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RIP-September

Army Spc. Joseph C. Thibodeaux, 24, of Lafayette, La.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry

September 03, 2004
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Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Wilt, 23, of Tampa, Fla.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Sept. 3 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine 1st Lt Ronald Winchester, 25, of Rockville Center, N.Y.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Sept 3 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Capt. Alan Rowe, 35, of Hagerman, Idaho; assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Sept. 3 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Perez, 19, of Austin, Texas; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Sept. 3 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.

September 04, 2004
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Navy Steelworker 3rd Class (SW3) Eric L. Knott, 21, of Grand Island, Neb.; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, Port Hueneme, Calif.; killed Sept. 4 when the area in which he was working was struck by enemy fire and he was struck by shrapnel in Fallujah, Iraq.

September 05, 2004
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Army Pfc. Ryan M. McCauley, 20, of Lewisville, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Sept. 5 when his patrol came under attack by small-arms fire in Baghdad.


Army Sgt. Shawna M. Morrison, 26, of Champaign, Ill.; assigned to the 1544th Transportation Company, Illinois Army National Guard, Paris, Ill.; killed Sept. 5 during a mortar attack in Baghdad.


Army Spc. Charles R. Lamb, 23, of Casey, Ill.; assigned to the 1544th Transportation Company, Illinois Army National Guard, Paris, Ill.; killed Sept. 5 during a mortar attack in Baghdad.


Army Staff Sgt. Gary A. Vaillant, 41, of Trujillo, Puerto Rico; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armor, Camp Casey, Korea; killed Sept. 5 when his tank ran over an improvised explosive device in Khalidiya, Iraq.

September 06, 2004
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Army Staff Sgt. Elvis Bourdon, 36, of Youngstown, Ohio; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas ; killed Sept. 6 when his military vehicle came under attack by small-arms fire and grenades in Baghdad.


Army Spc. Brandon M. Read, 21, of Greeneville, Tenn.; assigned to the 125th Transportation Company, Lexington, Ky.; killed Sept. 6 when his convoy came under attack by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device in Qayyarah West, Iraq.


Air Force Capt. John J. Boria, 29, of Broken Arrow, Okla.; assigned to the 911th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.; died Sept. 6 from injuries he received in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Doha, Qatar.


Army Pfc. Devin J. Grella, 21, of Medina, Ohio; assigned to the 706th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Mansfield, Ohio; killed Sept. 6 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his convoy vehicle in Qayarrah, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Lamont N. Wilson, 20, of Lawton, Okla.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 6 due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Cpl. Mick R. Bekowsky, 21, of Concord, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 6 due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph C. McCarthy, 21, of Concho, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 6 due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Quinn A. Keith, 21, of Page, Ariz.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 6 due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Derek L. Gardner, 20, of San Juan Capistrano, Calif.; assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 6 due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Pfc. David P. Burridge, 19, of Lafayette, La.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 6 due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Allred, 22, of Hyde Park, Utah; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 6 due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Army Spc. Tomas Garces, 19, of Weslaco, Texas; assigned to the 1836th Transportation Company, Texas Army National Guard, Fort Bliss, Texas; killed Sept. 6 when his convoy was attacked by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.

September 07, 2004
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Army Spc. Yoe M. Aneiros, 20, of Newark, N.J.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed Sept. 7 when his patrol vehicle came under attack by rocket-propelled grenades in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad.


Army 1st Lt. Timothy E. Price, 25, of Midlothian, Va.; assigned to the 127th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, V Corps, Hanau, Germany; killed Sept. 7 by small-arms fire in Baghdad.


Army Spc. Chad H. Drake, 23, of Garland, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Sept. 7 when his patrol vehicle came under attack by small-arms fire in Baghdad.


Army Spc. Clarence Adams III, 28, of Richmond, Va.; assigned to the 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Sept. 7 of injuries sustained Sept. 6 when his Humvee hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.

