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Rest in peace brave freedom fighters Our hearts go out to your loved ones | ||||||||||||
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NROTC has issued Gold Star Service Banners to families of the following HONOREES: (Scroll Down) | ||||||||||||
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy W. Doyle Age 24 from Pocomoke City, Maryland
Lost August 18, 2005, in Samarra, Iraq, where an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee following a mine assessing
mission. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Geogia.
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kimberly A. Voelz Age 27 from Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Lost December 14, 2003, in Iskandariyah, Iraq. Voelz was responding to an explosive ordnance disposal call when an improvised
explosive device detonated. Voelz was assigned to the 703rd Explosive Ordnance Detachment based in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
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U.S. Marine Sergeant James S. Lee Age 26 from Mt. Vernon, Indiana
Lost April 6, 2005 in Ghazni, Afghanistan, when the Army CH-47 helicopter he was on crashed. Sergeant Lee was attached to Marine Light
Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, Marine Aircraft Group 42, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing based in Marietta, Georgia.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Patrick Lybert Age 28 from Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Lost June 6, 2006 as a result of injuries sustained during enemy action in Gowardesh, Afghanistan. He served with 3rd Squad., 71st
Calvary, 3rd Brig. Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum, New York.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Virgil C. Martinez Age 33 from West Valley, Utah
Lost Sunday, May 06, 2007 in Kadhimiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised
explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Christopher O. Moudry Age 31 from Baltimore, Maryland
Lost Wednesday, October 04, 2006 after being attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire and other weapons. Staff Sergeant
Christopher O. Moudry assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
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U.S. Army Private 1st Class Paulo U. Pacificador Age 24 from Shirley, New York
Lost Monday, August 13, 2007 in Qayyarah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. PFC
Pacificador was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Bliss, Texas.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Christopher E. Cutchall Age 30 from McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania
Lost Monday, September 29, 2003 west of Baghdad, Iraq, while traveling in a convoy when an improvised explosive device detonated as
his vehicle passed by. Staff Sergeant Cutchall was assigned to Delta Troop, 4th Cavalry, based at Fort Riley, Kansas.
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U.S. Army Specialist Eric C. Palmer Age 21 from Maize, Kansas
Lost Sunday, June 24, 2007 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by
insurgents using small arms fire June 21 in Bayji, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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U.S. Marine Corporal Christopher G. Scherer Age 21 from East Northport, New York
Lost Saturday, July 21, 2007 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to
1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
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U.S. Army Sergeant Dustin Perrott Age 23 from Fredericksburg, Virginia
Lost June 21, 2007 in Miri, Afghanistan, due to wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. This
death struck close to NROTC. Dustin was the husband of the Niece of NROTC's Vice President, Tom Conlan. Sergeant Perrott served with
the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Cambat Team, 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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U.S. Army Private 1st Class Matthew E. Baylis Age 20 from Oakdale, New York
Lost Thursday, May 31, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered on May 30 when his dismounted patrol encountered enemy small arms
fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson,
Colorado.
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U.S. Army Specialist Casey W. Nash Age 22 from Baltimore, Maryland
Lost May 18th, 2007 in Tahrir, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised
explosive device. Casey served with the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division based at
Fort Hood, Texas
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U.S. Army Sergeant Jason C. Denfrund Age 24 from Cattaraugus, New York
Lost Monday, December 25, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while
on patrol. Sergeant Denfrund was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.
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U.S. Army Sergeant Andrew Joseph Baddick Age 26 from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Lost Monday, September 29, 2003, due to drowning as he tried to rescue another soldier whose vehicle had entered a canal near Abu
Ghraib Prison, Iraq. Sergeant Baddick was assigned to 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort
Bragg, N.C.
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U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Travis J. Layfield Age 19 from Fremont, California
Lost Tuesday, April 06, 2004 due to hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Lance Corporal Layfield assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th
Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Austin Koth Age 30 from Towson, Maryland
Lost July 26, 2006 at Camp Victory, Iraq, after ordinance exploded during a disposal operation. Austin was assigned to Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eight, serving with Multinational Corps Iraq in Baghdad.
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U.S. Dept. of the Army Civilian Linda J. Villar Age 41 from Franklinton, Louisiana
Lost Friday, June 03, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained when a mortar struck her forward operating base. Linda Villar
worked for the U.S. Army Field Support Command, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
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U.S. Marine 2nd Lieutenant Michael L. Licalzi Age 24 from Garden City, New York
Lost Thursday, May 11, 2006 as a result of a vehicle accident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Second Lieutenant Licalzi was assigned to
the 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
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U.S. Army National Guard Private 1st Class Samuel R. Bowen Age 38 from Cleveland, Ohio
Lost Wednesday, July 07, 2004 in Samarra, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded near his vehicle. PFC Bowen was assigned to
the Army National Guard's 216th Engineer Battalion, Akron, Ohio.
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U.S. Army Private 1st Class Amy A. Duerksen Age 19 from Temple, Texas
Lost Saturday, March 11, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-combat related injury. PFC Duerksen was assigned to the 4th Combat Support
Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
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U.S. Army Private 1st Class Duane E. Longstreth Age 19 from Tacoma, Washington
Lost Thursday, August 07, 2003 as a result of non-combat related injuries. PFC Longstreth was assigned to Company B, 307th Engineer
Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Matthew A. Snyder Age 20 from Westminster, Maryland
Lost March 3rd, 2006 as the result of a vehicle accident in Al Qaim, Iraq, Al-Anbar Province. Lance Corporal Snyder served with
Combat Service Support Group 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force based in Twentynine Palms, California.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert C. Thornton Jr. Age 35 from Rainbow City, Alabama
Lost Monday, August 23, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his patrol came under rocket-propelled grenade attack. Staff Sergeant Thornton was
assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
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U.S. Army Sergeant Dominic R. Coles Age 25 from Jesup, Georgia
Lost Monday, December 26, 2005, when his Humvee came under attack during combat operations by enemy forces using small arms fire,
rocket-propelled grenades and mortars. Sergeant Coles was assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
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U. S. Marine Corporal Justin J. Watts Age 20 of Crownsville, Maryland
Lost January 14th, 2006 to non-hostile weapon discharge at Haditha Dam, Haditha, Iraq. Corporal Watts was with the 3rd Battalion, 1st
Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Pendleton, California.
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U.S. Army Specialist Hoby F. Bradfield Jr. Age 22 from The Woodlands, Texas
Lost Saturday, July 09, 2005 in Tal Afar, Iraq, while he was conducting a dismounted cordon search. Specialist Bradfield was assigned
to the Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado.
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Army National Guard Corporal Randall Duane Preusse Age 20 from Belton, Texas Lost June 4, 2005 in a vehicle accident near Bartlett, Texas, while home on leave after serving six months in Iraq. Corporal Randall Preusse served with the 386th Engineer Battalion 278th Regimental Combat Team based in Austin, Texas. | ||||||||||||
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U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Michael L. Starr Jr. Age 21 from Edgemere, Baltimore County, Maryland
Lost January 26th, 2005 in helicopter crash that left 31 dead near Ar Rutbah, Iraq. Lance Corporal Starr Jr. served with the 1st
Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
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