Staff Sgt. Ioasa F. Tavae Jr.

Hometown: Pago Pago, American Samoa, U.S.

Age: 29 years old

Died: April 2, 2005 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, Army’s 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

Incident: Killed when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire in Mosul.