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Byron also posted this picture on his MySpace page. > > On Tuesday, May 15, 2007, the Pentagon identified Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, a soldier serving with the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team- as one of seven soldiers who are either missing or confirmed dead after a weekend ambush south of Baghdad.
Four soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were killed during a predawn ambush Saturday near Mahmoudiya, in a Sunni stronghold 20 miles south of Baghdad. Four soldiers were killed and three are missing and possibly abducted by al-Qaida. The Pentagon has identified three of those killed, but is waiting for more testing before the identity of the fourth dead soldier can be confirmed. Gordon 'Gordy' Dibler, brother of our lead singer, Matt Dibler, is Byron's stepfather. He has been unable to describe his emotions since learning from the military over the weekend that the teenager was unaccounted for. "I don't know how to put words to it". In speaking with Matt, we also learned that Byron's sister, Sarah, age 15, is devastated. According to Matt, Sarah has always looked up to her brother as a role model. We couldn't agree more. Byron is a true hero. His uncle, Matt, had 'baby-sat' with Byron and remembers that Byron was fond of 'playing' with model cars and was an energetic child who loved to laugh. Byron attended Walled Lake Central High School in Waterford Township, Michigan, graduating in 2006. According to his page on MySpace.com, dated April 12, 2007, Byron joined the U.S. Army in June, 2006. After boot camp, he was assigned to operations in Iraq. According to Fox news -and other news sources- massive numbers of U.S. troops (4,000 plus) have questioned hundreds of people in the quest to find the the missing American soldiers.
To read the story as reported by Byron's home county news, click on the following link: UPDATE: Sadly, reports now indicated that at least five of the seven captured soldiers have been killed by the enemy. Confirmed dead are: Pfc. Daniel W. Courneya, 19, of Vermontville; Sgt. 1st Class James D. Connell Jr., 40, of Lake City, Tennessee; Pfc. Christopher E. Murphy, 21, of Lynchburg, and most recently, Pfc. Joseph J. Anzack Jr., 20, of Torrance, California. Please remember all of these families in your prayers. (Our note: This
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