Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael T. Blaise

Hometown: Tennessee, U.S.

Age: 29 years old

Died: January 23, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Aviation Brigade, Fort Campbell, Ky.

Incident: Killed when his OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crashed while returning from a mission near Mosul.