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Staff Sgt. Joshua P. Mattero

Hometown: San Diego, California, U.S.

Age: 29 years old

Died: July 24, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 749th Ordnance Company, 63rd Explosive Ordnance Battalion, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Incident: Killed by a makeshift bomb in Baqubah.

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