NORTH DAKOTA’S FALLEN HEROES
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom
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SP Keenan A. Cooper | 19 | 4th Squadron, 73rd Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC | Wahpeton, ND | Died July 5, 2010 in Yakuta, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit. |
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Spc. Jon P. Fettig | 30 | 957th Engineer Company, North Dakota Army National Guard, Bismarck, ND | Dickinson, ND | Died July 22, 2003 when the truck he was in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade near Ramadi, Iraq, on July 22, 2003. |
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Pfc. Sheldon R. Hawk Eagle | 21 | 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division | Grand Forks, North Dakota | Died November 15, 2003 when two 101st Airborne Division UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters collided in mid-air over Mosul, Iraq. |
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Spc. Thomas J. Sweet II | 23 | 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, based in Ft. Riley, KS | Bismarck, ND | Died November 27, 2003 of a non-combat gunshot wound in Ramadi, Iraq. |
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Sgt Ken Hendrickson | 41 | 957th Engineer Company, North Dakota Army National Guard, Bismarck, ND | Bismarck, ND | Died January 24, 2004 north of Fallujah, Iraq, when his convoy was attacked with an improvised explosive device. |
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Sgt Keith L. Smette | 25 | 957th Engineer Company, North Dakota Army National Guard, Bismarck, ND | Fargo, ND | Died January 24, 2004 north of Fallujah, Iraq, when his convoy was attacked with an improvised explosive. |
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Spc Philip D. Brown | 21 | Army National Guard’s Company B, 141st Engineer Combat Battalion, Jamestown, ND | Jamestown, ND | Died May 8, 2004 in Balad, Iraq from injuries he sustained by an improvised explosive device. |
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Spc James Holmes | 28 | Co C, 141st Engr Combat Bn, Bismarck, ND | Grand Forks, ND | Died May 8, 2004 in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained on May 3, 2004 in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near the driver side of his military vehicle. |
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SSgt Lance J. Koenig | 33 | 141st Engineer Battalion, Jamestown, ND | Fargo, ND | Died September 22, 2004 in Tikrit, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol. |
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Pfc Anthony W. Monroe | 20 | Division Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, TX | Bismarck, ND | Died October 11, 2004 when two rockets struck his camp in Baghdad, Iraq. |
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Spc Cody L. Wentz | 21 | 141st Engineerr Combat Battalion, Williston, ND | Williston, ND | Died November 4, 2004 in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle while on patrol. |
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Spc Dennis J. Ferderer | 21 | 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, GA | New Salem, ND | Died November 2, 2005 in Ad Duluiyah, Iraq, when enemy forces threw a hand grenade at his HMMWV during convoy operations. |
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Spc Michael L. Hermanson | 21 | 164th Eng BN, Minot, ND | Fargo, ND | Died on May 23, 2006 in AL Abayachi, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle came under improvised explosive device, rocket propel grenade and enemy small arms fire while on a route-clearing mission during combat operations. |
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Spc Curtis R. Mehrer | 21 | 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, Bismarck, ND | Bismarck, ND | Died June 6, 2006 in Khogyani, Afghanistan, when his HMWWV struck two anti-tank mines during combat operations. |
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SgtTravis A. Vanzoest | 21 | 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, Bismarck, ND | Bismarck, ND | Died June 6, 2006 in Khogyani, Afghanistan, when his HMWWV struck two anti-tank mines during combat operations. |
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Cpl Jeremiah S. Santo | 21 | 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, | Devils Lake, ND | Died June 15, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. |
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Pfc. Paul A. Beyer | 21 | 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | Jamestown, ND | Died on June 23, 2006 in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. |
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Cpl Nathan Goodiron | 25 | 1st Battalion of the ND National Guard's 188th Air Defense Artillery, Grand Forks, ND | Mandaree, ND | Died November 23, 2006 in Afghanistan when a grenade struck his vehicle while he was on patrol. |
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Cpl Chris Kleinwachter | 29 | 188th Air Defense Artillery, Grand Forks, ND | Wahpeton, ND | Died November. 29, 2006 in Ghazni, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his vehicle rolled over during combat operations. |
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Maj Alan R. Johnson | 44 | 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion | Jamestown, ND Yakima, WA |
Died January. 26 2007 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV at Muqdadiyah, Iraq. |
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Sgt Jason A. Schumann | 23 | 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, LA |
Hawley, MN | Died May 19, 2007 of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle near Diwaniya, Iraq, |
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SSgt David C. Kuehl | 27 | 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Ft. Lewis, WA |
Wahpeton, ND | Died May 22, 2007 of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit in Taji, Iraq. |
