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Age: 33
Hometown: Kearney, Neb.
Unit: 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley,
Kan.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 1, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, when his
convoy vehicle went out of control and rolled over while going to the
Baghdad International Airport.
Age: 27
Hometown: Easley,
S.C.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 82nd Aviation Battalion, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 2, 2004, in
Fallujah, Iraq, when her Kiowa, OH-58, Observation Helicopter was shot
down by enemy ground fire and crashed.
Age: 24
Hometown: Jay, Vt.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 2, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq,
when his convoy was ambushed by the enemy who used an improvised explosive
device, small arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade.
Age: 28
Hometown: Texas
Unit: 4th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 2,
2004, in Balad Iraq when his command post came under mortar attack.
Age: 26
Hometown: Brigantine,
N.J.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 2, 2004,
in Baghdad, Iraq, when his convoy was ambushed by the enemy who used an
improvised explosive device, small arms fire and a rocket-propelled
grenade.
Age: 20
Hometown: West Lafayette,
Ind.
Unit: 209th Quartermaster Company, U.S. Army Reserve, Lafayette,
Ind.
Circumstances: Died of wounds on Jan. 5, 2004, at Brooke Army
Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Frist was part of a convoy that
was struck with an improvised explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq.
Age: 24
Hometown: Auburn,
Calif.
Unit: 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion,
593rd Corps Support Group, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Killed Jan.
7, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, when a mortar round hit the Logistics Base.
Age: 33
Hometown: Havre de
Grace, Md.
Unit: Company C, 782nd Main Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 8, 2004, near
Fallujah, Iraq, when his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed while on a
MEDEVAC mission.
Age: 37
Hometown: Opelousas,
La.
Unit: 603rd Transportation Company, 142nd Corps Support Battalion,
Fort Polk, La.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 8, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq,
when his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission.
Age: 31
Hometown: Alabama
Unit: 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Fort
Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 8, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq,
when his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission.
Age: 23
Hometown:
Florida
Unit: 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 8, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq, when his UH-60
Blackhawk helicopter crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission.
Age: 32
Hometown: Florida
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 8,
2004, near Fallujah, Iraq, when his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed
while on a MEDEVAC mission.
Age: 22
Hometown: Simi
Valley, Calif.
Unit: 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Fort
Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 8, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq,
when his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission.
Age: 35
Hometown:
Duff, Tenn.
Unit: Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 8, 2004,
near Fallujah, Iraq, when his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed while on
a MEDEVAC mission.
Age: 22
Hometown: Augusta,
Ga.
Unit: Company D (Aviation), 82nd Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 8, 2004, near
Fallujah, Iraq, when his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed while on a
MEDEVAC mission.
Age: 26
Hometown:
Johnstown, Penn.
Unit: 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Fort
Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 8, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq,
when his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission.
Age: 37
Hometown:
Broxton, Ga.
Unit: Company D, 51st Signal Battalion, XVIII Airborne
Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 12, 2004, in
Baghdad, Iraq, when he was struck by an improvised explosive device while
on a mounted patrol.
Age: 27
Hometown: Citrus
Heights, Calif.
Unit: 108th Military Police, Combat Support Co., Fort
Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 14, 2004, in Mosul, Iraq, when
she was struck by a vehicle on Mosul Airfield.
Age: 26
Hometown: Miami, Fla.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 17, 2004, north of Taji,
Iraq, when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck an improvised explosive
device.
Age: Unknown
Hometown:
Center, Texas
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th
Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 17,
2004, north of Taji, Iraq, when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck an
improvised explosive device.
Age: 21
Hometown: Ruskin, Fla.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 17, 2004, north of Taji,
Iraq, when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck an improvised explosive
device.
Age: 36
Hometown: Fort
Worth, Tex.
Unit: Company C, 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group,
Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died Jan. 18, 2004, at 28th CSH of
wounds he received on Jan. 16, when an improvised explosive device hit his
patrol vehicle south of Samarra, Iraq.
Age: 20
Hometown: Bryan, Texas
Unit: 588th Engineer Battalion (Heavy), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas.
Circumstances: Killed in a mortar attack on a forward operating
base near Ba'qubah the evening of Jan. 21.
Age: 22
Hometown: Lynn,
Mass.
