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◄--November |
~DECEMBER 2007~ |
| NAME | AGE | UNIT | HOMETOWN | DETAILS | |
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Pfc. Brian L. Gorham | 21 | 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team | Woodburn, Kentucky | Died on December 31, 2007, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on December 12, 2007 |
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Gunner Jonathan Dion | 27 | 5th Régiment d'Artillerie légère (5th Light Artillery Regiment) | Gatineau, Canada | Killed when his armored vehicle struck a suspected roadside bomb during a routine patrol 12.4 miles (20 km) west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 30, 2007 |
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Senior Airmen Nicholas D. Eischen | 24 | 60th Medical Operations Squadron, Travis Air Force Base | Sanger, California | Died of a non-combat related incident at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on December 24, 2007. The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation. |
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Cpl. Joshua C. Blaney | 25 | 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade | Matthews, North Carolina | One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb at Forward Operating Base Curry, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2007 |
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Staff Sgt. Michael J. Gabel | 30 | 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade | Crowley, Louisiana | One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb at Forward Operating Base Curry, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2007 |
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Staff Sgt. Gregory L. Elam | 39 | 54th Quartermaster Company, 49th Quartermaster Group, 101st Airborne Division | Columbus, Georgia | Died as a result of a non-combat related illness in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2007. His death is under investigation. |
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Cpl. Tanner J. O'Leary | 23 | 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | Eagle Butte, South Dakota | Died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb exploded in Musa Qal'eh, Afghanistan, on December 9, 2007 |
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Sgt. Lee Johnson | 33 | 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment | Stockton-on-Tees, England | Killed when a suspected mine detonated near his vehicle during operations to recapture Musa Qalah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 8, 2007 |
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Trooper Jack Sadler | 21 | 4/73 Special Observation Battery, Brigade Reconnaissance Force | Devon, England | Killed when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb during a tactical patrol north of Sangin in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 4, 2007 |
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