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Some of the U.S. troops killed in the war in Iraq:

Army Sgt. Wilbert Davis, 40, Hinesville, Ga.

Army Sgt. Wilbert Davis believed strongly in the war, so strongly that he ignored pleas from loved ones not to accept his assignment.

"His wife, as well as my mother, tried to talk him out of going to the Middle East," Bob Davis said of his brother. "He strongly stated it was something he believed in."

Davis and journalist Michael Kelly were killed April 3 when their Humvee flipped and landed in a canal, Bob Davis said. It was not immediately known who was driving.

The fifth of eight brothers, Davis was born and raised in Tampa, Fla. He gained a measure of fame at age 12 by pitching for a Tampa team that went to the Little League World Series.

Davis worked at Tampa Electric Co. before joining the Army in the mid-1980s. He was a member of the 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Ga. He lived with his wife, Hui Ok Davis, and their two sons in Hinesville, Ga. He has two daughters from a previous relationship.

"He meant a whole lot to everyone," Bob Davis said. "He will definitely be remembered as a hero who was very courageous and believed in the cause in Iraq."

Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar, 32, Granbury, Texas

Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar died doing what he loved being a military pilot.

"He wanted to be a career man and he loved flying those choppers," said his mother, Aggie Oldfield of Belen, N.M. "He knew he needed to be there. I told him I didn't want him to go, but he said that's why he joined the service."

Jamar was killed April 2 when his Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq.

He joined the Army 13 years ago, after graduating from high school in Sweetwater, Texas.

Oldfield received her son's last letter March 24 and last saw him two years ago at Thanksgiving. Soon after that, Jamar was sent to Korea, returned from there in December and shipped out to Kuwait in January.

She said Jamar was deeply loyal not only to his country but to his two young sons, who live with their mother in Alabama.

"I was very proud of my son," Oldfield said. "He was doing what he was doing so his children and everyone here could have the life they have gotten so used to."

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