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Capt. Tristan N. Aitken

Hometown: State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Age: 31 years old

Died: April 4, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 3rd Army Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Incident: Killed in an ambush by a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher near Baghdad's international airport. He was riding in the lead vehicle in an artillery supply convoy.

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