Unit: 588th Engineer Battalion (Heavy), 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed in a mortar attack on a forward
operating base near Ba'qubah the evening of Jan. 21.
Age: 29
Hometown: Fort Rucker, Ala.
Unit: 3rd Battalion, 17th Cavalry Regiment,
10th Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) based at
Fort Drum, N.Y.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 23 when his OH-58 Kiowa
Warrior helicopter crashed on its way back from a combat mission near
Mosul in northern Iraq.
Age: 29
Hometown: Tenn.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Aviation
Brigade based at Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Killed. Jan 23 when
his OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed on its way back from a combat
mission near Mosul in northern Iraq.
Age: 41
Hometown:
Bismarck, N.D.
Unit: 957th Engineer Company, 130th Engineer Brigade,
Bismarck, N.D.
Circumstances: Died Jan. 24 when the convoy he was in
was attacked with an improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.
Age: 25
Hometown: Fargo, N.D.
Unit: 957th Engineer Company, 130th Engineer Brigade, Bismarck, N.D.
Circumstances: Died Jan. 24 when the convoy he was in was attacked with an
improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.
Age: 23
Hometown: Berlin,
N.H.
Unit: Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Texas
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 24 when a vehicle-based improvised explosive
device detonated in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
Age: 24
Hometown: Spring
Church, Pa.
Unit: Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Texas
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 24 when a vehicle-based improvised explosive device
detonated in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
Age: 22
Hometown: Hemet,
Calif.
Unit: Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Texas
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 24 when a vehicle-based improvised explosive
device detonated in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
Age: 21
Hometown: Fort Worth,
Texas
Unit: Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th
Infantry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed
Jan. 24 in Baji, Iraq, during a combat patrol when a rocket-propelled
grenade hit the Bradley Fighting Vehicle in which he was traveling. He was
evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital where he later died.
Age: 32
Hometown:
Minnesota
Unit: Assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation
(Fort Drum); however, in support of mission requirements, he was attached
to the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 25 when his helicopter went down in the Tigris
River during a search for a watercraft that had capsized carrying four
soldiers. On Jan. 29, his remains were recovered.
Age: 24
Hometown: Oklahoma.
Unit: Army's 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 27 in an improvised explosive device attack
near Iskandariyah, Iraq.
Age: 27
Hometown:
Zanesville, Ohio.
Unit: Army's 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry, Fort
Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 27 in an improvised explosive
device attack near Iskandariyah, Iraq.
Age: 26
Hometown: Hay Springs,
Neb.
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 27 in an improvised explosive device attack near
Iskandariyah, Iraq.
Age: 23
Hometown:
Brownsville, Ore.
Unit: Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Killed Jan. 27 in an improvised explosive device attack in
Khalidiyah, just east of Ar Ramadi, Iraq.
Age: 41
Hometown:
Whitesburg, Ky.
Unit: Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Killed on Jan. 27 in an improvised explosive device attack
in Khalidiyah, just east of Ar Ramadi, Iraq.
Age: 28
Hometown: Rhode
Island.
Unit: Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances:
Killed on Jan. 27 in an improvised explosive device attack in Khalidiyah,
just east of Ar Ramadi, Iraq.
Age: 19
Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.
Unit: Army's Battery A, 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery, based at Fort
Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died Jan. 29 at the Lakenheath Medical
Treatment Facility, United Kingdom, as a result of injuries sustained on
Jan. 23 when he was shot while guarding a gas station in Baghdad, Iraq.
Age: 31
Hometown:
Thompson, Ohio
Unit: Army's Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died Jan. 29 at the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq as
a result of injuries sustained on Jan. 27 when a roadside improvised
explosive device exploded in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
Age: 19
Hometown: Taylor, Mich.
Unit: Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division (Mech),
Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed when her vehicle was hit on
Jan. 31 by an improvised explosive device during convoy operations in
Kirkuk, Iraq.
Age: 25
Hometown:
Emporia, Kan.
Unit: Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion, 4th
Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed when
his vehicle was hit on Jan. 31 by an improvised explosive device during
convoy operations in Kirkuk, Iraq.
Age: 27
Hometown: San
Clemente, Calif.
Unit: Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion, 4th
Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed when
his vehicle was hit on Jan. 31 by an improvised explosive device during
convoy operations in Kirkuk, Iraq.
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