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Clinton W. Ahlquist, 23

Hometown: Creede

Died Feb. 20

Marine Sgt., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

Brian D. Allgood, 46

Hometown: Oklahoma (Colorado Springs native. Family was living in Germany, where he was stationed.)

Died Jan. 20

Army Col., Heidelberg, Germany

Died with 12 others when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Baghdad.

Travis Wayne Anderson, 28

Hometown: Hooper

Died May 13, 2005

Army Pfc., Fort Stewart, Ga.

Killed when a car bomb exploded near his convoy in Beiji, Iraq.

Christopher A. Anderson, 24

Hometown: Longmont

Died Dec. 4, 2006

Navy hospitalman, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Killed as a result of enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.

Shawn Michael Atkins, 20

Hometown: Parker

Died June 14, 2004

Army Pfc., Hanau, Germany

Died from a noncombat injury in Baghdad.

Daniel Aaron Bader, 28

Hometown: Colorado Springs

Died Nov. 2, 2003

Army Staff Sgt., Fort Carson

On a CH-47 Chinook helicopter shot down over Fallujah, Iraq.

Douglas Edwin Bascom, 25

Hometown: Colorado Springs

Died Oct. 20, 2004

Marine Sgt., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Killed in hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq.

Thomas Francis Broomhead, 34

Hometown: Cañon City

Died May 27, 2003

Army Sgt., Fort Carson

Guarding a checkpoint when a vehicle pulled up and assailants fired on him in Fallujah, Iraq.

Danny P. Dietz, 25

Hometown: Littleton

Navy gunner’s mate 2nd class (SEAL), Virginia Beach, Va.

Died June 28, 2005

One of three commandos killed in a firefight when they were ambushed in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan while searching for a high-ranking terrorist in Kunar province.

Mark Eugene Engel, 21

Hometown: Grand Junction

Died July 21, 2004

Marine Lance Cpl., Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Died at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds he received July 6, 2004, due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.

Christopher M. Falkel, 22

Hometown: Highlands Ranch

Died Aug. 8, 2005

Army Staff Sgt., Fort Bragg, N.C.

Killed when his unit came under small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan.

George Raymond Geer, 27

Hometown: Cortez

Died Jan. 17, 2005

Army Pfc., Camp Casey, Korea

Killed when a car bomb was detonated near his position in Ramadi, Iraq

Dustin M. Gould, 28

Hometown: Longmont

Died March 2

Marine Staff Sgt., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Died while disarming a roadside bomb in Iraq.

Joshua R. Hager, 29

Hometown: Broomfield

Died Feb. 23

Army Staff Sgt., Fort Carson

Died day after an explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Iraq.

Blake Harris, 22

Hometown: Pueblo

Died March 5

Army Spec., Fort Hood, Texas

Died in Baqubah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit.

Evenor C. Herrera, 22

Hometown: Gypsum

Died Aug. 10, 2005

Marine Lance Cpl., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Killed when a bomb exploded near him during combat near Ramadi, Iraq.

Benjamin D. Hoeffner, 21

Hometown: Wheat Ridge

Died Oct. 25, 2005

Army Cpl., Army Reserve, Aurora

Noncombat-related cause in Ali Al Salem, Kuwait.

Theodore Samuel Holder II, 27

Hometown: Littleton

Died Nov. 11, 2004

Marine Staff Sgt., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Killed in hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq.

Mark Anthony Lawton, 41

Hometown: Hayden

Died Aug. 29, 2003

Staff Sgt., Army Reserve

Killed while in a convoy hit by a rocket-propelled grenade north of Suaydat, Iraq.

Derrick Joseph Lutters, 24

Hometown: Burlington

Died May 1, 2005

Army Sgt., Kansas Army National Guard, Pittsburg, Kan.

Killed when a car bomb exploded while his unit was inspecting a bridge south of Baghdad.

Tyler R. MacKenzie, 20

Hometown: Evans

Died Nov. 2, 2005

Army Pfc., Fort Campbell, Ky.

Killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee near Baghdad.

Chad Bryant Maynard, 19

Hometown: Montrose

Died June 15, 2005

Marine Lance Cpl., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Killed when his vehicle hit an explosive device while he was conducting combat operations near Ramadi, Iraq.

Dimitri Muscat, 21

Hometown: Aurora

Died Feb. 24, 2006

Army Sgt., Fort Carson

Died Feb. 24 in Balad, Iraq, of noncombat-related injuries sustained earlier that day in Samarra, Iraq.

Nicklas J. Palmer, 19

Hometown: Leadville

Died Dec. 16, 2006

Marine Lance Cpl., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Killed by a sniper while patrolling in a Humvee in Fallujah, Iraq.

Larry Wayne Pankey Jr., 34

Hometown: Morrison

Died Oct. 3, 2005

Army Sgt., Army Reserve, Greenwood, Miss.

Suffered noncombat-related injuries in Balad, Iraq.

Michael C. Parrott, 49

Hometown: Timnath

Died Nov. 10, 2005

Army Staff Sgt., Colorado Army National Guard, Cheyenne.

Died in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in Khalidiyah, Iraq, where his M1A1 Abrams tank was attacked by enemy forces.

Andrew C. Perkins, 27

Hometown: Northglenn

Died March 5

Army Sgt., Fort Bragg, N.C.

One of six soldiers killed when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle in Samarra, Iraq.

Chance Russell Phelps, 19

Hometown: Clifton

Died April 9, 2004

Marine Pfc., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Died from hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.

Kyle W. Powell, 21

Hometown: Colorado Springs

Died Nov. 4, 2006

Marine Cpl., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Killed in Anbar province, Iraq, on his third tour of duty.

