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Age: 21
Hometown: Lake Forest, Ill.
Unit: Army's C Company, 1st Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry
Division, based in Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 1 in
Habbaniyah, Iraq, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his
patrol.
Age: 21
Hometown: Corona, Calif.
Unit: A Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division,
Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died Dec. 2 at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, Washington, D.C., of wounds he received Nov. 8 in Fallujah, Iraq,
when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle.
Age: 24
Hometown: Tutwiler,
Miss.
Unit: B Company, 223rd Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard,
Calhoun City, Miss.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 2 in Tampa, Iraq, when
his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device.
Age: 20
Hometown: Chico, Calif.
Unit: 440th Signal Battalion, 22nd Signal Brigade, V Corps, Darmstadt, Germany
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 5 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his convoy was hit by an
improvised explosive device.
Age: 20
Hometown: League
City, Texas
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances:
Killed Dec. 7 in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device hit his
patrol vehicle.
Age: 19
Hometown: Luzerne, Mich.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 8 in Mosul,
Iraq, when his security vehicle came under fire from a passing vehicle.
Age: 33
Hometown: Tracy,
Calif.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances:
Died Dec. 8 in Ad Duluiyah, Iraq, when his vehicle flipped into a canal.
Age: 23
Hometown:
Corvallis, Ore.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died Dec. 8 in Ad Duluiyah, Iraq, when his vehicle flipped
into a canal.
Age: 20
Hometown: Bellaire, Ohio
Unit: 135th Military Police Company, Army National Guard, Brookpark, Ohio
Circumstances: Listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown on Dec. 10 south
of Baghdad, Iraq, after his squad leader fell into the Tigris River. Bates
dived into the water to rescue him and did not surface.
Age: 31
Hometown:
Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Unit: 135th Military Police Company, Army National
Guard, Brookpark, Ohio.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 10 south of Baghdad,
Iraq, when he fell overboard into the Tigris River while on patrol.
Age: 24
Hometown:
National City, Calif.
Unit: Company C, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry
Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort
Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 10 in Mosul, Iraq, when his
convoy vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device.
Age: 25
Hometown: Idaho Falls,
Idaho
Unit: Company B, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 1st
Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 10 in Mosul, Iraq, when he was attacked by
enemy forces while guarding a gas station.
Age: 27
Hometown: Rocky
Face, Ga.
Unit: Company A, 82nd Signal Battalion, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 11 in Ar Ramadi,
Iraq when his camp was attacked with an improvised explosive device.
Age: 26
Hometown: Peru, Ind.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 12 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his convoy was hit
by an improvised explosive device.
Age: 19
Hometown: Stafford,
Conn.
Unit: Army's Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field
Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division based in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died Dec. 12 in Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-hostile gunshot
wound.
Age: 22
Hometown: Taylors, S.C.
Unit: Regimental Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson,
Colo.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 14 outside forward operating base
Quinn, Iraq, when he fell from a light medium tactical vehicle in which he
was a passenger.
Age: 27
Hometown:
Carlisle, Pa.
Unit: 703rd Explosive Ordnance Detachment, Fort Knox, Ky.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 14 in Iskandariyah, Iraq. Voelz was responding to
an explosive ordnance disposal call when an improvised explosive device
detonated.
Age: 21
Hometown: Mansfield,
Ohio
Unit: Army's 440th Signal Company, 22nd Signal Brigade, V Corps,
Darmstadt, Germany.
Circumstances: Died Dec. 15 at Baghdad
International Airport in Iraq of non-combat related injuries.
Age: 19
Hometown: Corvallis,
Ore.
Unit: Company B, 52nd Engineer Battalion (Heavy), Army National
Guard, Albany, Ore.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 16 in Mosul, Iraq, while
in a convoy returning from duty, he lost control of his vehicle after
driving through an oil-soaked area.
Age: 26
Hometown:
Brunswick, Ga.
Unit: Battery A, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Smith Barracks, Germany
Circumstances:
Killed Dec. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his dismounted patrol unit was
ambushed with small arms fire.
Age: 24
Hometown: Pittsfield,
Mass.
Unit: Army's 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade,
10th Mountain Division, based in Fort Drum, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died
Dec. 18 during physical training in Baghdad, Iraq.
Age: 43
Hometown: Buffalo,
N.Y.
Unit: 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion, 354th Civil Affairs Brigade,
352nd Civil Affairs Command, U.S. Army
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 19 in
Balad, Iraq, when his vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device.
Age: 27
Hometown: Bigfork,
Mont.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored
Division, Giessen, Germany
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 22 in Baghdad,
Iraq, when an improvised explosive device struck his convoy.
Age: 21
Hometown: Livingston,
Texas
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored
Division, Giessen, Germany
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 22 in Baghdad,
Iraq, when an improvised explosive device struck his convoy.
Age: 43
Hometown:
Platteville, Wis.
Unit: 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade,
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 24 near Samarra,
Iraq, when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.
Age: 26
Hometown: South
Dakota
Unit: 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, Fort Leonard
Wood, Mo.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 24 near Samarra, Iraq, when his
vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.
Age: 27
Hometown: Vermilion,
Ohio
Unit: 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, Fort Leonard
Wood, Mo.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 24 near Samarra, Iraq, when his
vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.
Age: 43
Hometown:
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Unit: 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Ray
Barracks, Friedberg, Germany
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 24 in Baghdad,
Iraq, when his convoy vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.
Age: 24
Hometown:
Monument, Colo.
Unit: 501st Forward Support Group, 173rd Airborne
Brigade, Vicenza, Italy
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 24 in Kirkuk, Iraq,
while running a communication wire.
Age: 42
Hometown:
Atlantic Mine, Mich.
Unit: 652nd Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve,
Ellsworth, Wis.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 25 in Baquba, Iraq, when
their living quarters came under mortar attack.
Age: 43
Hometown:
Gwinn, Mich.
Unit: 652nd Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve,
Ellsworth, Wis.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 25 in Baquba, Iraq, when
their living quarters came under mortar attack.
Age: 23
Hometown:
Jacksonville, Ala.
Unit: 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Group,
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 26 when his convoy vehicle
struck an improvised explosive device.
Age: 18
Hometown: San Jose,
Calif.
Unit: Army's 270th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police
Battalion, 100th Troop Command, California Combat Support Command, Army
National Guard, based in Fairfield, Calif.
Circumstances: Died Dec. 26
as a result of injuries sustained in a non-combat vehicle accident at
Baghdad International Airport.
Age: 24
Hometown: Laguna Vista,
Texas
Unit: 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.
Circumstances: Died Dec. 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive
device hit his mounted patrol vehicle.
Age: 28
Hometown: Texas
Unit: 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Dec. 28 in Qaryat Ash
Shababi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle while
conducting a support mission.
Age: 21
Hometown: Foothill
Ranch, Calif.
Unit: Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment,
based in Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died Dec. 30 in Baghdad,
Iraq, from injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident.
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