Wednesday, August 10, 2005

casualties in Iraq reported 8/10

from DOD releases dated 8/10/05

Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Falkel, 22, of Highlands Ranch, Colo. , died on Aug. 8, 2005, in Deh Afghan, Afghanistan, when his unit was conducting combat operations andwas engaged by enemy forces using small arms fire. Falkel was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N. C.

Staff Sgt. Ramon E. Gonzales Cordova, 30, of Davie, Fla. , died Aug. 8 as a result of enemy small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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