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Buried together

The Army does group burials when some of the remains of soldiers who are known to have died together cannot be individually identified. Seven group burials have taken place at Arlington National Cemetery and one at Indiantown Gap, Pa., since the beginning of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

• Two 10th Mountain Division soldiers were abducted in an ambush May 12, 2007, southwest of Baghdad. Their remains were found July 8, 2008, near the attack site and returned to their families. Some commingled remains were buried Feb. 17, 2009, at Arlington.

Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez

Spc. Byron Fouty

• Fourteen soldiers died Aug. 22, 2007, in a helicopter crash in Multaka, Iraq. Their commingled remains were buried Oct. 24, 2008.

Spc. Rickey Bell

Cpl. Jeremy Bouffard

Cpl. Phillip Brodnick

Cpt. Derek Dobogai

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Paul Flynn

Cpl. Joshua Harmon

Spc. Michael Hook

Cpl. Nathan Hubbard

Sgt. Garrett McLead

Staff Sgt. Jason Paton

Cpl. Jessy Pollard

Spc. Tyler Seideman

Sgt. Matthew Tallman

Cpt. Corry Tyler

• A helicopter crash in Al Taqqadum, Iraq, on Aug. 14, 2007, killed five soldiers. Their commingled remains were buried Oct. 3, 2008.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jackie McFarlane

Staff Sgt. Sean Fisher

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher Johnson

Spc. Steven Jewell

Staff Sgt. Stanley Reynolds

• Five 82nd Airborne Division soldiers died May 30, 2007, in the Upper Sangin Valley, Afghanistan, in a helicopter crash. Their commingled remains were buried Sept. 12, 2008.

Staff Sgt. Charlie Bagwell

Sgt. Jesse Blamires

Sgt. Brandon Hadaway

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua Rodgers

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Allgaier

• Twelve soldiers from various units died Jan. 20, 2007, near Baghdad in a Black Hawk helicopter crash. Their commingled remains were buried on Oct. 12, 2007.

Col. Brian Allgood

Command Sgt. Maj. Marilyn Gabbard

Lt. Col. David Canegata III

Capt. Michael Taylor

Capt. Sean Lyerly

Command Sgt. Maj. Rogers Haller

1st Sgt. William Warren

Staff Sgt. John Brown

Staff Sgt. Floyd Lake

Cpl. Victor Langarica

Staff Sgt. Darrell Booker

Col. Paul Michael Kelly

• Three soldiers from 3rd Infantry and 1st Cavalry divisions died in Baghdad April 8, 2007, when their Bradley vehicle was attacked. Their commingled remains were buried Sept. 13, 2007.

Staff Sgt. Harrison Brown

Pfc. David Simmons

Pfc. Todd Singleton

• Five infantrymen from the Pennsylvania National Guard were killed on Sept. 28, 2005, near Ramadi, Iraq, when a bomb exploded near their Bradley vehicle, then was attacked by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Their commingled remains were buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, Pa., on Feb. 4, 2006.

Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Arnold

Sgt. 1st Class George A. Pugliese

Spc. Lee A. Wiegand, 20, Hallstead

Sgt. Eric W. Slebodnik

Spc. Oliver J. Brown

• Five soldiers with 1st Infantry Division died March 31, 2004, in Habbaniyah, Iraq, when a bomb destroyed their armored personnel carrier. Their commingled remains were buried June 18, 2004.

1st Lt. Doyle Hufstedler

Pvt. Brandon Davis

Spc. Michael Karr Jr.

Spc. Sean Mitchell

Pfc. Cleston Raney

Source: Human Resources Command