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CPL Jon-Luke Bateman
22
Tulsa
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Helmand Province Afghanistan
1-15-2012
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Staff Sgt. Kevin R. Brown
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Harrah
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Pfc. Sarina N. Butcher
19
Checotah
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Paktia Province, Afghanistan
11-1-2011
Sarina Butcher joined the guard in April 2010 and was an automated logistical specialist. She attended Checotah High School and will be promoted posthumously to the rank of specialist. During her 18 months in the guard, Butcher was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon and the Oklahoma Good Conduct Medal.
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Pvt. Cody M. Carver
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Haskell
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Salman Pak, Iraq
10-30-2007
Cody M. Carver was trickster who loved teasing his mother. "He liked to jump out and scare me," "He would put a piece of tape around the handle on the sprayer next to the kitchen sink, and then aim it so that it would squirt me when I turned on the water." He was based at Fort Benning. "He was really outgoing," "Everybody loved him. You couldn't have asked for a better child." Carver's father, was wounded during the Vietnam War. That, along with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was Cody Carver's motivation for joining the Army. "He had talked about joining the Army since the ninth grade. I guess it was about the same time 9/11 happened. That bothered him so bad, he just wanted to go and make it right," He was very much a single man. "I asked him at Valentine's Day if there was anyone he wanted me to send flowers to," "He said 'Mom, that would be too many flowers. You couldn't afford it.'"
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Staff Sgt. Lillian Clamens
35
Lawton
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10-10-2007
She was assigned to the 1st Postal Platoon, 834th Adjutant General Company in Miami. Lillian was born May 9, 1972, in the city of Omaha, Nebraska, to Dorothy Cobbin and Solom Bogard. She graduated from Central High School in 1990. Lillian served in the U.S. Army (Adjutant General Corps) as an Administrative Specialist from 1990 until 2007. She was stationed in Korea; Ft. Leonard Wood, MO; Vilseck, Germany; Ft. Sill, OK; and participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom. She attained the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSG). On August 14, 1997, she was united in marriage to Raymond J. Clamens in Omaha, NE. Lillian was affectionately known as "Lilly" and with her endearing personality, radiant smile and caring demeanor warmed the hearts of everyone that came in contact with her. At home she was a devoted wife, fantastic mother, and the center of the family. She loved taking care of soldiers and their families and touched so many people no matter where she was in the world. Lillian is survived by her husband Raymond, her daughters Lana and Victoria, her son Ayinde; her sister Dana; her mother Dorothy; and her mother-in-law Gemma. She is further survived by aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
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2nd Lt. Joe L. Cunningham
27
Kingston
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Laghham Province, Afghanistan
8-13-11
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2nd Lt. Jered W. Ewy
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Edmond
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Paktia, Afghanistan
7-29-2011
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Spc. Christopher D. Gailey
26
Ochelata
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11-1-2011
Gailey enlisted in the National Guard in June 2004 and subsequently graduated from Caney Valley High School in Ramona in May 2005. He had previously deployed to Iraq in 2007-08 and was a motor vehicle operator. During his seven-year career in the military he received several military awards and decorations including the National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with “M” Device, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal and the Oklahoma Long Service Ribbon (5 years).
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Spc. Ryan J. Grady
25
Bristow
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Bagram, Afghanistan
7-2-2010
Ryan was born May 30, 1985 in Marion, Kan., the son of Deborah L. Bezdek and James A. Grady. In Vermont he attended North Country High School as a freshman and Lake Region Union High School as a sophomore. In 2003, he graduated from Thunderbird Military Academy in Oklahoma. Ryan immediately enlisted in the United States Army and began his active duty at Ft. Riley, Kan. He served the Army for three years and received a purple heart for being wounded in action. He later joined the Vermont National Guard and was deployed to Afghanistan in Jan. of 2010. He is survived by his six year old daughter, Alexis Joleen Quisenberry, who lives in St. Johnsbury; his father, James A. Grady of West Burke; his mother, Deborah L. Hudacek of Bristow, Okla.; his two brothers and their wives, James and Lisa Grady of Muskogee, Okla. and Kevin and Sheli Grady of St. Johnsbury; a niece, Selena Murphy; three nephews, Dylan, Logan, and Joey Grady; and aunts and uncles.
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Spc. Christopher D. Horton
26
Collinsville
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Paktia, Afghanistan
9-9-2011
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Sgt. Bret D. Isenhour
36
Lamar
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Paktia, Afghanistan
9-9-2011
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Pfc. Dylan J. Johnson
20
Tulsa
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Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey D. Kettle
31
Madill
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Nangarhar Province, Aghhanistan
8-12-2007
Jeffrey Kettle's favorite superhero growing up was the Incredible Hulk. He was particularly fond of the Hulk's size and strength, and the athletic Kettle was intent on building up his own muscles. When he went into the military and eventually became a Green Beret, his uncle thought it was a natural fit for him. The Army lists Kettle, 31, as hailing from Madill, Okla., but he was born and raised in Texas City, Tex., said his uncle. "I was really impressed with him," "He was over there doing what he felt like he needed to do. And he was very good at it." Kettle was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group based at Fort Bragg, N.C. The second of three sons born to Ronald and Cynthia Kettle, the youngster was athletic, playing baseball, soccer and football. He expressed interest in the military at a young age, and he used to visit his uncle near the base where he was serving with the Air Force and talk to him about military life.
"I was surprised that he enlisted," "But when I sat down and thought about it, I thought about how he is, his character . . . I thought he'd probably fit right in."
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1st Lt. Damon L. Leeham
30
Edmond
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Laghman Province, Afghanistan
8-14-11
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Jack M. Martin III
26
Bethany
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9-29-2009
Jack M. Martin III dreamed of working as an educator or finding another way to help people when his time in the military ended. The 26-year-old from Bethany, Okla., was helping to resupply a school construction project. Martin, the youngest of five children, was born in Iowa and grew up there and in Oklahoma. He played football and was an honors student at Bethany High School, graduating in 2001. He started out in the Army Reserve before studying at the University of Central Oklahoma, he was in basic training during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Jack Martin volunteered to go to Iraq, and when that deployment was canceled, he met with a recruiter looking for special forces volunteers and became a Green Beret. He was assigned to Fort Lewis. “He was a very kind and loving person that was very intelligent with numbers".
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Sgt. Jason J. McCluskey
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McAlester
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Spc. Jordan M. Morris
23
Stillwater
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Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
8-11-11
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Staff Sgt. Kirk A. Owen
37
Sapulpa
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Paktia, Afghanstain
8-2-2011
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Sgt. Anthony Del Mar Peterson
24
Chelsa
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Paktika, Afghanistan
8-4-11
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Ardmore
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Spc. Jared C. Plunk
27
Stillwater
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Konar, Afghanistan
6-25-2010
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Pfc. Tony J. Potter
20
Okmulgee
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Paktia, Afghanistan
9-9-2011
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Staff Sgt. William D. Scates
31
Oklahoma City
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Wayne
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Spc. Joshua M. Seals
21
Porter
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Pakti Province, Afghanistan
8-16-11
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Lawton
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Broken Arrow
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Broken Arrow
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These are the names of our FALLEN HEROES. If you have any information how this HERO lived, please email the information and a picture in jpeg to us and we will add it to the name.
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