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'Take a moment to remember them all'

FORT HOOD, Texas (UPI) -- The U.S. Army Saturday identified the 13 people killed in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas:

--Pfc. Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago, was three months pregnant and had planned to take maternity leave by December, the Chicago Tribune reported. She had just returned from a 10-month tour disarming bombs in Iraq.

--Spc. Jason Hunt, 22, of Tillman, Okla., had married his wife, Jenna, two months ago, and she had planned to move to Fort Hood, where he had recently bought a home, the Daily Oklahoman of Oklahoma City reported. He joined the Army 3 1/2 years ago and was preparing for his second deployment to Iraq.

--Pfc. Aaron Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan, Utah, was looking forward to returning home for a short visit in December, when he planned to ask his girlfriend, Kristin Whittle, to marry him, the Deseret News of Salt Lake City reported. He was to be deployed to Afghanistan in January.

--Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wisconsin, was to be deployed to Afghanistan for a second tour assisting soldiers suffering from combat stress, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. She had left her home for Fort Hood two days before the massacre.

--Pfc. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minn., was one of 11 children of Hmong refugees, Minnesota Public Radio reported. When he joined the military this year, he followed in the footsteps of a younger brother and his father, who had fought Communist insurgents in Laos during the Vietnam War, then fled with his family to Thailand, where Kham Xiong was born.

--Capt. John Gaffaney, 56, of San Diego, Calif., had helped elderly victims of abuse and neglect for two decades, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Gaffaney, the father of a grown son, had arrived at Ford Hood the day before the rampage for a yearlong overseas deployment in Iraq with an Army reserve unit.

--Maj. Eduardo Caraveo, 52, of Woodridge, Va., was a Mexican immigrant who came to the United States as a teenager, The Wall Street Journal reported. A psychologist, he was to head to Afghanistan for his first tour to help soldiers deal with battle-related stress.

--Capt. Russell Seager, 51, of Mount Pleasant, Wis., was a registered nurse who joined the military about four years ago, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. He had led a mental health team at a VA medical center that served, among others, veterans just back from Iraq and Afghanistan. He was to be deployed to Afghanistan.

--Staff Sgt. Justin DeCrow, 32, of Evans, Ga., always wanted to be a soldier, his wife of 14 years, Marikay DeCrow, told the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune. He grew up in Plymouth, Ind., and was the father of a 13-year-old, Kylah.

--Michael G. Cahill, 62, of Cameron, Texas, was a retired chief warrant officer in the National Guard and had worked two decades as a physician's assistant in rural clinics and veterans hospitals, The Washington Post reported. Cahill, a contract civilian employee at Fort Hood for the past six years, leaves a wife, daughter, son-in-law and grandson.

--Pfc. Michael Pearson, 21, of Bolingbrook, Ill., left a job at a furniture company and joined the military, longing for a chance to go to college, study music and see the world, the Chicago Tribune reported. He was in training to deactivate bombs and was to be deployed to Afghanistan in January.

--Spc. Frederick Greene, 29, of Mountain City, Tenn., was so quiet and low-key, he was nicknamed "Silent Soldier" while at Fort Hood preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan, The Washington Post reported. He is survived by his wife and two young children.

--Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman, 55, of Havre de Grace, Md., was a nurse assigned to the 1908th Medical Company of Independence, Mo., The Washington Post reported. She was to be deployed to Iraq. She leaves two daughters and six grandchildren.

"These men and women were more than great Americans," Fort Hood spokesman Col. John Rossi said. "They were sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers. They were brave members of our Army family, soldiers and civilians….and I ask that we all take a moment to remember them all."



Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 11/08/2009

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