Sgt. Joel . Perez

Hometown: Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, U.S.

Age: 25 years old

Died: November 2, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, III Corps Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.

Incident: Killed when insurgents shot down a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Fallujah.