Posted at 4:44 p.m., Thursday, August 23, 2007
Pentagon releases Black Hawk casualty list
Advertiser Staff
The Department of Defense announced today the death of 14 soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Aug. 22 in Multaka, Iraq, of injuries suffered when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed.Killed were the following soldiers assigned to the 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.:
i Capt. Corry P. Tyler, 29, of Georgia.
i Chief Warrant Officer Paul J. Flynn, 28, of Whitsett, N.C.
i Sgt. Matthew L. Tallman, 30, of Groveland, Calif.
i Spc. Rickey L. Bell, 21, of Caruthersville, Mo.
Also killed were the following soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division:
i Capt. Derek A. Dobogai, 26, of Fond du Lac, Wis.
i Staff Sgt. Jason L. Paton, 25, of Poway, Calif.
i Sgt. Garrett I. McLead, 23, of Rockport, Texas.
i Cpl. Jeremy P. Bouffard, 21, of Middlefield, Mass.
i Cpl. Phillip J. Brodnick, 25, of New Lenox, Ill.
i Cpl. Joshua S. Harmon, 20, of Mentor, Ohio.
i Cpl. Nathan C. Hubbard, 21, of Clovis, Calif.
i Spc. Michael A. Hook, 25, of Altoona, Penn.
i Spc. Jessy G. Pollard, 22, of Springfield, Mo.
i Spc. Tyler R. Seideman, 20, of Lincoln, Ark.
