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Army Sgt. Gary A. Eckert Jr.

Died May 08, 2005 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom

24, of Toledo, Ohio; assigned to the 983rd Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, Monclova, Ohio; died May 8 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained earlier that day when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Samarra, Iraq.

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Number of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom casualties as confirmed by U.S. Central Command: 5382

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