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Carlton Alan Clark, age 22, from South Royalton, Vermont.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company A, Special Troops Battalion, (4 Id), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Sunday, August 6, 2006
Death details: Hostile in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kurt E Dechen, age 24, from Springfield, Vermont, Windsor county.
Parents: Richard and Dale (Freeman) Dechen
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Schools: Springfield High (2001)
Military history: C Co, 1st Bn, 25th Mar, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 4th Mar Div, Plainville, Ct
Date of death: Thursday, August 3, 2006
Death details: Hostile in Fallujah, Iraq
Cemetery: Pine Grove, North Springfield
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Hartford Courant
Jason Michael West, age 28, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Hhc, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor ( I Mef), Friedberg, Germany
Date of death: Monday, July 24, 2006
Death details: Hostile, died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gary Thomas Rovinski, age 44, from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Luzerne county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Nmcb Two Five, Fort Mccoy, Wisconsin
Date of death: Monday, June 5, 2006
Death details: Hostile, died in Sw Of Anah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Travis Clyde Zimmerman, age 19, from New Berlinville, Pennsylvania.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company B, 2d Battalion, 502d Infantry, 2d Brigade, 101st Aa, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Saturday, April 22, 2006
Death details: Hostile, died in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jacob Walter Beisel, age 21, from Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Wpns Co, 3dbn, 8thmar, (2-28 Bct, I Mef Fwd), 2d Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Friday, March 31, 2006
Death details: Hostile, died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Randy Donald McCaulley, age 44, from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company A, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart.
Date of death: Thursday, March 23, 2006
Death details: Killed in Taqaddum, Iraq when his dismounted patrol came under enemy small arms fire
Cemetery: Alto Reste, Altoona
Source: Department of Defense, grave marker, Military Times
Christopher Scott Merchant, age 32, from Hardwick, Vermont, Caledonia county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company A, 3d Battalion, 172d Infantry, (2 Mef), Jericho, Vt
Date of death: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Death details: Hostile in Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brent Allen Adams, age 40, from West View, Pennsylvania.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Hhc, 2d Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, (2 Mef), Washington, Pa
Date of death: Thursday, December 1, 2005
Death details: Hostile, died in Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeffery Phillip Toczylowski, age 30, from Ambler, Pennsylvania, Montgomery county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 1st Bn, 10th Sfg (Special Operations Command Central), Stuttgart, Germany
Date of death: Friday, November 4, 2005
Death details: Hostile, died in Al Qaim, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Army