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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Real Hero Thursday




Ten more members of the US military were killed in Iraq since last week's Real Hero Thursday. Five of them were killed when their unit encountered an improvised explosive device during convoy operations on January 28th in Mosul, Iraq. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Their names are:

Sgt. James E. Craig, 26, of Hollywood, California

Staff Sgt. Gary W. Jeffries, 37, of Roscoe, Texas.

Spc. Evan A. Marshall, 21, of Athens, Georgia

Pfc. Brandon A. Meyer, 20, of Orange, California

Pvt. Joshua A. R. Young, 21, of Riddle, Oregon

1 comments:

dano said...

Tragic. These young people giving the ultimate sacrifice. God bless them!