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Thomas Edward Vandling Jr., age 26, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 303d Tactical Psyops Company, (1 Cd), Oakdale, Pa
Date of death: Monday, January 1, 2007
Death details: Hostile, died in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
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
Steven William Freund, age 20, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: B Co, 1st Bn, 1st Mar, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 1st Mar Div, Camp Pendelton, California
Date of death: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Death details: Hostile, died in Al Karmah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mark William Melcher, age 34, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Co A, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry, 2d Bct, 28th Id, (1 Mef), Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Date of death: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Death details: Hostile, died in Taqaddum, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Eric Wentworth Slebodnik, age 21, from Greenfield, Pennsylvania.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company B, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry (2mef) Williamsport, Pa
Date of death: Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Death details: Hostile, died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Eugene Hall Jr., age 30, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company C, 467th Engineer Battalion, Greenwood, Ms
Date of death: Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Death details: Hostile, died in Baqubah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Neil Anthony Santoriello, age 24, from Verona, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: A Company, 1st Battalion, 34th Armor, Fort Riley, Kansas 66442
Date of death: Friday, August 13, 2004
Death details: Hostile, died in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mark Joseph Kasecky, age 20, from Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: C Battery, 1st Battlion, 107th Field Artillery, Oil City, Pennsylvania
Date of death: Monday, May 17, 2004
Death details: Hostile, died in Al Karmah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Aric Julius Barr, age 22, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 2d Bn, 7th Mar, 1st Mar Div, Twentynine Palms, California
Date of death: Saturday, April 3, 2004
Death details: Hostile, died in Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nicholas Allen Tomko, age 24, from Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 307th Military Police Company 18th Mp Brigade, New Kensington, Pa 15068
Date of death: Sunday, November 9, 2003
Death details: Hostile, died in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times