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21 June 2007

From C 1-26

These guys died June 21 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

  • Sgt. Alphonso J. Montenegro II, 22, of Far Rockaway, N.Y.
  • Sgt. Ryan M. Wood, 22, of Oklahoma City.
  • Pfc. Daniel J. Agami, 25, of Coconut Creek, Fla.
  • Pfc. Anthony D. Hebert, 19, of Lake City, Minn. and
  • Pfc. Thomas R. Leemhuis, 23, of Binger, Okla

Others

We lost an interpreter in the Bradley; a rocket struck the windshield of one vehicles that the MPs responded with.

  • Spc. Karen N. Clifton, 22, of Lehigh Acres, Fla., died June 21 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when her vehicle was hit with a rocket propelled grenade. She was assigned to the 554th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Other

When I was on leave, SFC Gutierrez from Alpha was killed in a similar attack on his Bradley.

Sgt. 1st Class Luis E. Gutierrez-Rosales, 38, an Army Ranger, was killed July 18, 2007, along with three other soldiers. They died in Adhamiyah, Iraq, when their vehicle was attacked by insurgents using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire, the Defense Department said.

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