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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>Courtesy of the July 27, 2009 edition of the Army Times -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>The following <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> service member died while supporting combat operations in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place>, confirmed by the Defense Department from July 10, 2009 through July 16, 2009:</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Spc. Daniel P. Drevnick, 22, of Woodbury, Minnesota; assigned to the 34th Military Police Company, 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota Army National Guard, Stillwater, Minnesota.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Marine Lance Cpl. Brandon T. Lara, 20, of New Braunfels, Texas; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Chief Warrant Officer Rodney A. Jarvis, 34, of <st1:City w:st="on">Akron</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>; assigned to the 46th Engineer Battalion, 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Polk</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:State></st1:place>.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Spc. James D. Wertish, 20, of Olivia, Minnesota; assigned to the 34th Military Police Company, 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota Army National Guard, Stillwater, Minnesota. </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Spc. Carlos E. Wilcox IV, 27, of Cottage Grove, Minnesota; assigned to the 34th Military Police Company, 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota Army National Guard, Stillwater, Minnesota. </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>July 10, 2009 – July 16, 2009</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Killed: 5; wounded in action: 1</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>March 19, 2003 – July 16, 2009 </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Killed: 4,317; wounded in action: 31,431</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>The following <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> service members died while supporting combat operations in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:country-region></st1:place>, confirmed by the Defense Department from July 10, 2009 through July 16, 2009: </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason J. Fabrizi, 29, of Seffner, Florida; <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Air Force Capt. Thomas J. Gramith, 27, of <st1:City w:st="on">Eagan</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:State>; assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:place></st1:State>.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Marine Sgt. Michael W. Heede Jr., 22, of Delta, Pennsylvania; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Cpl. Benjamin S. Kopp, 21, of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Rose</st1:PersonName>mount</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:State>; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Benning</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Georgia</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Staff Sgt. Eric J. Lindstrom, 27, of Flagstaff, Arizona; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Air Force Capt. Mark R. McDowell, 26, of <st1:City w:st="on">Colorado Springs</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Colorado</st1:State>; assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:place></st1:State>.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Staff Sgt. David S. Spicer, 33, of <st1:City w:st="on">Zanesfield</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>; assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Camp Lejeune</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State></st1:place>.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>July 10, 2009 – July 16, 2009</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Killed: 7; Wounded in action: 76</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Oct. 10, 2001 – July 16, 2009</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Killed: 734; Wounded in action: 3,238</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>(as of July 14, 2009)</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2009/d20090714ngr.pdf"><FONT color=#c4a53c size=3 face=Arial>http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2009/d20090714ngr.pdf</FONT></A></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>And the beat goes on . . . </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>"Bring 'em Home"</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial><A href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3</A></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>"If you love this land of the free </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring them back from overseas </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>It will make the politicians sad, I know </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>They wanna tangle with their foe </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>They wanna test their grand theories </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>With the blood of you and me </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Now we'll give no more brave young lives </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>For the gleam in someone's eyes </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>The men will cheer and the boys will shout </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Yeah and we will all turn out </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>The church bells will ring with joy </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>To welcome our darlin' girls and boys </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>We will lift our voice and sound </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home." </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Pro patria, </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Tom Hansen</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></FONT></FONT></FONT></st1:place></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.</FONT></P><BR><BR></body>
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