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PFC James J.
Arellano, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Unit: 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd
Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Age: 19
August 17, 2006
Incident: PFC James J. Arellano died in Baghdad of injuries suffered
when his patrol encountered enemy forces using IEDs and small-arms fire.
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Quilt pieced and quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, WY .
Presented December 18, 2008. |
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SSG Brian Daniel
Bland, Newcastle, Wyoming
Unit: 1st Battalion - 3rd Marine Regiment - 3rd
Marine Division - 3rd MEF, Marine Corps Base, Hawaii. Age: 26
January 26, 2005
Incident:
SSG Bland
died when the CH-53E helicopter he was in crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq.
Hernandez was assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine
Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station
Miramar, Calif. The others were assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine
Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Corps Base Hawaii. |
Quilt pieced and quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, WY.
Presented
September 15, 2008 |
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Lance Corporal
Kyle W. Burns, Laramie, Wyoming - Unit: 1st Light Armored
Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Age: 20
November 11, 2004
Incident: Lance Corporal Kyle W. Burns
died as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. |
Quilt pieced and quilted by Terry Jorgensen, Sandy,
Oregon. Presented October 21, 2008. |
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SPC Jason Corbett, Casper, WY.
Unit: 1st Bm, 501st Parachute Infantry Reg, 4th BCT, 25th Infantry
Division, Ft Richardson, AK. Age 23
January 15, 2007.
Incident: Killed when his unit came in contact with enemy force
using small arms fire during combat operations in Karmah. |
Quilt presented by
Colorado Chapter |
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Specialist Jonn
Edmunds, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Unit: Bravo Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th
Ranger Regiment, Ft Benning, GA. Age: 20
October 19, 2001
Incident:
SPC Edmunds
died while riding as a passenger in a Blackhawk helicopter that
crashed - Operation Enduring Freedom. |
Quilt pieced by Molly Miller,
Casper, WY, and quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, WY.
Presented September 24,
2008. |
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Cpt. Bruce Hays, Cheyenne,
Wyoming
Unit:
Armn National
Guard, Wyoming Joint Forces Headquarters, Wyoming Army National Guard,
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Age: 42
September 22, 2008
Incident: Killed in Gerdia Seria, Afghanistan,
of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a makeshift bomb. |
Quilt pieced by Molly Miller, Casper, WY and quilted by Virginia Ohr,
Buffalo, WY.
Presented
January 26, 2009. |
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Staff Sgt. David D. Julian,
Evanston, Wyoming.
Unit: US Army - 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. Age: 28
March
10, 2008
Incident: Killed when a suicide bomber
detonated an explosive device in Baghdad. |
Quilt pieced by Paula Peterson, Buffalo, WY and quilted by Laurie
Vernier, Buffalo, WY. Presented
January 26, 2009. |
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SSG Brian M.
Long, Burns, Wyoming
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort
Lewis, Washington. Age: 32
June 10, 2007
Incident:
SSG Long
died from injuries sustained from a roadside blast in Baghdad. |
Quilt pieced by Molly Miller, Casper, WY and
quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, WY.
Presented September 30, 2008.
Quilt pieced by Nancy Pierson, Sinclair WY, and
quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, WY.
Presented March 15, 2010 |
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Cpt. Robert L.
Lucero, Casper, Wyoming. Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd
Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Age: 34
September 25, 2003
Incident: Cpt. Lucero died and another soldier
was injured when they were struck by an improvised explosive device in
Tikrit, Iraq. |
Quilt pieced by Nancy Pierson, Sinclair, WY and quilted by Virginia Ohr,
Buffalo, WY.
Presented October 18, 2008. |
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Private First
Class Joseph Mayek, Rock Springs, Wyoming. Unit: C
Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment,
Baumholder, Germany. Age: 20
April 14, 2003
Incident:
Mayek died
after being struck by an AP round that was discharged from an M2 Bradley
vehicle - Iraqi Freedom. |
Quilt pieced and quilted by Paula Peterson, Buffalo,
WY 82834. Presented August 20,
2008. |
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Pvt Scott A.
