In Memoriam

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22 February 2011

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

Cpl. Johnathan W. Taylor, 23, of Homosassa, Fla., died Feb. 22 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

[Grace]

Country of Georgia

Cpl. Giorgi Avaliani

From: Kutaisi, Georgia
Age:
Unit: 32nd Battalion, III Infantry Brigade
Died: February 22, 2011

A Georgian soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, said the defence ministry in the ex-Soviet republic which has become a significant contributor to NATO-led efforts to combat the Taliban.

The soldier was killed in the troubled Helmand region when a mine exploded, also injuring two other Georgian troops, a ministry statement said.

Corporal Giorgi Avaliani was the sixth Georgian to be killed while serving in Afghanistan, the ministry said.

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Germany

Sgt. 1st Class Georg Missulia

From: Langdorf, Germany
Age: 30
Unit: 4. Kompanie, Panzergrenadierbatallion 112, 12 Panzerbrigade, 10. Panzerdivision (4th Company, 112th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Armored Division)
Died: February 18, 2011

One of three German soldiers killed when a gunman opened fire on them while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle at an observation post in Baghlan province, Afghanistan.

Spc. Georg Kurat

From: Munich, Germany
Age: 22
Unit: 4. Kompanie, Panzergrenadierbatallion 112, 12 Panzerbrigade, 10. Panzerdivision (4th Company, 112th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Armored Division)
Died: February 18, 2011

One of three German soldiers killed when a gunman opened fire on them while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle at an observation post in Baghlan province, Afghanistan.

Pfc. Konstantin Alexander Menz

From: Adelzhausen, Germany
Age: 21
Unit: 4. Kompanie, Panzergrenadierbatallion 112, 12 Panzerbrigade, 10. Panzerdivision (4th Company, 112th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Armored Division)
Died: February 18, 2011

One of three German soldiers killed when a gunman opened fire on them while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle at an observation post in Baghlan province, Afghanistan.

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Micronesia

Staff Sgt. Jerome Firtamag

From: Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Age: 29
Unit: 96th Combat Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Divisionz
Died: February 24, 2011

Firtamag was medically evacuated from Kandahar, Afghanistan, to the United States for treatment of a non-combat related illness on December 1, 2010. He died on February 24, 2011, in Pembroke, Kentucky.

[Grace]

Speaking at the United States Military Academy at West Point today, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said this -

“Any future defense secretary who advises the president to send a big American land army into Asia, or into the Middle East or Africa should ‘have his head examined,’ as Gen. [Douglas] MacArthur so delicately put it,”

Too bad Mr. Gates was not President Bush's first choice for SecDef.

[RICHARD]

Phred was at the RB waiting......................

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-...nclick_check=1

[Bibette & Lulu]

[QUOTE=RICHARD;2337691]Phred was at the RB waiting......................

Amen, Richard. Thank you for remembering and posting this.

Nancy (Phred's sister)

[Grace]

Glen Allen, 61, Los Angeles fire fighter.

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World War I

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Frank Buckles, believed to be the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War One, has died at age 110, according to media reports Monday.

The Washington Post, quoting his daughter, said Buckles died Sunday at his farm in West Virginia.

Buckles, who celebrated his 110th birthday on February 1, lied about his age to join the army at age 16. The Missouri native was among nearly 5 million Americans who served in World War One in 1917 and 1918.

"I knew there'd be only one (survivor) someday. I didn't think it would be me," he was quoted as saying in recent years.

Buckles drove an ambulance during the war. In 1941, while working as a civilian in Manila, he was captured by the invading Japanese and held prisoner for 38 months during World War Two.

The Post said that with Buckles' death, only a 109-year-old Australian man and a 110-year-old British woman were believed to survive from the estimated 65 million people who served in the 1914-1918 war.

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27 February 2011

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

Cpl. Andrew C. Wilfahrt, 31, of Rosemount, Minn., died Feb. 27, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 504th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

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27 February 2011

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

Spc. Brian Tabada, 21, of Las Vegas, Nev., died Feb. 27, in Konar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire and a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.