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Lance Cpl Billy Spencer (20) died from combat injuries in Iraq
Lance Cpl Billy Spencer, 20, of Paris, Tenn.; assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Nashville, Tenn.; died Dec. 28 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. read more...

Sgt. Cody Legg (23) was killed while trying to save two soldiers in Iraq
Army Sgt. Cody Legg liked to tell his mother that his unit started with eight men and he would bring all eight home. As it turns out, he didn't make it back to U.S. soil. read more...

Sgt. Jean Medlin (27) was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq
Sgt. Jean Paul Medlin finished a stint in the Marines and then felt compelled to rejoin the military again after the United States invaded Iraq, opting for the Army this time. On Saturday, the 27-year-old soldier from Trussville was among six U.S. troops killed in a roadside bombing in Baghdad. read more...

Cpl. Fernando Tamayo (19) and four others were killed by a roadside blast in Iraq
A few days before Christmas, a neighbor noticed two men in military uniforms knocking repeatedly at the Tamayo family's darkened front door in Fontana. She told them that the family was at a wedding in Mexico, and asked if something was wrong. They said they needed to speak to the parents of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Fernando Tamayo, 19, as soon as possible. read more...

Cpl. Keith Nepsa (21) was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq
Laura Nepsa, 19, of New Philadelphia remembers her brother Keith as funny, outgoing and a little wacky. Keith, 21, a New Philadelphia High graduate, died June 2 when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle near Qayyarah, Iraq. It was his second tour of duty. read more...

Sgt. Matthew Soper (25) was killed by an IED in Iraq
To honor a soldier many had never met, they came in the thousands. They waved American flags, stood at rigid attention or wiped away tears for a family overcome by loss. read more...

Army 1st Lt. Nainoa Hoe (27) was killed by a sniper's bullet in Iraq
A soldier with Oregon ties has died in Iraq, family members said Monday. Nainoa K. Hoe, 27, was shot and killed by a sniper last weekend as he led a foot patrol through Mosul, according to his wife of seven months, Emily Hoe, a Western Oregon University business student whose parents live in Newberg. read more...

Lance Cpl. Nathan Elrod (20) was killed by an IED in Iraq
Before he left for Iraq, Lance Cpl. Nathan R. Elrod told his best friend what he wanted his family to know in case he died. On Monday, his family heard from that best friend, Lauren McLelland, at their home in Salisbury, 40 miles northeast of Charlotte. read more...

Pfc. Casey Carriker (20) died from non-combat related injuries in Iraq
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Casey S. Carriker, 20, of Hoquiam, Wash., died June 13 in Kirkuk, Iraq, from injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. His death is under investigation. read more...

Cpl. Ricky Nelson (23) was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq
Two marines from Milwaukee''s Fox Company were laid to rest on Thursday. 23-year-old Corporal Ricky Nelson and 29-year-old Lance Corporal Dean Opicka were both killed in Iraq earlier this month. read more...

Army Pfc. Brian Browning (20) died from wounds suffered from enemy fire while conducting security operations in Iraq
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. read more...

Sgt. Jennifer Hartman (21) was killed when an IED exploded in Iraq
SGT Jennifer M. Hartman was born on 21 May 1985 in New Ringgold, Pennsylvania. read more...

Jonathon Cote (23) was kidnapped and killed while working in Iraq as a contractor
A body recovered in Iraq was identified Wednesday as that of Jonathon Cote, an Army veteran who was working as a contractor when he was kidnapped with four others more than a year ago. read more...

Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Manoukian (22) was killed when his Humvee drove over an IED in Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Manoukian 22, had been back in Iraq only one month before he was killed in Anbar province when the Humvee in which he was riding drove over an improvised exploding device. read more...

Pfc. Jason Toeller (19) died in an alcohol related auto accident one week before he was due to be deployed to Iraq
Pfc. Jason M. Toeller was about a week away from being deployed to Iraq when he was killed early Wednesday morning in a one-car rollover crash in the Town of Sheboygan. read more...

Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Matus (19) was shot and killed while fighting in Iraq
Some 1,000 people gathered Saturday to say goodbye to Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Matus, 19, who was killed in Iraq last month. read more...

Pfc. Andrew J. Habsieger (22) was the 4000th soldier to be killed in Iraq
The St. Louis-area town of Festus is mourning the loss of a 22-year-old native who was killed in Iraq. Andy Habsieger was among four soldiers whose death on Sunday brought the American death toll in Iraq to 4,000. read more...

Spc. Matthew Maupin (20) was declared dead four years after he went missing in Iraq
The parents of a soldier listed as missing-captured in Iraq for nearly four years will continue their work at an organization that has sent thousands of goody packages to soldiers, even though the reality is beginning to sink in that the Army has declared him dead. read more...

Lance Cpl. Bobby Twitty (20) was killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Iraq
Fallen Marine Bobby Twitty was laid to rest in Bedias Sunday. And the town - literally, the town, with local family and friends - and visitors from around the area turning out in droves, his funeral got a mile-long escort. read more...

Joshua Munns (23) was kidnapped while working in Iraq and then killed
The FBI says it has identified the remains of two more U.S. contractors kidnapped in Iraq, including the son of a Washington state woman. FBI spokesman Richard Kolko says the agency has confirmed the deaths of Paul Johnson-Reuben of Minneapolis and Joshua Munns of Redding, Calif. Munns'' mother, Jackie Stewart, lives in Ridgefield, Wash. read more...

Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Whyte (21) was killed by sniper fire in Iraq
Whyte died while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Died on June 21, 2006. read more...

William O'Brien (19) was killed only twenty days before returning home from Iraq
A candlelight vigil will be held beginning at 8 p.m. Friday at the Rice High School football stadium for William David O'Brien, 19, of Rice, who was killed March 15 in Iraq. read more...

Kristin Phillips (33) is charged with starving her infant while her husband served in Iraq
The wife of a soldier deployed in Iraq is charged with killing their 11-month-old daughter after the infant was found starved to death in their littered home on the Fort Leonard Wood Army post, authorities said. The child was found dead in her mother's arms last month, federal prosecutors said. read more...

Shawn Starkovich (20) died from a non-combat related cause while in Iraq
Shawn Starkovich lived life to the fullest. He rode skateboards and motorcycles and raced cars. read more...

Lance Cpl. Drew Weaver (20) was killed in action in Iraq
A Marine from St. Charles has reportedly been killed in Iraq. Lance Cpl. Drew Weaver was killed in action in Anbar province on Thursday, according to Baue Funeral and Memorial Center in St. Charles. read more...

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