Miller, Casper, Wyoming
Unit: 5th Bn., 20th Infantry Reg., 3rd Stryker
BCT, 2nd Infantry Div. Ft Lewis, WA. Age: 20
June 9, 2007 Incident: Pvt Miller died from wounds suffered from enemy small-arms
fire in Baqubah, Iraq.
Presentation |
Quilt pieced by Nancy Pierson, Sinclair,
Wyoming and quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, Wyoming. Presented September 24, 2008. |
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Lt. Col. Charles
E. Munier, Wheatland, Wyoming. Unit: Wyoming Army
National Guard training site, Guernsey, Wyoming. Age: 50
June 12,
2006.
Incident: Lt. Col. Charles E. Munier died at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., from a non-combat related cause
that occurred on June 5, in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
Blocks pieced by Various Quilters, quilt pieced and
quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, WY. Presented December 18, 2008. |
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1st
Lt. Leif E. Nott, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Unit: A Troop, 1st Battalion, 10th Cavalry,
Fort Hood, Texas. Age: 24
July 30, 2003.
Incident: Lt. Nott died of wounds received from
hostile fire July 30 in Belaruz, Iraq. |
Blocks pieced by Various Quilters, quilt pieced and quilted by Virginia
Ohr, Buffalo, WY.
Presented October 18, 2008 |
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Lt. Cpl. Chance R. Phelps,
Dubois, WY & Clifton Mesa, CO.
Unit: 3rd Battalion - 11th Marine Regiment - 1st Marine Division -
1st MEF, Camp Pendleton, CA. Age: 19.
April 9, 2004.
Chance Phelps
Foundation
Incident:
Killed while protecting a convoy in Ramadi. Lt. Cpl. Phelps is
listed in
Faces of
Freedom for Wyoming. Chance Phelps was featured in HBO film
starring Kevin Bacon Taking Chance, February 21, 2009
premiere.
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Quilt presented by
Colorado Chapter |
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SSG Tyler E. Pickett,
Saratoga, Wyoming
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 22nd
Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
Age: 28
June 8, 2008
Incident: Killed in Kirkuk Province when his
unit was attacked by enemy forces using makeshift bombs. Killed in
Kirkuk Province when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using
makeshift bombs. |
Blocks pieced by Various Quilters, quilt pieced and quilted by Paula
Peterson, Buffalo, WY.
Presented February
6, 2009. |
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Sgt Brendon C.
Reiss, Natrona, Wyoming. Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Age: 23
March 23, 2003.
Incident: Reiss’ unit was engaged in operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah. |
Blocks pieced by Various Quilters, quilt pieced and quilted by Virginia
Ohr, Buffalo, WY.
Presented October 18, 2008. |
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Lt Cpl.
Jacob Allen Ross, Gillette, Wyoming.
Unit: WPNS
Co, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II MEFBase:
Camp Lejeune, NC. Age:
19
March 24, 2010
Incident: Jacob Allen
Ross died supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. |
Blocks pieced by Mollie Miller, Casper, WY, and quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, WY. Presented July
22, 2010.
Blocks pieced by Sue Kummerfeld, Rozett, WY, and quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, WY. Presented July
22, 2010. |
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Staff Sgt.
Theodore A. Spatol, Thermopolis, Wyoming. Unit: 1041st
Engineer Company, Rock Springs, Wyo. Age: 59 December 14, 2006
Incident: Theodore A. Spatol died from
non-combat causes during active duty. |
Blocks pieced by Various Quilters, quilt pieced by Di
Wilsey-Geer and quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, WY. Presented December 18, 2008. |
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Staff Sgt. Ryan Lee Zorn, Upton, Wyoming. Unit: 1st
Battallion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division.
Age: 35 November 16, 2009
Incident: Ryan Lee
Zorn died from injuries sustained from a vehicle rollover while serving
in Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
Blocks pieced by Molly Miller of Casper, WY, and quilted by Virginia Ohr, Buffalo, WY.
Presented July 22, 2010 |
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