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Beowulf
04-15-2004, 03:07 AM
It's technically April 15th and I can't sleep. So I thought I'd post this here. This is the anniversary of a tragic EOD accident that occured outside Kandahar Afghanistan in 2002. It was a disconcerting day after b-day event to say the least.

http://www.groups.sfahq.com/19th/daniel_romero.htm

Killed April 15 2002 in EOD accident in Kandahar

§ Sergeant 1st Class Daniel Romero. 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Colorado National Guard

§ Sergeant Jamie Maugans. 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment

§ Staff Sgt. Justin Galewski. 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment

§ Staff Sgt. Brian Craig. 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment

De Oppresso Liber/Initial Success or Total Failure
RIP

farmgirl
04-15-2004, 03:09 AM
Their sacrifice will not be forgotten, Beo. Thank you for reminding us.
RIP.... Men. :(

Yard Ape
04-15-2004, 03:15 AM
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Flagg
04-15-2004, 03:35 AM
For some reason I remember EXACTLY where and when I was when the announcement of this tragedy occurred....

RIP :|

Marmot1
04-15-2004, 08:03 AM
It's technically April 15th and I can't sleep. So I thought I'd post this here. This is the anniversary of a tragic EOD accident that occured outside Kandahar Afghanistan in 2002. It was a disconcerting day after b-day event to say the least.

http://www.groups.sfahq.com/19th/daniel_romero.htm

Killed April 15 2002 in EOD accident in Kandahar

§ Sergeant 1st Class Daniel Romero. 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Colorado National Guard

§ Sergeant Jamie Maugans. 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment

§ Staff Sgt. Justin Galewski. 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment

§ Staff Sgt. Brian Craig. 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment

De Oppresso Liber/Initial Success or Total Failure
RIP

RIP
Betwen them, one seems to be polish...

EODSGT
04-15-2004, 03:14 PM
They were members of the 710th ORD CO (EOD), as in Explosive Ordnance Disposal - not the 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment - we haven't been dets since the mid 90's.

Brozozo
04-15-2004, 03:20 PM
RIP and Gold bless their souls and comrades.

Sierra
04-15-2004, 03:24 PM
May he RIP :(
We will never forget what he did for our country! :hug:

EODSGT
04-15-2004, 03:37 PM
http://www.eodmemorial.org/

check it out

California Joe
04-15-2004, 03:57 PM
Is that the same memorial they transfered from Indian Head?

EODSGT
04-15-2004, 03:59 PM
the one and only

Gauntlet
04-15-2004, 04:03 PM
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Let us not forget the others before

Trigger
04-15-2004, 06:36 PM
Rest In Peace.

California Joe
04-15-2004, 06:51 PM
the one and only

Thought so. Looked very familiar. Fair Winds and Following Seas.

NcDeuce
04-15-2004, 07:01 PM
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Spc. Jonn J. Edmunds, 20, of Cheyenne, Wyo.

Edmunds, who died Oct. 19, 2001 with Stonesifer in the helicopter accident in Pakistan, was planning to make a career out of the military, according to friends and family. "He was just a happy-go-lucky guy," said John Steichen, the father of a close friend of Edmunds. Steichen told The Associated Press that Edmunds wanted to be a Ranger and "wanted to be where the action was."

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Pvt. 1st Class Kristofor T. Stonesifer, 28, of Missoula, Mont.

Stonesifer grew up in Pennsylvania and went on to attend the ROTC program at the University of Montana. An instructor there recalls that Stonesifer left the program early with a desire to become one of the best soldiers in the U.S. Army. He died Oct. 19, 2001 when his Black Hawk helicopter crashed upon attempting to land in Pakistan.

Pvt. Giovanny Maria, 19, of Camden, N.J.

Maria, a 10th Mountain Division soldier, died on Nov. 29, 2001 in Uzbekistan from a gunshot wound unrelated to enemy action, according to U.S. officials.

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Master Sgt. Jefferson Donald Davis, 39, of Watauga, Tenn.

