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NAME

AGE

UNIT

HOMETOWN

DETAILS

Staff Sgt. Eric M. Steffeney

28

184th Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Waterloo, Iowa

Killed when an improvised explosive device detonated in Tuz, Iraq, on February 23, 2005. Although not officially a 278th RCT soldier, he was assigned to 2nd Squadron and died while diffusing an IED for the squadron near FOB Bernstein.

Sgt. Paul W. Thomason, III

37

G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 278th RCT

Talbot

Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his heavy equipment truck in a supply convoy outside of Kirkuk, Iraq, on March 20, 2005

Sgt. 1st Class Stephen C. Kennedy

35

D Troop, 1st Squadron, 278th RCT

Oak Ridge

Killed along with another soldier when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Balad Ruz, Iraq, on April 4, 2005

Sgt. Alfred B. Siler

33

Support Squadron, 278th RCT

Duff

Died when his Humvee hit another vehicle in Tuz, Iraq, on May 25, 2005

Staff Sgt. Mark O. Edwards

40

2nd Squadron, 278th RCT

Unicoi

 Died from a non-combat related cause at his forward operating base near Tuz, Iraq, on June 9, 2005
Staff Sgt. Asbury F. Hawn, II

35

Trp I,
3/278th RCT

Lebanon

 Killed while on mounted patrol when attacked by hostile fire on August 13, 2005 near FOB Bernstein, Iraq.
Sgt. Shannon D. Taylor

30

HOW Btry,
3/278th ACR

Smithville

 Killed while on mounted patrol when attacked by hostile fire on August 13, 2005 near FOB Bernstein, Iraq.
Sgt. Gary L. Reese, Jr.

22

Co. M,
3/278th ACR

Ashland City

 Killed while on mounted patrol when attacked by hostile fire on August 13, 2005 near FOB Bernstein, Iraq.
Staff Sgt. Victoir Patric Lieurance

34

HOW Btry,
3/278 ACR

Seymour

 Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in Samarra, Iraq, on August 22, 2005.
Sgt. Joseph D. Hunt

27

HOW Btry,
3/278 ACR

Sweetwater

 Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in Samarra, Iraq, on August 22, 2005.
Spc. Robert W. Tucker

20

3rd Squadron,
278 ACR

Hilham

 Died in Ad Dujayl, Iraq, from injuries sustained after an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations, on Oct. 13, 2005.

May their memories ever remind us that there were once heroes who walked with us.

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