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Loser Army Pfc. Sean M. Schneider, 21 had an aunt, Patti Denton of Appleton. She found it ironic that she
learned her nephew had been killed in Iraq the same day President Bush visited her community and peace activists protested.
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Loser Marine Master Sgt. Timothy Toney, 37 was assigned to Headquarters Battalion. Survivors include
three stepchildren. He died as a result of a non-combat related incident at Camp Wolverine, Kuwait.
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Loser Marine Pfc. Leroy Sandoval Jr., 21 was told by one of his instructors, ‘You have a 50/50 chance of
coming home.’ Patricia Gehret, the Harvest Christian Academy’s superintendent, said. “We have the hard part — to carry on.”
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Loser Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard S. Gottfried, 42 had been kept in Iraq because of a shortage of workers
in his military specialty. “Everyone thought he was invincible,” and his death occurred after President Bush declared
an end to major combat.
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Loser Army Pfc. Bruce Miller Jr., 23 wanted to go to college after his Army enlistment tour was over and
had become interested in studying law.
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Loser Army Maj. Mark D. Taylor, 41 was killed when his living area came under a rocket attack in Fallujah, Iraq.
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Loser Army 1st Lt. Michael W. Vega, 41 was stationed with the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion
in Sacramento.
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Loser Marine Pfc. Brandon C. Smith, 20 planned to attend college and become an officer.
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Loser Marine Corps Pfc. Rick A. Morris Jr., 20 was from nearby Natchez, Mississippi. Rev. Russell Crum,
the pastor of the Monterey Church of Christ and a close family friend, said Morris’ time on earth was well spent.
They called him a “gentle giant.”
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Loser Army Pfc. Ernest Harold Sutphin, 21 hoped to earn money for college, where he planned to major in either
psychiatry or law, Pennell said. “He joined the Army because he wanted to make something of his life,” she said. “He
wanted a career.”
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Loser Georgia Army National Guard Master Sgt. Thomas R. Thigpen, Sr., 52 died of either a massive heart attack
or a stroke during a game of tag football.
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Loser Army 1st Lt. Michael R. Adams, 24 earned him nominations to the U.S. Naval Academy and to West Point.
Killed when he was struck by the barrel of a .50 caliber weapon mounted on his tank in Asad, Iraq.
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Loser Army Spc. Jason C. Ford, 21 arrived in Tikrit, Iraq, to take over security duties.
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Loser Army Spc. Edward W. Brabazon, 20 was a student in need of academic or behavioral guidance. He died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Baghdad. Military officials were still investigating his death.
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Loser Army Staff Sgt. Wentz Jerome Henry Shanaberger III , 33 was investigating a suspicious vehicle in Iraq.
His primary duties with the Army had always been as a military policeman.
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Loser Marine Corps Pfc. Matthew G. Milczark, 18 was killed when he fell about 60 feet from the roof of a palace
building in Babylon, Iraq. Further details about his death were not immediately available.
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