Davis was killed with Prosser and Petithory on Dec. 5, 2001 when a U.S. bomb missed its Taliban target north of Kandahar in Afghanistan. He was a Green Beret and former high school athlete who leaves behind a wife and three children in Clarksville, TN.

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Staff Sgt. Brian Cody Prosser, 28, of Fraizer Park, Calif.

Prosser died with Petithory and Davis on Dec. 5, 2001 when a U.S. bomb missed its Taliban target north of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. They were all members of the Army's 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky.

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Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Petithory, 32, of Cheshire, Mass.

One of three special forces soldiers killed Dec. 5, 2001 when a U.S. bomb missed its Taliban target north of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. He was a member of the Army's 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky. His brother described him as a practical joker who had always wanted to join the Army.

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Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, 31, of San Antonio, Texas

Chapman was killed Jan. 4, 2002 by hostile, small arms fire in eastern Afghanistan, near the city of Khost. Chapman, a special forces soldier who has spent more than 12 years in the military, was the first U.S. combatant killed by enemy fire.

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Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, 34, of Wade, N.C.

Harriman was killed March 2, 2002 in a ground attack shortly after American forces, joined by Afghan and other allied troops, began an offensive against al Qaeda fighters near the town of Gardez. The father of two children, Harriman was assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, N.C.

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Pfc. Matthew A. Commons, 20, of Boulder City, Nev.

Commons, a member of the 1st Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment, based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., was one of six U.S. troops killed March 4 after their helicopter came under intense fire near the Afghan town of Gardez, southeast of Kabul. His father and grandfather were U.S. Marines.

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Spc. Marc A. Anderson, 30, of Brandon, Fla.

Anderson, a member of the 1st Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment, based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., was one of six U.S. troops killed March 4, 2002 after their helicopter came under intense fire near the Afghan town of Gardez, southeast of Kabul. Anderson left behind a wife and three sons.

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Sgt. Philip J. Svitak, 31, of Joplin, Mo.

Svitak, a flight engineer assigned to 2nd Battalion of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment in Fort Campbell, Ky., was one of six U.S. troops killed March 4, 2002 after their helicopter came under intense fire near the Afghan town of Gardez, southeast of Kabul. His mother recalled him saying, "If they send me over there and anything happens to me, I'm proud to die for my country." Svitak left behind a wife and two sons, ages 2 and 4.

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Sgt. Bradley S. Crose, 27, of Orange Park, Fla.

Crose, a member of the 1st Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment, based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., was one of six U.S. troops killed March 4 after their helicopter came under intense fire near the Afghan town of Gardez, southeast of Kabul. Crose was a tae kwon do master who competed on a national level.

http://a.abcnews.com/media/US/images/ap_daniel_romero_020417_cx.jpgSgt. 1st Class Daniel Romero, 30, of Colorado

Romero, of the Colorado Army National Guard, was killed April 15, 2002 in Afghanistan when rockets he was attempting to dismantle exploded. He was a member of the 19th Special Forces Group based in Pueblo, Colo. He is survived by his wife and parents.

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Sgt. Jamie Maugans, 27, of Kansas

Maugans was killed April 15, 2002 in Afghanistan when rockets he was attempting to dismantle exploded. He was a member of the 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment based in San Diego.

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Staff Sgt. Justin Galewski, 28, of Kansas

Galewski was killed in Afghanistan April 15, 2002 when rockets he was attempting to dismantle exploded. He was a member of the 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment based in San Diego.

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Staff Sgt. Brian Craig, 27, of Texas

Craig was one of four soldiers killed April 15, 2002 in an explosion in Afghanistan. Craig and the other victims were killed when old Chinese-made rockets they were attempting to dismantle exploded. Craig was a member of the 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment based in San Diego.

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Sgt. Gene Arden Vance Jr., 38, of West Virginia

Gene Arden Vance, a U.S. Special Forces sergeant, was fatally wounded when his unit came under heavy fire while on patrol in eastern Afghanistan on May 19, 2002 and died while waiting to be evacuated. The 38-year-old soldier from Morgantown, W. Va., was recently married and had canceled his honeymoon plans when he was called up to serve in Afghanistan with the 19th Special Forces Unit. He is survived by his wife Lisa and a daughter.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Peter P. Tycz II, 32, of Tonawanda, N.Y.

