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In the second week of July, CJTF Commander Schloesser and his staff were managing a number of large scale operations and crises including a major offensive operation in the Tangi Valley of Wardak Province where Coalition forces were actively seeking insurgent groups that had tortured, killed, and mutilated three American Army National Guardsmen.
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Sgt. 1st Class Matthew L. Hilton 37 Company F, 425th Infantry Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard Livonia, Michigan One of three soldiers killed when their convoy encountered roadside bombs, small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades near Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, on June 26, 2008
Sgt. 1st Class Joseph A. McKay 51 B Troop, 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, New York Army National Guard Brooklyn, New York One of three soldiers killed when their convoy encountered roadside bombs, small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades near Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, on June 26, 2008
Spc. Mark C. Palmateer 38 B Troop, 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, New York Army National Guard Poughkeepsie, New York One of three soldiers killed when their convoy encountered roadside bombs, small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades near Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, on June 26, 2008
