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Pfc. Joel K. Brattain

Hometown: Santa Anna, California, U.S.

Age: 21 years old

Died: March 13, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb struck their vehicle in Baghdad.


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