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Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Bellavia

Hometown: Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S.

Age: 28 years old

Died: October 16, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Incident: Killed while negotiating with Iraqis congregating near a mosque after curfew in Karbala when the Iraqis opened fire.

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