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Born in March of 1989 Died May 6, 2010 in Afghanistan Spc. Wade A. Slack of Waterville, Maine, was assigned to the 707th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. He completed his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and his advanced individual training at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and Englin Air Force Base, [.

Died on May 5, 2010 in Afghanistan 1st Lt. Brandon A. Barrett of Marion, Indiana, was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan at the age of 27. <

Birth: January 25, 1978 &#8211; Pembroke, Massachusetts Died: April 4, 2003 &#8211; At Tuwayhah, Iraq 1st Lt McPhillips was assigned to 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was manning a machine gun fighting off an ambush when he was killed. Brian was a finance major at Providence College in [.

Born: January 18, 1983 in Hamilton, Ohio Died: August 17, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq 1st Lt. Jonathan W Edds of White Pigeon, Michigan graduated near the top of his class at White Pigeon High School in 2001. He was one of three brothers who went to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He excelled [.

Born: March 11, 1985 in Westwood, New Jersey Died: September 7, 2006 in Al Anbar, Iraq Pfc. Vincent M. Frassetto of Toms River, New Jersey played tight end for Toms River High School North. After graduating in 2003, he joined the Marines about a year later in August of 2004. In the Corps, he seemed to [.

Died: April 24, 2010 in Washington, D.C. Sgt. Grant A. Wichmann of Golden, Colorado died at age 27 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., of wounds sustained March 12 when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire at Out Post Bari Alai, Afghanistan. Army 3rd Squadron 61st Cavalry Regiment 4th Brigade Combat Team 4th Infantry Division Fort [.

Birth: September 28, 1987 – Illinois Died: January 13, 2010 – Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan Spc Wright was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. On January 12, he was on a Stryker Brigade Combat Team and was driving an armored vehicle when it [.

Born: April 5, 1986 Died: May 28, 2007 in Abu Sayda, Iraq Cpl. James E. Summers of Bourbon, Missouri grew up in Bourbon and Cuba before joining the Army. Joining the military was a lifelong dream of his. In June of 2005, he married the former Beth Bridgeman, of Cuba, and the two had lived in [.

Born: October 20, 1984 in Los Angeles County, California Died: January 7, 2006 near Fallujah, Iraq Lance Cpl Raul Mercado of Monrovia, California relocated to Mexico along with his family at a young age, but after ten years, at age 17, he came back to California to finish his education at Monrovia High School. While in [.

Died: April 18, 2010 in Iraq Pfc. Charlie C. Antonio of Kahului, Hawaii, died at age 28 in Annassar, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. Army 1st Battalion 8th Infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade Combat Team 4th Infantry Division Fort Carson, Colorado To be updated&#8230; <