Ryan Eugene Reed, 20

Hometown: Colorado Springs

Died April 29, 2004

Army Pfc., Baumholder, Germany

Killed while on explosive-sweeps patrol when his unit was approached by a vehicle and the driver set off a bomb near Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad.

Randall Scott Rehn, 36

Hometown: Broken Arrow, Okla. (Grew up in Longmont.)

Died April 3, 2003

Army Sgt. 1st Class, Fort Sill, Okla.

Died when his Humvee was fired upon near the Baghdad International Airport.

Gavin B. Reinke, 32

Hometown: Pueblo

Died May 4, 2006

Army Staff Sgt., Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad.

Luis R. Reyes, 26

Hometown: Aurora

Died Nov. 18, 2005

Army Sgt., Army National Guard, Durango

His group was en route to Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, to catch a flight into Iraq when their bus rolled over.

Andrew Gerald Riedel, 19

Hometown: Northglenn

Died Oct. 30, 2004

Marine Pfc., Marine Corps Base, Hawaii

Killed in hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq.

Russell Brian Rippetoe, 27

Hometown: Arvada

Died April 3, 2003

Army Capt., Fort Benning, Ga.

Among a group of three soldiers killed when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint 11 miles southwest of the Hadithah Dam on the Euphrates River.

Henry Cecil Risner, 26

Hometown: Golden

Died Aug. 18, 2004

Army Pfc., Fort Drum, N.Y.

Killed when his checkpoint came under small-arms fire in Baghdad.

Daniel Aaron Romero, 30

Hometown: Lafayette

Died April 15, 2002

Army Sgt. 1st Class, Colorado Army National Guard, Pueblo

Killed along with three other U.S. soldiers in Kandahar, Afghanistan, while trying to dispose of Russian rockets.

Randal Kent Rosacker, 21

Hometown: San Diego (Born in Alamosa, but grew up in San Diego; buried in the historic Homelake Cemetery near Monte Vista.)

Died March 23, 2003

Marine Cpl., Camp Lejeune, N.C.

His unit cornered Iraqi soldiers who waved a white flag in surrender near the city of Nasiriyah by the lower Euphrates River. When the Marines moved forward, the Iraqis opened fire.

Gregory Paul Rund, 21

Hometown: Littleton

Died Dec. 11, 2004

Marine Lance Cpl., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Killed in hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq.

Barry Sanford Sr., 46

Hometown: Aurora

Died July 7, 2003

Army Staff Sgt., Fort Campbell, Ky.

Died from friendly-fire wounds in Balad, Iraq.

Michael Bear Shackelford, 25

Hometown: Grand Junction

Died Nov. 28, 2004

Army Staff Sgt., Camp Howze, South Korea

On dismounted patrol when unit hit by small arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq.

Christopher F. Sitton, 21

Hometown: Montrose

Died Aug. 19, 2006

Army Spec., Fort Drum, N.Y

Killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle in Kunar, Afghanistan.

Thomas Jonathan Slocum, 22

Hometown: Thornton

Died March 23, 2003

Marine Lance Cpl., Camp Lejeune, N.C.

His unit cornered Iraqi soldiers who waved a white flag in surrender near the city of Nasiriyah by the lower Euphrates River. When the Marines moved forward, the Iraqis opened fire.

David R. Staats, 30

Hometown: Colorado Springs

Died Dec. 16, 2006

Army Staff Sgt., Fort Hood, Texas

Died from injuries suffered from a roadside bomb attack in Taji, north of Baghdad.

Seth M. Stanton, 19

Hometown: Colorado Springs

Died Dec. 17, 2006

Army Pfc., Fort Hood, Texas

Died from injuries suffered in a roadside bomb attack in Taji, north of Baghdad. He suffered multiple broken bones and internal injuries. He died before he was able to be transported to U.S. for treatment.

Jeremy P. Tamburello, 19

Hometown: Westminster

Died Nov. 8, 2005

Marine Lance Cpl., Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Died from wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations just west of Rutbah, Iraq.

Lucas V. Tripp, 23

Hometown: Aurora

Died March 11, 2003

Army Sgt., Fort Drum, N.Y.

Died in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter during training in a remote, wooded area of Fort Drum, N.Y.

Justin Lee Vasquez, 26

Hometown: Manzanola

Died June 5, 2005

Army Staff Sgt., Fort Carson

Among three soldiers killed when an explosive detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad.

John Shaw Vaughan, 23

Hometown: Edwards

Died June 7, 2006

Army 2nd Lt., Fort Wainwright, Alaska

Killed when he encountered enemy small-arms fire in Mosul, Iraq.

Donald Ralph Walters, 33

Hometown: Salem, Ore./Kansas City, Mo. (Grew up in Colorado, where his father was a trombone player at the Air Force Academy. The family moved to Salem in 1981.)

Died March 23, 2003

Army Sgt., Fort Bliss, Texas

Captured by Iraqi fighters in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq, and later executed. Original statement that Walters was killed in the ambush revised May 27, 2004.

Ian P. Weikel, 31

Hometown: Colorado Springs

Died April 18, 2006

Army Capt., Fort Hood, Texas

Died in Balad, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad.

Dana Nathaniel Wilson, 26

Hometown: Fountain

Died July 11, 2004

Army Spec., Baumholder, Germany

Was in a vehicle that collided head-on with another vehicle near Hillah, Iraq.

Jeremy R. Wright, 31

Hometown: Vail (Grew up in Shelbyville, Ind., and later moved to Vail.)

Died Jan. 6, 2005

Army Sgt., Fort Lewis, Wash.

Killed on patrol when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Asadabad, Afghanistan.

Michael Emerson Yashinski, 24

Hometown: Monument

Died Dec. 24, 2003

Army Sgt., Vicenza, Italy

Apparently electrocuted while repairing a communication wire in Kirkuk, Iraq.

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