The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Iraq and Ethiopia or who died at a military hospital of their injuries:
James L. Arnold, 21, of Mattawan, Mich.; private first class, Army. Arnold was among four soldiers killed Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near them in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.
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Joshua M. Boyd, 30, of Seattle; specialist, Army. Boyd died Wednesday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio of injuries suffered March 5 when a roadside bomb exploded near him in Samarra, Iraq, northwest of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
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Emerson N. Brand, 29, of Rigby, Idaho; sergeant, Army. Brand was among four soldiers killed Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near them in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.
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Robert M. Carr, 22, of Warren, Ohio; sergeant, Army. Carr was killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.
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Steven M. Chavez, 20, of Hondo, N.M.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Chavez died Wednesday in a nonhostile incident in Iraq's Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.
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Brian L. Chevalier, 21, of Athens, Ga.; corporal, Army. Chevalier was killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Mufrek, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Lewis, Wash.
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Gregory D. Fejeran, 28, of Barrigada, Guam; sergeant, Army National Guard. Fejeran was one of two guardsmen killed March 5 when their vehicle overturned in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Serving with the U.S. anti-terrorism task force in the Horn of Africa, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment in Barrigada, Guam.
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