Some were married, most were single. Four had children. The youngest, a Marine, was 18, the oldest,
a chief warrant officer, was 40. They were killed by a sniper's bullet, roadside bombs,
aircraft crashes and vehicle rollovers.
The 27 service members and one civilian who were providing security represent the toll
the Iraq war has had in Minnesota.
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| Army Pfc. Edward Herrgott, 20, of Shakopee, was killed by a sniper's bullet as he stood guard outside the national museum in Baghdad on July 3, 2003. |
Army Staff Sgt. Brian Hellermann, 35, formerly of Freeport, died Aug. 6, 2003, in an ambush in Baghdad. |
Army Staff Sgt. Dale Panchot, 26, of Northome, died Nov. 17, 2003, in an ambush in Baghdad. |
Army Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Dorff, 32, of Buffalo, died Jan. 25, 2004, when his helicopter crashed in the Tigris River on a rescue mission. |
Marine Pfc. Matthew Milczark, 18, of Kettle River, died March 7, 2004, of a gunshot wound in a chapel at Camp Victory in Kuwait. His death was ruled a suicide. |
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| Marine Cpl. Tyler Fey, 22, of Eden Prairie, died in fighting April 4, 2004, in Anbar Province west of Baghdad. | Marine Pfc. Moises Langhorst, 19, of Moose Lake, was killed April 5, 2004, in fighting in Anbar Province. |
Marine Lance Cpl. Levi Angell, 20, of Cloquet, was killed April 8, 2004, in an attack in Anbar Province. |
Army Specialist James Holmes, 28, of East Grand Forks, died May 8, 2004, from a roadside bomb. |
Army Cpl. Demetrius Rice, 24, of Ortonville, died July 14, 2004, in a vehicle rollover in northern Iraq. |
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| Petty Officer Third Class David Cedergren, 25, of Zimmerman, was found dead Sept. 11, 2004, in a shower on a base near Iskandariyah. He died of natural causes. |
Army Specialist Daniel McConnell, 27, of Duluth, died Nov. 16, 2004, in a vehicle rollover in Kirkuk. |
Army Specialist Dwayne McFarlane Jr., 20, of Cass Lake, died Jan. 9, 2005, when a bomb hit his patrol near Baghdad. |
Army Sgt. Mike Carlson, 22, of St. Paul, died Jan. 24, 2005, when his Bradley fighting vehicle rolled near Baghdad. |
Army Sgt. 1st Class Mickey E. Zaun, 27, of Brooklyn Park, died Jan. 28, 2005, in a vehicle collision near Mosul. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. David Day, 25, of St. Louis Park, died Feb. 21, 2005, in a bomb explosion, along with two other members of the Minnesota National Guard's 151st Field Artillery based in Montevideo. |
Army Sgt. Jesse Lhotka, 24, of Alexandria -- also a member of the 151st -- died in the same explosion. |
Army 1st Lt. Jason Timmerman, 24, of Tracy, was killed along with Day and Lhotka. | Army Specialist Travis Bruce, 22, of Rochester, died on March 23, 2005, after he was hit by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade as he guarded a police station in Baghdad. |
Marine Capt. Kelly Hinz, 30, of Woodbury, died May 2, 2005, when his F/A-18 Hornet jet apparently was involved in a mid-air collision with a companion jet over south-central Iraq. |
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| Army Chief Warrant Officer Matt Lourey, 40, formerly of Kerrick Township, died May 26, 2005, when his helicopter was shot down in central Iraq. |
Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Fasnacht, 25, a native of Janesville, was killed
by a remote bomb June 8, 2005, while on patrol in a Bradley fighting
vehicle near Adwar, Iraq. |
Marine Sgt. Bryan Opskar, 32, Moorhead, was killed July 23, 2005, when a
roadside bomb exploded near his light armored vehicle while he was on patrol
west of Baghdad. |
Army Chief Warrant Officer Corey Goodnature, Clarks Grove, was killed June
28, 2005, when a U.S. military helicopter he was piloting was shot down in
Afghanistan. |
Army Sgt. Mike Benson, 40, of Winona, died Aug. 10, 2005, after being injured on Aug. 2 in an explosion in Baghdad. |
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| Army Pfc. Elden D. Arcand, 22, of White Bear Lake, died Aug. 21, 2005,Êin northern Iraq when his semitrailer truck rolled over. |
Army Specialist Jacob T. Vanderbosch, 21, of Vadnais Heights, died Oct. 3, 2005, when a bomb detonated near his Jeep in Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq. |
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Civilian casualty: A former Marine, John Pinsonneault, 39, of North Branch, was a civilian contractor for a security firm when he was killed by suicide bombers in a Baghdad market on Oct. 14, 2004. |
Civilian Jamie Michalsky, 24, Cokato, was killed Oct. 23, 2004, by a suicide
attacker in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
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