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Staff Sgt. Eric D. Cottrell

Hometown: Pittsview, Alabama, U.S.

Age: 39 years old

Died: August 13, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Tex.

Incident: Killed when his vehicle was struck by a makeshift bomb in Qayyarah.

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