
Colonel Brian Allgood was one 12 soldiers who died in Baghdad on January 20, 2007, when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed. Forty-six year-old Colonel Brian Allgood was the chief surgeon in Iraq and was assigned to the 30th Medical Brigade, European Regional Medical Command out of Heidelberg, Germany. | Sgt. Buddy Hughie died February 19, 2007, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades. Twenty-five year-old Sgt. Buddy Hughie was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 180th Infantry, Oklahoma Army National Guard. This was his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. | |
Staff Sgt. William Beardsley died February 26, 2007, in Diwaniyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Twenty-five year old Sgt. William Beardsley went to high school in Tahlequah. He was assigned to the 260th Quartermaster Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Troop Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Georgia. | ![]() Staff Sgt. Dustin Gould died March 2, 2007, while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Twenty-eight year-old Sgt. Dustin Gould was disarming a bomb when he was killed. He went to elementary school in Norman. Gould's half brother was killed in Iraq last year. Gould was assigned to 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Pendleton, California. | |
Lance Cpl. Trevor Roberts died on March 24, 2007, while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Twenty-one year old Lance Cpl. Trevor Roberts was one of 30 people from his Oklahoma unit who volunteered to go to Iraq for 7 months. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Oklahoma City. | Specialist Wilfred Flores, Jr. died March 31, 2007, from wounds suffered March 31 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. Twenty year-old Wilfred Flores' parents are both retired soldiers. Flores was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. | |
Specialist Ryan Dallam died April 6, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Twenty-four year-old Ryan Dallam had been scheduled to return to Oklahoma this month on leave. Dallam was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. | Sgt. Joel Lewis died in Baqubah, Iraq, May 6, 2007, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Twenty-eight year-old Joel Lewis' mother lives in Sand Springs. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. | |
Cpl. Clinton Blodgett died May 26, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, when the vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device. Nineteen year-old Clinton Blodgett was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. | Greg L. Sutton died in Baghdad, Iraq, June 6, 2007, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. Thirty-eight year-old Greg Sutton was assigned to the 212th Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. His wife and child live in Lawton. | |
Ryan M. Wood suffered fatal wounds June 21, 2007, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad. Twenty-two year-old Ryan Wood was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. | Thomas R. Leemhuis died June 21, 2007, from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad. Twenty-three year-old Thomas Leemhuis was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. | |
Jack Richards was wounded in Iraq in 2004. Twenty-nine year-old Jack Richard died from his injuries in August 6, 2007. He was assigned to the 82nd Airborne, where he was nicknamed "old man." Richards was buried at the National Cemetery in Fort Gibson. He is survived by his wife and child. | Jaron Holiday died August 4, 2007, in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device during combat operations. Twenty-one year-old Jaron Holiday was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. | |
Jeffrey Kettle died on August 12, 2007, in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Thirty-one year-old Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey D. Kettle, 31 was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | Cody Carver died on October 30, 2007, of wounds suffered in Salman Pak, Iraq, when enemy forces engaged his unit with small arms fire and an improvised explosive device. Nineteen year-old Private Cody M. Carver was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia. |