“The terrorist has to be stopped.”
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OUR FALLEN HEROES: CASUALTIES: 2003 |
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Sgt. Yuriy Koydan | 32 | 5th Mechanized Brigade, Ukrainian Army | Chernihiv, Ukraine | Died of injuries suffered when his BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicle overturned while patrolling an air base near Kut in southern Iraq on September 30, 2003 |
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Spc. Dustin K. McGaugh | 20 | Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery Brigade | Derby, Kansas | Died from a non-hostile gunshot wound in Balad, Iraq, on September 30, 2003 |
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Sgt. Andrew Joseph Baddick | 26 | Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | Fort Bragg, North Carolina | Baddick, part of a rescue dive team, drowned as he tried to rescue Sgt. Darrin K. Potter, whose vehicle had overturned and entered a canal near Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad, Iraq on September 29, 2003. Sgt. Potter also died. |
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Staff Sgt. Christopher E. Cutchall | 30 | D Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division | McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania | Killed when he was traveling in a convoy and an improvised explosive device detonated as his vehicle passed west of Baghdad, Iraq, on September 29, 2003 |
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Sgt. Darrin K. Potter | 24 | 223rd Military Police Company, Kentucky Army National Guard | Louisville, Kentucky | Killed when his vehicle overturned and entered a canal while responding to a mortar attack on Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad, Iraq on September 29, 2003 |
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Capt. Robert L. Lucero | 34 | Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division Rear Area Operation Center, Wyoming Army National Guard | Casper, Wyoming | Killed when he was struck by an improvised explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq, on September 25, 2003< |
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Sgt. 1st Class Robert E. Rooney | 43 | 379th Engineer Company, Massachusetts Army National Guard | Nashua, New Hampshire | Died of injuries received when he was struck by a forklift at Shuabai Port in Kuwait on September 25, 2003 |
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Spc. Kyle G. Thomas | 23 | Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade | Topeka, Kansas | Killed by an improvised explosive device while he was on patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, on September 25, 2003 |
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Spc. Michael Andrade | 28 | 115th Military Police Company, Rhode Island Army National Guard | Bristol, Rhode Island | Died of injuries received when a five-ton truck hit the Humvee he was riding in in Balad, Iraq, on September 24, 2003 |
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Sgt. John Nightingale | 32 | 217 Transport Squadron, 150 Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, Territorial Army | Leeds, England | Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Shaibah, Iraq, on September 23, 2003 |
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Spc. Paul J. Sturino | 21 | Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | Rice Lake, Wisconsin | Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in an area south of Mosul, Iraq, on September 22, 2003 |
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Spc. Lunsford B. Brown II | 27 | Company A, 302nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade | Creedmore, North Carolina | Killed when mortar fire hit the Abu Ghurayb prison in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 20, 2003 |
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Sgt. David T. Friedrich | 26 | Company B, 325th Military Intelligence Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve | Hammond, New York | Killed when mortar fire hit the Abu Ghurayb prison in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 20, 2003 |
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Staff Sgt. Frederick L. Miller Jr. | 27 | K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment | Hagerstown, Indiana | Killed when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device while on a security patrol in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on September 20, 2003 |
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Spc. Richard Arriaga | 20 | Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | Ganado, Texas | Killed when his unit was ambushed with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq, on September 18, 2003 |
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Capt. Brian R. Faunce | 28 | Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Faunce's unit was clearing dangerously low-hanging power lines south of Ad Dujayl, Iraq, when he apparently touched an active power line, fatally injuring him on September 18, 2003. |
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Staff Sgt. Anthony O. Thompson | 26 | Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | Orangeburg, South Carolina | Killed when his unit was ambushed with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq, on September 18, 2003 |
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Spc. James C. Wright | 27 | Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | Morgan, Texas | Killed when his unit was ambushed with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq, on September 18, 2003 |
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Sgt. Foster Pinkston | 47 | 878th Engineer Battalion, Georgia Army National Guard | Warrenton, Georgia | Died of a non-combat related illness at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, on September 16, 2003 |
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Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Kimmerly | 31 | Battery B, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment | North Creek, New York | Killed when his vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 15, 2003 |
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Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson | 27 | Company C, 311th Military Intelligence Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | Flagstaff, Arizona | Died of wounds received from a non-combat weapons discharge on September 15, 2003, in Telafar, Iraq |
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Sgt. Trevor A. Blumberg | 22 | Company B, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | Canton, Michigan | Killed when two improvised explosive devices struck his vehicle while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 14, 2003 |
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Sgt. 1st Class William M. Bennett | 35 | Company C, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) | Seymour, Tennessee | Died of wounds received when his unit conducted a raid on September 12, 2003, in Ramadi, Iraq |
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Master Sgt. Kevin N. Morehead | 33 | Company B, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) | Little Rock, Arkansas | Died of wounds received when his unit conducted a raid on September 12, 2003, in Ramadi, Iraq |
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Sgt. Henry Ybarra III | 32 | D Troop, 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry, 11th Aviation Regiment | Austin, Texas | Killed when the tire he was changing on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck exploded in Balad, Iraq, on September 11, 2003 |
“The terrorist has to be stopped.” |
Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky Jr. | 31 | 759th Ordnance Company | Elizaville, New York | Killed September 10, 2003 in Baghdad when he answered a call to neutralize an improvised explosive device and it detonated. |
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Pfc. Ryan G. Carlock | 25 | 416th Transportation Company, 260th Quartermaster Battalion (Petroleum Support) | Macomb, Illinois | Died of injuries sustained when enemy fighters attacked his fuel truck northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on September 9, 2003 |
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Sgt. Jarrett B. Thompson | 27 | 946th Transportation Company, Army Reserves | Dover, Delaware | Died September 7, 2003, at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., from injuries suffered August 30 in a vehicle accident in Iraq |
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Tech. Sgt. Bruce E. Brown | 32 | 78th Logistics Readiness Squadron, U.S. Air Force | Coatopa, Alabama | Killed in a vehicle accident on September 4, 2003, near Al Udeid, Qatar |
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Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson | 20 | Company C, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division | Oak Park, Illinois | Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was in rolled over after making a hard landing in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 2, 2003 |
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Sgt. Charles T. Caldwell | 38 | 115th Military Police Company, Rhode Island Army National Guard | North Providence, Rhode Island | Killed when his Humvee struck an improvised explosive device on a supply route south of Baghdad, Iraq, on September 1, 2003 |
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Staff Sgt. Joseph Camara | 40 | 115th Military Police Company, Rhode Island Army National Guard | New Bedford, Massachusetts | Killed when his Humvee struck an improvised explosive device on a supply route south of Baghdad, Iraq, on September 1, 2003 |
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Staff Sgt. Cameron B. Sarno | 43 | 257th Transportation Company | Las Vegas, Nevada | Hit by a truck and killed while changing his vehicle's tire in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on September 1, 2003 |
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