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Sgt. Michael J. Beckerman
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Ste. Genevieve
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12-31-2010
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Spc. Rickey L. Bell
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Caruthersville
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8-22-2007
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Pvt. Lucas M. Bregg
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Wright City
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7-8-2009
Lucas wasn''t quite sure what he wanted to do. After graduating from Wright City High School in 2008, he worked as a roofer. He was also interested in anything related to cars. "He liked to do car work, body work; he loved that." He eventually decided on the Army, but recruiters turned him down at first because of bad eyesight. He asked them to reconsider, and he joined last summer. He wanted to celebrate the anniversary along with his own wedding and Father''s Day because he had been away. "We watched him become a man we''re damn proud of." Survivors include his mother, Tracie Green; two brothers, Zachary and Colton; and his sister, Taylor.
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Sgt. Paul F. Brooks
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Joplin
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5-21-2009
It was not uncommon to find Paul F. Brooks and his children playing video games or watching movies together at the house or visiting a park. "He was their buddy, all of them. They hung out around the house. They have a big house and a big yard and a dog. They just did normal family stuff." "He was a family man. He was respectful and honorable." He was on his second tour and was assigned to Springfield, Mo. Brooks was an E-5 medic in the Army and was working toward an E-6 status. He was always interested in the nursing and health professions. He had worked as a certified nursing assistant prior to enlisting. On his most recent tour he volunteered to go to Baghdad. "He joined full time to help his family." He is survived by his wife, Nicole, and his eight children, ranging in age from 2 to 16, Denver, Samara, Cody, Seth, Hailey, Corey, Aidan and Logan.
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Freeman
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Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
11-13-2010
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Spc. Joseph B. Cemper
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Warrensburg
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4-16-2011
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Sgt. Robert W. Crow
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Kansas City
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Paktika, Afghanistan
7-10-2010
Wayne was born in theKansas City area in 2004. He was a member of the Missouri National Guard since 2005 and was serving his second tour of duty in the U.S. Army National Guard in the 203rd Engineer Battalion at the time of his death. Wayne worked for Missouri Gas Energy and previously was employed with Heartland Midwest.
Wayne was preceded in death by his mother, Helen Cyr, and a brother, Robert Crow. Survivors include his wife of 11 years, Beverly A. Crow; children, Robert Wayne Crow, III, David Crow, Larry Kern, James Kern, Craig Kern and Meredith Kern; his father, Robert Wayne Crow, Sr.; sister, Brenda Lopez; brother, Norman Crow; twelve grandchildren, Aaliyah, Carl, Kimberly, Ashton, Jayce, Patrick, Trevor, Aubrie, Craig, Joseph, Riley and Hailey, as well as a 13th grandchild due in November. He also leaves Beverly's family, including her parents.
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Neosho
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11-1-2007
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Spc. Todd E. Davis
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Raymore
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1-9-2008
CPL Todd Edward Davis was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on March 7, 1985. He is the son of the late Edward E. Davis, the brother of Jeremy Daniel Davis, and the nephew of Dorothy and Ralph Ochsner and Sue Davis, all of Kansas City, Missouri. He is survived also by his stepmother, Katherine Shewmaker Davis and her two sons, Stephen and James. Todd attended Lee's Summit North High School, where as a junior, he was state qualifier in wrestling. During high school, he earned his second brown belt degree in Karate. At Meramac College in St. Louis, he was an academic All American and an All American junior college wrestler. In the summer of 2001, he participated in the Deutsch Open Wrestling series sponsored by the People to People Sports Ambassador Program. He volunteered for the Army in 2005.
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Sgt. Edward F. Dixon III
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Whiteman Air Force Base
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6-18-2011
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Pfc. Matthew J. England
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Gainesville
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6-8-2011
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Pfc. Jason D. Fingar
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Columbia
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Durai, Afghanistan
5-22-2010
Fingar was born on Nov. 7, 1985. He lived with his family in Columbia before enlisting in the United States Army on Sept. 17, 2008, and receiving his initial training at Fort Knox, Ky. In early 2009, Mr. Fingar reported to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington and was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. He was deployed to Afghanistan in July 2009. He was set to return home June 30. “He was really excited that this deployment was almost over and that he’d get to come home,” said Spc. Corey Phan, a member of Mr. Fingar’s platoon. Fingar would have received a specialist rank on the first of June, Phan said. He had already received multiple awards and decorations for his service in the Army including the National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, NATO Medal and Driver and Mechanic Badge.
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Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher
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Ballwin
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Zabul Province, Afghanistan
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Spc. Steven J. Fitzmorris
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Columbia
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8-25-2008
Steven J. Fitzmorris'' mother smiled thinking about her son''s ego. He was complex and multidimensional, and was different things to different people. "If 15 people were asked to describe him, they would give you 15 different adjectives." "He was just Steve." He was assigned to Fort Carson. Born in Natick, Mass., and raised in Alabama, Fitzmorris moved to Columbia, where he was living with his wife, Samantha, and had a 3-year-old son Joshua and 2-year-old daughter Mykenzee. An impulse drove him to sell magazine subscriptions door to door, traveling by bus and seeing the country. "He could sell ice to an Eskimo and make Ebenezer Scrooge laugh." To his friends and to his family, Fitzmorris was loyal. If someone needed him, he would find a way to be there. And the loyalty was mutual. "If you were a friend of his, you would go to the end of the world for him." "Even when he was mad, his eyes would be smiling at you."
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Weatherby Lake
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6-14-2011
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Spc. Bradley L. Melton
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Rolla
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Capt. Travis L. Patriquin
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Rolla
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Seymour
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Spc. Jessy G. Pollard
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Springfield
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Sgt. Austin D. Pratt
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Springfield
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1st Lt. Daniel P. Riordan
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St. Louis
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Sgt. 1st Class Charles M. Sadell
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Columbia
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Wentzville
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1st Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte
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St. Louis
| Lt. Schulte attended Conway Elementary School, spent a year at Ladue Middle School, and attended John Burroughs School, graduating in 2002. She continued on to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., where she majored in political science, interned for former U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo. and captained the lacrosse team. She became a group commander, one of the Academy's highest positions on campus, and was responsible for overseeing 1,000 cadets.
After graduating from the Air Force Academy with academic and military honors in 2006, she was commissioned as a military intelligence officer and spent 10 months at intelligence school at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas. In April 2007, she was assigned as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance officer to the 613th Air and Space Operations Center, Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces Command, at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii. She reported to Afghanistan in February 2009 as part of the Combined Security Transition Command, and worked with Afghan military officials, teaching them how to gather and interpret intelligence.
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1st Sgt. Billy J. Siercks
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Velda Village
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Logar, Afghanistan
9-28-2011
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Spc. Christopher G. Stark
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Monett
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Spc. Matthew F. Straughter
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St. Charles
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Spc. Robert D. Varga
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Monroe City
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Saint Charles
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St. Charles
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Orrick
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Miller
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St. Louis
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Florissant
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