Other Deaths

Regina R. Clark, 43, of Centralia, Wash.; petty officer first class, Navy. Clark was among six troops killed June 23 in a suicide car bomb attack on their convoy in Fallouja, Iraq. She was a culinary specialist deployed with Naval Construction Region Detachment 30 at Port Hueneme, Calif., and was temporarily assigned to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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Matthew S. Coutu, 23, of North Kingstown, R.I.; second lieutenant, Army. Coutu was killed Monday when his convoy was attacked with small-arms fire in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 64th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Jacques J. Fontan, 36, of New Orleans; chief petty officer, Navy. Fontan was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to SEAL Team 10 in Virginia Beach, Va.

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Shamus O. Goare, 29, of Danville, Ohio; staff sergeant, Army. Goare was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.

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Corey J. Goodnature, 35, of Clarks Grove, Minn.; chief warrant officer, Army. Goodnature was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.

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Robert E. Hall Jr., 30, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; specialist, Army Reserve. Hall was killed Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near him while he was guarding the gate at his forward operating base in Ad Dujayl, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 467th Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve in Greenwood, Miss.

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Daniel R. Healy, 36, of Exeter, N.H.; senior chief petty officer, Navy. Healy was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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Manny Hornedo, 27, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Hornedo was killed Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near his Humvee during a convoy in Tikrit, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1569th Transportation Company, Army National Guard in New York.

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Kip A. Jacoby, 21, of Pompano Beach, Fla.; sergeant, Army. Jacoby was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.

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Charles A. Kaufman, 20, of Fairchild, Wis.; specialist, Army National Guard. Kaufman was killed June 26 when a car bomb exploded near his Humvee in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry, Army National Guard in Arcadia, Wis.

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Erik S. Kristensen, 33, of San Diego, Calif.; lieutenant commander, Navy. Kristensen was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to SEAL Team 10 in Virginia Beach, Va.

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Jeffery A. Lucas, 33, of Corbett, Ore.; petty officer first class, Navy. Lucas was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to SEAL Team 10 in Virginia Beach, Va.

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Keith R. Mariotti, 39, of Plattsburgh, N.Y.; chief warrant officer, Army. Mariotti was one of two soldiers killed Monday when their AH-64D Apache helicopter crashed in Mashahidah, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

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Michael M. McGreevy Jr., 30, of Portville, N.Y.; lieutenant, Navy. McGreevy was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to SEAL Team 10 in Virginia Beach, Va.

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Marcus V. Muralles, 33, of Shelbyville, Ind.; sergeant first class, Army. Muralles was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.

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Veashna Muy, 20, of Los Angeles; private first class, Marine Corps. Muy was among six troops killed June 23 in a suicide car bomb attack on their convoy in Fallouja, Iraq. Muy was assigned to the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Eric Shane Patton, 22, of Boulder City, Nev.; petty officer second class, Navy. Patton was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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Christopher W. Phelps, 39, of Louisville, Ky.; sergeant first class, Army. Phelps was killed June 23 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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James W. Ponder III, 36, of Franklin, Tenn.; master sergeant, Army. Ponder was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.

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Chad W. Powell, 22, of West Monroe, La.; corporal, Marine Corps. Powell was among six troops killed June 23 in a suicide car bomb attack on their convoy in Fallouja, Iraq. He was assigned to the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Stephen C. Reich, 34, of Washington Depot, Conn.; major, Army. Reich was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.

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Michael L. Russell, 31, of Stafford, Va.; sergeant first class, Army. Russell was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.

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Chris J. Scherkenbach, 40, of Jacksonville, Fla.; chief warrant officer, Army. Scherkenbach was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.

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Steven E. Shepard, 30, of Purcell, Okla.; chief warrant officer, Army. Shepard was one of two soldiers killed Monday when their AH-64D Apache helicopter crashed in Mashahidah, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

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James Suh, 28, of Deerfield Beach, Fla.; petty officer second class, Navy. Suh was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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Jeffrey S. Taylor, 30, of Midway, W.Va.; petty officer first class, Navy. Taylor was among 16 troops killed Thursday when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Asadabad, in the eastern province of Kunar, in Afghanistan. He was assigned to SEAL Team 10 in Virginia Beach, Va.

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Ramona M. Valdez, 20, of Bronx, N.Y.; corporal, Marine Corps. Valdez was among six troops killed June 23 in a suicide car bomb attack on their convoy in Fallouja, Iraq. She was assigned to the Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Sources: Department of Defense, Times staff reports and Associated Press