The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel who were killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait or who died at a military hospital of their injuries:
Derek R. Banks, 24, of Newport News, Va.; specialist, Army National Guard. Banks died Wednesday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio of burn injuries suffered Oct. 25 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. Another guardsman was killed in the explosion, and three others were injured. Banks was assigned to the 237th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop Command in West Point, Va.
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Phillip A. Bocks, 28, of Troy, Mich.; sergeant, Marine Corps. Bocks was among six troops who died when they were attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in an ambush Nov. 9 while on foot patrol in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province. He was assigned to the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif.
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David A. Boris, 30, of Pottsville, Pa.; captain, Army. Boris was one of two soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Bermel in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Schweinfurt, Germany.
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Matthew C. Ferrara, 24, of Torrance; first lieutenant, Army. Ferrara was among six troops who died when they were attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in an ambush Nov. 9 while on foot patrol in eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Vicenza, Italy.
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Jermaine D. Franklin, 22, of Arlington, Texas; specialist, Army. Franklin was killed Nov. 9 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Jisr Naft, Iraq, northeast of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Ft. Campbell, Ky.
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Adrian E. Hike, 26, of Callender, Iowa; specialist, Army. Hike was one of two soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Bermel in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Schweinfurt, Germany.
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