507th Maintenance Company

The 507th Maintenance Company provided maintenance support to 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery (ADA) (PATRIOT), based at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Killed in Action

The following soldiers of the 507th were killed in action (KIA):

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• Specialist Jamal R. Addison, 22, Roswell, Georgia
• Master Sergeant Robert J. Dowdy, 38, of Cleveland, Ohio, who was the Company First Sergeant.
• Private Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, of El Paso, Texas.
• Private First Class Howard Johnson II, 21, of Mobile, Alabama.
• Specialist James M. Kiehl, 22, of Comfort, Texas
• Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, of Pecos, Texas.
• Private First Class Lori Piestewa, 23, of Tuba City, Arizona, first female soldier killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Private Brandon Ulysses Sloan, 19, of Bedford Heights, Ohio.
• Sergeant Donald Walters, 33, of Kansas City, Missouri.

The following were assigned to the 3rd Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division Fort Stewart, Georgia and had fallen back in the march column to assist the 507th in vehicle recovery:

Related Topics:
3rd Infantry Division - Fort Stewart, Georgia

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• Sergeant Edward J. Anguiano, 24, of Brownsville, Texas.
• Sergeant George Edward Buggs, 31, of Barnwell, South Carolina.

It should also be noted that seventeen Marines, primarily from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, died in an effort reach the 507th.

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