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home/Docs/Date/04 - April/April 26

April 26

2 views 0 May 9, 2023 Updated on June 17, 2023

The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.

2004

  • Firefights erupted once again in Fallujah and in Najah after insurgents fired upon Marines ringing the cities and a Marine patrol was ambushed. Most of the insurgents were members of the rebellious cleric Moqtada Sadr’s Mahdi Army and were using mosques to hide in. Warplanes and attack helicopters were called in to help destroy suspected strongholds that were not considered sacred sites.

2005

  • Marines with 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, returned home to Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, from Iraq, officially ending their 10-month deployment. The unit lost 46 Marines, including 26 killed in the tragic helicopter crash on 26 January 2005.

2006

  • Start of Operation Swift Sword in Iraq

2007

  • Start of Operation Eagle Dive II in Iraq

 

Casualties on April 26:

  • AUSTIN, AARON COLE – April 26, 2004
  • BAKER, SHERWOOD RUSSELL – April 26, 2004
  • ROUKEY, LAWRENCE ARTHUR – April 26, 2004
  • JOHNSON, ALLEN CORNELIUS – April 26, 2005
  • RICE, DAVID LEE – April 26, 2005
  • FORD, MICHAEL LOUIS – April 26, 2006
  • CELESTINE, WILLIE PAUL JR – April 26, 2007
  • DEGIOVINE, CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND – April 26, 2007
  • LOGGINS, ADAM EUGENE – April 26, 2007
  • EDENS, JASON KYLE – April 26, 2012
  • EGGLESTON, BRANDON FORREST – April 26, 2012
  • LEE, DICK ALSON JR – April 26, 2012
  • MOSKO, CHRISTOPHER E – April 26, 2012
  • PANTOS, CHRISTOPHER FEILD – April 26, 2021

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