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Name: Army Sgt. Gary A. Eckert Jr. Age: 24 From: Toledo, Ohio Assigned to the 983rd Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, Monclova, Ohio Incident: Army Sgt. Gary A. Eckert Jr. died May 8 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained earlier that day when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Samarra, Iraq. Died: May 08, 2005 … Read more...

Name: Army Staff Sgt. Jason A. Benford Age: 30 From: Toledo, Ohio Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga. Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Jason A. Benford was killed Sept. 27 when his patrol was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq. Died: September 27, 2005 &#149 &#149 &#149 Read more...