. |
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns, 22, of Vancouver, Wash.;
assigned to 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support
Group, Eugene, Ore.; killed May 9 in a non-hostile vehicle accident
in Kuwait. |
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| Army Cpl. Richard P. Carl, 26, of King Hill, Idaho; assigned
to 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed May 9 when
his UH-60 air medical helicopter crashed in the Tigris River in
Iraq. |
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| Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Hans N. Gukeisen, 31, of Lead,
S.D.; assigned to 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.;
killed May 9 when his UH-60 air medical helicopter crashed in the
Tigris River in Iraq. |
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| Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian K. Van Dusen, 39, of
Columbus, Ohio; assigned to 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson,
Colo.; killed May 9 when his UH-60 air medical helicopter crashed
in the Tigris River in Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold, 23, of Hamilton, Ohio; assigned
to 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized),
Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed May 8 in Iraq by a sniper while directing
traffic on a Baghdad bridge. |
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| Army Pvt. Jason L. Deibler, 20, of Coeburn, Va.; assigned
to 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, Smith Barracks, Baumholder,
Germany; killed May 4 in Kuwait by a non-combat weapon discharge.
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| Army Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds, 25, of East Lansing, Mich.;
assigned to 74th Long-Range Surveillance Detachment 173rd Airborne
Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy; killed May 3 in Iraq when his M-4 rifle
accidentally discharged after he fell off a ladder he had been climbing.
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| Army Pfc. Jesse A. Givens, 34, of Springfield, Mo.; 2nd
Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed
May 1 in Habbaniyah, Iraq, when his M-1A1 tank fell into the Euphrates
River after the bank on which he was parked gave way. |
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