Articles 6.21.2005
Updated 11:30 cst
The Associated Press reports that the tragedy has become much worse for the family of Spc Casey Byers, of the 224th Eng, who was killed in Ramadi on 6.11.2005. Last night, on 6.20.2005, his younger brother Justin, 19, was killed when he walked out of a ditch near a highway in Iowa and was struck by a vehicle. No other details are known. A separate Associated Press article indicated that Spc. Byers funeral is scheduled for Wednesday, 6.22.2005. The two brothers are survived by a sister and their parents. Our sympathies go out to the Byers family.
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The Modesto Bee reports on a Marine wounded in Ramadi. Cpl. Joseph Tellez (who's unit wasn't given but a google search links him with the 1/5 Marines) was shot in the chest by a sniper on 6.7.2005 while on a foot patrol. According to his father, "the wound was serious, but not life-threatening." He is "spending his recovery time in a Marine infirmary and is expected to be able to rejoin his unit in July." Cpl. Tellez told his father that "the worst day of his life" happened a week after getting shot when his fellow Marines Lance Cpl. Chad Maynard, Lance Cpl. Jonathan Flores, Cpl. Jesse Jaime, Cpl. Tyler Trovillion, and Lance Cpl. Dion Whitley where killed by an IED.
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Posted 07:30 cst
KSDK news, MO, has an article and video report on Lance Cpl. Erik Heldt, of the 1/5 Marines, who was killed in Ramadi on 6.15.2005. Lance Cpl. Heldt joined the Marines two years ago. He was married and the father of a young daughter. He had hoped to become a mechanic and a football coach after leaving the military. Lance Cpl. Heldt was 26 years old.
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The Denver Post and Grand Junction Sentinel have articles on a memorial service for Lance Cpl. Chad Maynard of the 1/5 Marines, who was killed in Ramadi on 6.15.2005. Lance CPl. Maynard had graduated from High School a semester early so that he could enlist in the Marines and follow in the footsteps of his older brother and father. He was married, and his widow is pregnant with their first child. Lance Cpl. Maynard's funeral will be held this Friday in Denver.
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Other articles from the region:
- AFP: New US ambassador vows to crush Iraq's insurgency
- Christian Science Monitor: US strategy in Iraq: Is it working?
The Associated Press reports that the tragedy has become much worse for the family of Spc Casey Byers, of the 224th Eng, who was killed in Ramadi on 6.11.2005. Last night, on 6.20.2005, his younger brother Justin, 19, was killed when he walked out of a ditch near a highway in Iowa and was struck by a vehicle. No other details are known. A separate Associated Press article indicated that Spc. Byers funeral is scheduled for Wednesday, 6.22.2005. The two brothers are survived by a sister and their parents. Our sympathies go out to the Byers family.
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The Modesto Bee reports on a Marine wounded in Ramadi. Cpl. Joseph Tellez (who's unit wasn't given but a google search links him with the 1/5 Marines) was shot in the chest by a sniper on 6.7.2005 while on a foot patrol. According to his father, "the wound was serious, but not life-threatening." He is "spending his recovery time in a Marine infirmary and is expected to be able to rejoin his unit in July." Cpl. Tellez told his father that "the worst day of his life" happened a week after getting shot when his fellow Marines Lance Cpl. Chad Maynard, Lance Cpl. Jonathan Flores, Cpl. Jesse Jaime, Cpl. Tyler Trovillion, and Lance Cpl. Dion Whitley where killed by an IED.
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Posted 07:30 cst
KSDK news, MO, has an article and video report on Lance Cpl. Erik Heldt, of the 1/5 Marines, who was killed in Ramadi on 6.15.2005. Lance Cpl. Heldt joined the Marines two years ago. He was married and the father of a young daughter. He had hoped to become a mechanic and a football coach after leaving the military. Lance Cpl. Heldt was 26 years old.
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The Denver Post and Grand Junction Sentinel have articles on a memorial service for Lance Cpl. Chad Maynard of the 1/5 Marines, who was killed in Ramadi on 6.15.2005. Lance CPl. Maynard had graduated from High School a semester early so that he could enlist in the Marines and follow in the footsteps of his older brother and father. He was married, and his widow is pregnant with their first child. Lance Cpl. Maynard's funeral will be held this Friday in Denver.
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Other articles from the region:
- AFP: New US ambassador vows to crush Iraq's insurgency
- Christian Science Monitor: US strategy in Iraq: Is it working?
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