1st Squadron
4th Cavalry Regiment “Raiders”
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team “Dragons”
1st Infantry Division
Fort Riley, Kansas
Deployed to South Baghdad
(Dora & East Rashid), Iraq
February 2007 - May 2008
Pfc. Steven J. Walberg 18
1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Paradise, California Died of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 15, 2007
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Pfc. Aaron M. Genevie 22
1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Died of wounds sustained when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 16, 2007
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Pfc. Christopher M. North 21
1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Sarasota, Florida Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using a homemade bomb and small arms fire during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 21, 2007
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Spc. Robert J. Dixon 27
1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Minneapolis, Minnesota Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
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Pvt. William C. Johnson 22
1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Oxford, North Carolina Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 12, 2007
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Pfc. Michael P. Pittman 34
1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Davenport, Iowa Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb and small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 15, 2007
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Spc. Braden J. Long 19
1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Sherman, Texas Died of injuries sustained when his Humvee came under grenade attack in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 4, 2007
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Spc. Rodney J. Johnson 20
1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Houston, Texas Died of wound suffered when insurgents attacked his unit in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 4, 2007
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Staff Sgt. Courtney Hollinsworth 26
1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Yonkers, New York Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an roadside bomb and grenades in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 9, 2007
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In Loving Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives So That WE Could Make it Home.
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And A Special Thank You To The Purple Heart Recipients Who All Came Much Too Close To Laying Down Their Lives As Well.
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