Killed in action - November
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Army Sgt. Nicholas A. Tomko, 24, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; assigned
to the 307th Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve, New Kensington,
Pa.; killed while riding as the door gunner in a convoy vehicle
Nov. 9 when his team came under small-arms attack in Baghdad.
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Army Staff Sgt. Gary L. Collins, 32, of Hardin, Texas;
assigned to 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry
Division, based in Fort Riley, Kan.; killed Nov. 8 while riding
in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle that hit an improvised explosive device
in Fallujah, Iraq,
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Army Pvt. Kurt R. Frosheiser, 22, of Des Moines, Iowa;
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division,
Baumholder, Germany; killed in action Nov. 8 when the vehicle he
was driving while on mounted patrol struck an improvised explosive
device in Baghdad.
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| Army Staff Sgt. Mark D. Vasquez, 35, of Port Huron, Mich.;
assigned to 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry
Division, based in Fort Riley, Kan.; killed in action while riding
in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle that was struck by an improvised explosive
device on Nov. 8 in Fallujah, Iraq. |
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Army Command Sgt. Maj. Cornell W. Gilmore I, 45, of Baltimore,
Md.; assigned to the Judge Advocate General Office, Headquarters
Department of the Army, Pentagon; killed in action when a UH-60
Black Hawk helicopter went down on Nov. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq.
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| Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW3) Kyran E. Kennedy, 43,
of Boston, Mass.; assigned to 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.;
killed in action when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down
Nov. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Morgan D. Kennon, 23, of Memphis, Tenn.;
assigned to 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Nov.
7 in a rocket-propelled grenade attack while he was guarding a bank
in downtown Mosul, Iraq. |
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Army Staff Sgt. Paul M. Neff II, 30, of Fort Mill, S.C.;
assigned to 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed in action
when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down Nov. 7 in Tikrit,
Iraq.
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Army Sgt. Scott C. Rose, 30, of Fayetteville, N.C.; assigned
to 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed in action when
a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down Nov. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq.
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Army Capt. Joseph B. Smith, 29, of Monroe City,
Mo.; assigned to 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed in action when a UH-60
Black Hawk helicopter went down on Nov. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq.
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Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW5) Sharon T. Swartworth,
43, of Warwick, R.I.; assigned to the Judge Advocate General Office,
based at Headquarters Department of the Army, Pentagon; killed in
action when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down Nov. 7 in
Tikrit, Iraq.
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Army Spc. James A. Chance III, 25, of Kokomo, Miss.; assigned
to C Company, 890th Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard, based
in Columbia, Miss.; killed Nov. 6 when his vehicle struck a landmine
in Husaybah, Iraq.
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Army Sgt. Paul F. Fisher, 39, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; assigned
to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Aviation Battalion, Army National
Guard, based in Davenport, Iowa; died Nov. 6 at the Homburg University
Klinikum, Homberg, Germany. Fisher was very seriously injured Nov.
2 when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter in which he was riding went
down in Fallujah, Iraq.
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Army Spc. James R. Wolf, 21, of Scottsbluff, Neb.; assigned
to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52nd Engineer Battalion,
based in Fort Carson, Colo.; killed Nov. 6 when an improvised explosive
device was detonated as his convoy passed by in Mosul, Iraq.
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Army Sgt. 1st Class Jose A. Rivera, 34, of Bayamon, Puerto
Rico; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed
Nov. 5 when his unit came under attack by rocket-propelled grenade
and small-arms fire in Mumuhdyah, Iraq.
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Army Spc. Robert T. Benson, 20, of Spokane, Wash.; assigned
to Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored
Division, based in Smith Barracks, Germany; died Nov. 4 from a non-hostile
gunshot wound in Baghdad.
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Army Sgt. Francisco Martinez, 28, of Humacao, Puerto Rico;
assigned to B Detachment, 82nd Soldier Support Battalion (Airborne),
Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed Nov. 4 when an improvised explosive device
exploded next to his convoy in Baghdad.
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Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Bader, 28, of York, Neb.; assigned
to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tiger Squadron, Fort Carson,
Colo.; killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter
near Fallujah, Iraq.
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Army Sgt. Ernest G. Bucklew, 33, of Enon Valley, Pa.; assigned
to Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson,
Colo.; killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter
near Fallujah, Iraq.
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Army Spc. Steven D. Conover, 21, of Wilmington, Ohio; assigned
to 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, based in Fort Sill,
Okla.; killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter
near Fallujah, Iraq.
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Army Pfc. Anthony D. D’Agostino, 20, of Waterbury,
Conn.; assigned to the 16th Signal Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; killed
Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah,
Iraq.
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Army Spc. Darius T. Jennings, 22, of Cordova, S.C.; assigned
to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.;
killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah,
Iraq.
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Army Pfc. Karina S. Lau, 20, of Livingston, Calif.; assigned
to the 16th Signal Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Nov. 2 in an
attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
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Army Sgt. Keelan L. Moss, 23, of Houston; assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.; killed
Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah,
Iraq.
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Army Spc. Brian H. Penisten, 28, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; assigned
to Air Defense Artillery Battery, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry
Regiment, based in Fort Carson, Colo.; killed Nov. 2 in an attack
on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
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Army Sgt. Ross A. Pennanen, 36, of Shawnee, Okla.; assigned
to 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.;
killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah,
Iraq.
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Army Sgt. Joel Perez, 25, of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico; assigned
to 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, based in Fort Sill,
Okla.; killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter
near Fallujah, Iraq.
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Army 1st Lt. Brian D. Slavenas, 30, of Genoa, Ill.; assigned
to F Company, 106th Aviation Battalion, Army National Guard, Peoria,
Ill.; killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near
Fallujah, Iraq.
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Army Chief Warrant Officer Bruce A. Smith, 41, of West
Liberty, Iowa; assigned to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Aviation
Battalion, Army National Guard, based in Davenport, Iowa.; killed
Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah,
Iraq.
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Army Spc. Frances M. Vega, 20, of Fort Buchanan, Puerto
Rico; assigned to the 151st Adjutant General Postal Detachment 3,
Fort Hood, Texas; killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook
helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
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Army Staff Sgt. Paul A. Velazquez, 29, of San Diego; assigned
to III Corps Artillery at Fort Sill, Okla.; killed Nov. 2 in an
attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
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Army Staff Sgt. Joe N. Wilson, 30, of Crystal Springs,
Miss.; assigned to Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery
Regiment, 3rd Corps Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.; killed Nov. 2 in
an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
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| Army 2nd Lt. Benjamin J. Colgan, 30, of Kent, Wash.; assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored
Division, Giessen, Germany; killed Nov. 1 when he responded to a
rocket-propelled grenade attack and was struck with an improvised
explosive device in Baghdad. |
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Army 1st Lt. Joshua C. Hurley, 24, of Clifton Forge, Va.;
assigned to the 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Nov. 1 when his Humvee
was hit with an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Maurice J. Johnson, 21, of Levittown, Pa.; assigned
to C Company, 501st Signal Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed Nov. 1 when his Humvee
was hit by an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq. |
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