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Cpl. David Edward Owens Jr., Iraq War, April 2003

jasche — 18 Nov 2006 4:22:35 GMT

No. 248-03
IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2003

DOD IDENTIFIES MARINE CASUALTIES

The Department of Defense announced today that Marine Lance Cpl. David Edward Owens Jr., 20, of Winchester, Va., died of wounds received in action on April 12 in central Iraq. Owens was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2003/b04152003_bt248-03....

Another Listing of US Casualities

cantorjoeocho — 18 Aug 2005 8:09:10 GMT

Fallen Heroes of Operation Enduring Freedom ( IRAQ WAR)

cantorjoeocho — 18 Aug 2005 8:02:04 GMT

THE YOUNG VOLUNTEER A Story of the Present Times by Henry C. Blount (Written for the Cincinnati Enquirer)

ldenaut — 21 Jun 2005 2:08:53 GMT

Sgt. Carl Morgain of Butler, Pennsylvania

Carol Movahed — 28 May 2005 12:02:34 GMT

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

By Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A Pennsylvania Army National Guard soldier from Butler [Pennsylvania] was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq on Sunday. Sgt. Carl Morgain, 40, was in the turret of his Humvee outside an Iraqi police station when a suicide bomber in a taxi pulled near the vehicle and it exploded.
Three others guardsmen and four Iraqi policemen were slightly injured by the blast. Morgain was a member of A Company 12th Infantry, based in Butler [PA]. The unit is part of task force Dragoon, which has been in Iraq since December and assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division. near Saddam's home town or Tikrik. Sgt. Morgain had joined the Pennsylvania guard in June 2000. He had served in the active army from 1982 to 1986. In civilian life, Morgain was a communications specialist for T.W. Phillips Gas and Oil Co,. of Butler. Morgain is survived by his wife, Janice, 40, a stepson, Zachary Taylor Macurak, 17, and his mother, Carol Fay Morgain. Janice Morgain is the head of a group known as Support Operation Soldier Butler, which has raised thousands of dollars to send monthly care packages to soldiers in Iraq.

American Veterans of the War on Terror

Stephen Lewis — 10 Jan 2005 8:20:12 GMT

The newest veterans organization has currently been chartered and membership interest is being collected. The American Veterans of the War on Terror is a non-profit organization aimed at addressing the issues surrounding the latest war that America's servicemember's are fighting around the globe. Visit their website at http://www.AVWOT.org to learn more!

Current National Guard Platoon info. for someone

cbeyner — 29 Dec 2004 12:56:39 GMT

"Over the course of their deployment, one platoon of Oregon National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 39th Brigade's, 162nd Infantry, has become somewhat famous for their travels around Iraq."

Some Names:
Spc. John Willingham, 22, of Corvallis, Ore.,
Staff Sgt. Scott Davis, 35, of Waldport, Ore
Spike Olsen, 24, of Lake Oswego, Ore.,

If so there is an article about them in the military newsletter I receive.
Carolyn B cb010147@cfl.rr.com

A List of Texans Killed in The Iraq War - 2 December 2004

cantorjoeocho — 3 Dec 2004 3:43:35 GMT

List of Military Personnel Killed in the Iraq War M-Z

cantorjoeocho — 23 Nov 2004 7:22:30 GMT

List of Military Personnel Killed in the Iraq War,A-L

cantorjoeocho — 23 Nov 2004 7:19:05 GMT