September 08, 2004
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Army Spc. Lauro G. DeLeon Jr., 20, of Floresville, Texas; assigned to the 644th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Beaumont, Texas; killed Sept. 8 when improvised explosive devices detonated near his convoy in Balad, Iraq.


Army Pfc. Jason L. Sparks, 19, of Monroeville City, Ohio; assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Camp Casey, Korea; killed Sept. 8 by enemy fire in Fallujah, Iraq.


Army Sgt. James D. Faulkner, 23, of Clarksville, Ind.; assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Sept. 8 when his military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.


Army Spc. Michael A. Martinez, 29, of Juan Diaz, Puerto Rico; assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, based in Bamberg, Germany; killed Sept. 8 when his military vehicle rolled over in Baqubah, Iraq.

September 10, 2004
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Army Spc. Edgar P. Daclan Jr., 24, of Cypress, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, based in Schweinfurt, Germany; killed Sept. 10 by an improvised explosive device as his patrol was responding to indirect fire in Balad, Iraq.

September 11, 2004
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Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class David A. Cedergren, 25, of South St. Paul, Minn.; assigned to the 2nd Marine Division Fleet Marine Forces Atlantic; died Sept. 11 in a non-combat-related incident near Iskandariayah, Iraq.

September 12, 2004
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Marine 1st Lt. Alexander E. Wetherbee, 27, of Fairfax, Va.; assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Sept. 12 of injuries sustained in enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Pfc. Jason T. Poindexter, 20, of San Angelo, Texas; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 12 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.

September 13, 2004
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Army Spc. Benjamin W. Isenberg, 27, of Sheridan, Ore.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Oregon Army National Guard, Corvallis, Ore.; killed Sept. 13 when his military vehicle came under attack by small-arms fire and an improvised explosive device in Taji, Iraq.


Army Staff Sgt. David J. Weisenburg, 26, of Portland, Ore.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Oregon Army National Guard, Corvallis, Ore.; killed Sept. 13 when his military vehicle came under attack by small-arms fire and an improvised explosive device in Taji, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Mathew D. Puckett, 19, of Mason, Texas; assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Halal, 22, of Glendale, Ariz.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Sept. 13 in a non-combat-related vehicle accident in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Dominic C. Brown, 19, of Austin, Texas; assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 13 in a non-combat-related incident in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Cpl. Adrian V. Soltau, 21, of Milwaukee; assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Army Staff Sgt. Guy S. Hagy Jr., 31, of Lodi, Calif.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Sept. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his observation post in Baghdad.


Army Sgt. Carl Thomas, 29, of Phoenix.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Sept. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his observation post in Baghdad.


Marine Cpl. Jaygee Meluat, 24, of Tamuning, Guam; assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Cesar F. Machado-Olmos, 20, of Spanish Fork, Utah; assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Sept. 13 in a non-combat related vehicle accident in Anbar province, Iraq.

September 14, 2004
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Army Sgt. Jacob H. Demand, 29, of Palouse, Wash.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed Sept. 14 when his patrol was attacked by enemy forces in Mosul, Iraq.


Marine Maj. Kevin M. Shea, 38, of Washington, D.C.; assigned to 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 14 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Army 1st Lt. Tyler H. Brown, 26, of Atlanta; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Tongduchon City, Korea; killed Sept. 14 when his unit was attacked by small-arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq.

September 15, 2004
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Marine Lance Cpl. Drew M. Uhles, 20, of DuQuoin, Ill.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died Sept. 15 of injuries sustained in enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Gregory C. Howman, 28, of Charlotte, N.C.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 15 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.

September 16, 2004
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Marine Cpl. Steven A. Rintamaki, 21, of Lynnwood, Wash.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept 16 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


Marine 1st Lieutenant Andrew K. Stern, 24, of Germantown, Tenn.; assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died Sept. 16 of injuries sustained in enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.

September 17, 2004
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Marine Cpl. Christopher S. Ebert, 21, of Mooresboro, N.C.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Sept. 17 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.