Military Deaths

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Twenty-five this week. It was ten or fifteen there for a while.
Notice how many are explosions. And at least they get their story
told here. Rest In Peace.

Stephen P. Baldwyn, 19, of Saltillo, Miss.; private first class, Marine Corps. Baldwyn was killed Monday in an explosion during combat operations in Nasser Wa Salaam, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Michael J. Bordelon, 37, of Morgan City, La.; first sergeant, Army. Bordelon died Tuesday at Brooke Army Medical Center at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, of injuries suffered April 23 when a car bomb exploded near his Stryker military vehicle in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

Samuel T. Castle, 26, of Naples, Texas; staff sergeant, Army. Castle was killed Wednesday when an improvised explosive device detonated in Al Asad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 327th Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade at Ft. Bragg. N.C.

Aaron N. Cepeda Sr., 22, of San Antonio; sergeant, Marine Corps Reserve. Cepeda was among three Marines killed May 7 in explosions during combat operations in Iraq's Al Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve in San Antonio.

LA Times

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1. Thanks. Somebody should do a series of portraits on these soldiers

like the NYT's series on 9/11 victims.