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Humayun S.M. Khan, a 26 year old U.S. Army Captain, lured a suicide car bomb away from the men in his unit, saving their lives while losing his own. Khan was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

You can read more about Captain Khan and view his tombstone, bearing the Islamic Crescent and Star,

US Army Corporal Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan's tombstone also bears the Muslim Crescent and Star. Khan, who was 20 years old, was also posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. As a member of the Junior ROTC program at his high school, he proved himself to be a solid student and citizen.

Army Specialist Omead Razani, the son of Iranian immigrants, received a fatal shot to his head while treating a wounded soldier during battle. Razani, a 19 year old Army medic, was killed on August 27, 2004, while attempting to save the lives of fellow soldiers during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was the first Iranian-American soldier to fall in Iraq.

US Army Staff Sergeant Ayman Abdelrahman Taha, 31, of Vienna, Virginia, died in Balad, Iraq, on December 30, 2005, when he was preparing a munitions cache for demolition and the cache exploded. Taha was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He is buried at Arlington Natiional Cemetery.

Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Kendall Waters-Bey, a veteran of the first Gulf War, was killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash on March 21, 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. SSGT Waters-Bey, who was married and had a 10 year old son, was 29 years old.

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