Bartley, Michael P.
Army Sergeant

Michael P. Bartley, age 23, from Barnhill, Illinois, Wayne county.

Parents: Rebecca Isles

Service era: Iraq
Schools: Fairfield Community High (2007)
Military history: 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Date of death: Saturday, January 15, 2011
Death details: Killed when an Iraqi soldier smuggled live bullets into a training exercise and opened fire. Spc. Martin J. Lamar was also killed.

Source: Department of Defense, Evansville Courier and Press, Military Times

Lamar, Martin J.
Army Specialist

  A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Spc. Martin J. Lamar of Sacramento, CA., at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Jan. 17, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto)

Martin J. Lamar, age 43, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Date of death: Saturday, January 15, 2011
Death details: Died in Mosul, Iraq of wounds suffered when an Iraqi soldier from the unit with which he was training shot him with small arms fire. Sgt. Michael P. Bartley also was killed.

Source: Department of Defense, US Air Force