Tycz, assigned to the Army's 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C., was killed in the June 12, 2002 crash of an Air Force MC130-H near an airstrip in the Gardez region of Afghanistan.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher James Speer, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M.

Speer was one of five U.S. soldiers injured in an ambush while hunting for al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan on July 27, 2002. He was moved shortly after to a hospital in Germany, where he died Aug. 12, 2002. Speer was based at U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, N.C.

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Sgt. Steven Checo, 22, of Elizabeth, N.J.

Checo, a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, died in surgery at a field hospital on Dec. 21, 2002 after he was shot during a gun battle in the eastern Afghanistan town of Shkhin. An uncle said Checo moved to Elizabeth from New York with his mother and sister about three years ago to "make a better life." A neighbor said Checo has a brother who is also in the military.

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Chief Warrant Officer Mark S. O'Steen, 43, of Ozark, Ala.

O'Steen, a member of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, was one of four soldiers who died when the special operations helicopter he piloted crashed on Jan. 30, 2003, while on a training mission 7 miles east of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The U.S. military has said the cause of the crash was unclear, but there was no indication of enemy fire. O'Steen followed in his three brothers' footsteps when he joined the Army almost 18 years ago. He is survived by a wife and three children.

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Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Kisling Jr., 31, of Neosho, Mo.

Kisling, a member of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, was one of four soldiers who died when his special operations helicopter crashed on Jan. 30, 2003, while on a training mission, 7 miles east of Bagram Air Base, in Afghanistan. The U.S. military has said the cause of the crash was unclear, but there was no indication of enemy fire.

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Chief Warrant Officer Thomas J. Gibbons, 31, of Maryland

Gibbons, a member of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, was one of four soldiers who died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed on Jan. 30, 2003, while on a training mission, 7 miles east of Bagram Air Base, in Afghanistan. The U.S. military has said the cause of the crash is unclear, but there was no indication of enemy fire.

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Sgt. Gregory M. Frampton, 37, of California

Frampton, a member of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, was one of four soldiers who died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed on Jan. 30, 2003, while on a training mission, 7 miles east of Bagram Air Base, in Afghanistan. The U.S. military has said the cause of the crash is unclear, but there was no indication of enemy fire.

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Major Curtis D. Feistner, 34, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota.

Feistner was on board the MH-47 aircraft that crashed at sea in the southern Philippines. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Died on February 21, 2002.

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Captain Bartt D. Owens, 31, of Middletown, Ohio.

Owens was on board the MH-47 aircraft that crashed at sea in the southern Philippines. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Died on February 21, 2002.

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CW2 Jody L. Egnor, 32, of Middletown, Ohio.

Egnor was on board the MH-47 aircraft that crashed at sea in the southern Philippines. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Died on February 21, 2002.

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Staff Sgt. James P. Dorrity, 37, of Goldsboro, North Carolina.

Dorrity was on board the MH-47 aircraft that crashed at sea in the southern Philippines. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Died on February 21, 2002.

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Staff Sgt. Kerry W. Frith, 37, of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Frith was on board the MH-47 aircraft that crashed at sea in the southern Philippines. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Died on February 21, 2002.

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Staff Sgt. Bruce A. Rushforth, Jr., 35, of Middleboro, Massachusetts.

Rushforth was on board the MH-47 aircraft that crashed at sea in the southern Philippines. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Died on February 21, 2002.

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Sgt. Jeremy D. Foshee, 25, of Pisgah, Alabama.

Foshee was on board the MH-47 aircraft that crashed at sea in the southern Philippines. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Died on February 21, 2002.

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Spc. Thomas F. Allison, 22, of Roy, Washington.

Allison was on board the MH-47 aircraft that crashed at sea in the southern Philippines. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Died on February 21, 2002.

R.I.P.

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Uncle Sam
04-15-2004, 07:17 PM
Green canopy and blue skies...

memphiz
04-15-2004, 07:34 PM
RIP men