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    25 June 2011

    The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

    Spc. Nicholas P. Bernier, 21, of East Kingston, N.H., died June 25 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries suffered June 22 when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire in Kherwar, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.
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    Spanish airline pilot, Antonio Planas, was one of the victims murdered by Taliban suicide bombers at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul on 28th June 2011.

    Mr. Planas, from Mallorca, was employed by Istanbul-based Saga Airlines and was in Kabul to pilot an aircraft that had been hired from Afghan airline Ariana. He was staying at the Intercontinental.

    He was in the lobby checking out of the hotel at the time. He was wounded in the attack and died later from his injuries.

    The attack began at around 10pm Tuesday, when a group of seven insurgents armed with grenades, rifles and jackets full of explosives, entered the hotel and started shooting at guests and employees.

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    US Marine Corporal Kyle R. Schneider, died on 30th June 2011 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations.

    23-year-old Cpl. Schneider, from Pheonix, NY, joined the Marines in March 2008 and served with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He deployed to Afghanistan in January this year and was scheduled to return home in August. It was his first tour of combat duty.

    Cpl. Schneider's younger brother, Kevin, described him as "an American Hero."

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    US Marine Sergeant Chad D. Frokjer, died in Helmand province, Afghanistan on 30th June 2010 while conducting combat operations.

    The 27-year-old Marine, from Maplewood, Minnesota, served with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, based at Camp Pendleton, California.

    Sgt. Frokjer was a convoy commander of a Mobile Assault Team for the Battalion's Alpha Company - dubbed a "quick reaction force and combat logistics unit."

    He leaves his wife, Leslie, and their child.

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    29 June 2011

    Army Capt. David Van Camp died while serving in Iraq.

    WHEELING -- As our nation prepares to celebrate our nation's independence, the Ohio Valley says goodbye to one of their own.

    Army Capt. David Van Camp was killed in action this week while serving a tour of duty in Iraq.

    Van Camp was a 2000 graduate of Wheeling Park High School and a member of the Patriot Baseball team.

    Before joining the army, Van Camp studied at Marshall University.

    David's dad said he was killed by either a mortar round or missile that hit the vehicle he was riding in with two other soldiers - assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

    Services are now being planned.

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    [QUOTE]Captain Matthew Nielsen, 27, of Jefferson, Iowa; died 29 June in Badrah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. He was assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. He received his commission in May 2008 as an armor officer and was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, since November 2010.

    He was deployed in support of Operation New Dawn. His awards and decorations include an Army Achievement Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Medal, Overseas Service Medal and Air Assault Badge.[/QUOTE

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    The Department of Defense is reporting that 29 year old Specialist Robert Tenney, Jr. of Warner Robins, Georgia was killed in Iraq while supporting Operation New Dawn.

    According to a Department of Defense news release, Tenney died June 29th in Badrah, Iraq when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire.

    He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Regiment in Fort Hood, Texas.

    Tenney's awards and decorations include an Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal with combat service star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon and an Overseas Service Ribbon.

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    29-year-old Italian Army Caporal Maggiore Gaetano Tuccillo was killed in Afghanistan on 2nd July 2011 when a roadside bomb detonated as his mounted unit returned from a reconnaissance patrol.

    The incident happened near the village of Caghaz, 16 kilometers west of Bakwa in eastern Farah. An Italian paratrooper was injured by the explosion.

    Caporal Tuccillo served with the Logistics Battalion of the Maniago Aries Brigade. He was born near Naples and married to a Dutch woman.

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    The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

    Pfc. James A. Waters, 21, of Cloverdale, Ind., died July 1 at Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.


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    27-year-old US Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Garcia, died on 4th July 2011 from injuries he received from a bomb blast in Logar province, Afghanistan.

    SSgt. Garcia served with the 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), 20th Support Command (CBRNE), based at Fort Polk.

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    Scotland

    It is with regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Highlander Scott McLaren from D Company, D Company, The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, was killed in Afghanistan on Monday 4 July 2011.
    Ministry of Defence statement.

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    Sergeant Todd Matthew Langley, age 35, from the Sydney-based 2nd Commando regiment, was killed in action during a battle with enemy forces in southern Afghanistan on 4th July 2011. He died on the battlefield from gun shot wounds to the head.

    Sgt. Langley was on his fifth deployment to Afghanistan and had previously deployed twice to East Timor. He had been awarded two Commendations for Distinguished Service in 2002 and again in 2008. In 2006 he was awarded a Unit Citation for Gallantry

    Sgt. Langley was born in Western Australia in 1976. He joined the Army in 1993 and served with 1 RAR. In 2004, he completed the Commando selection course and was posted to the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando), now 2nd Commando Regiment.

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    Air Force Pilot Missing from Vietnam War Identified

    The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

    Air Force Maj. Richard G. Elzinga of Shedd, Ore., will be buried on July 8 in Arlington National Cemetery. On March 26, 1970, Elzinga and his co-pilot went missing when their O-1G Birddog aircraft failed to return to base from a familiarization flight over Laos. Fifteen minutes after the last radio contact, a communication and visual search showed no sign of the men or their aircraft. Search and rescue missions continued for two days with no results.

    Between 1994 and 2009, joint U.S.-Lao People’s Democratic Republic teams led by Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, analyzed leads, interviewed villagers and surveyed possible crash site locations. During several joint field surveys, teams recovered human remains, aircraft wreckage, and crew-related equipment.

    Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA -- which matched that of his aunt and cousin -- in the identification of Elzinga’s remains.

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    An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Silk Way Airlines of Azerbaijan crashed into a mountainside in Afghanistan's Parwan Province at approximately 21.10 GMT on 5th July. The plane was flying from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Bagram military base, carrying cargo for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

    Body parts have been found with the wreckage of the plane although no formal identifications have been possible.

    It is not thought that any of the crew could have survived the crash. The airline has released the names of the nine crew members on board the aircraft.

    1. Captain Sergey Kuzmin (born in 1969)
    2. Co-pilot Oleg Marshikhin (born in 1979, from Azerbaijan)
    3. Navigator Igor Zheng (born in 1966)
    4. Engineer Vladimir Shatobin (born in 1969)
    5. Radio operator Ahmedjan Khajayev (born in 1955, from Azerbajian)
    6. Radio operator Elnur Mahmudov (born in 1981, from Azerbaijan)
    7. Onboard operator Tapdig Gahramanov (born in 1964, from Azerbaijan)
    8. Mechanic Afghan Rahimov (born in 1980, from Azerbaijan)
    9. Mechanic Mehman Huseynov (born in 1962, from Azerbaijan)

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    5 July 2011

    US Army soldier Preston J. Suter, 22, Sandy, Utah, was killed in action in Afghanistan on Tuesday 5th July 2011. He was riding in a patrol vehicle when a roadside bomb detonated beside it.

    Two other US soldiers died in the blast -
    Sergeant Joshua Throckmorton and Spc. Jordan Schumann.
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