| Cpl.
Terrence P. Allen, 21, of Pennsauken, N.J., died Sept.
15 from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He
was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Staff Sgt. Terry D. Wagoner, 28, of Piedmont, S.C.,
and
Spc. Todd A. Motley, 23, of Clare, Mich., and
Spc. Jonathan Rivadeneira, 22, of Jackson Heights, N.Y.,
and
Pvt. Christopher M. McCloud, 24, of Malakoff, Texas
died Sept. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations.
They were assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th U.S. Cavalry, 3rd
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff
Sgt. Michael L. Townes, 29, of Las Vegas, died Sept.
16 in Balad, Iraq, from a non-combat related illness. He was assigned
to the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, Aviation Brigade,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
John Mele, 25, of Bunnell, Fla., died Sept. 14 in Arab
Jabour, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his unit during combat operations. He was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
The
Following seven soldiers died in a vehicle roll over.
Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray, 26, of Ismay, Mont., and
Staff Sgt. Gregory Rivera-Santiago, 26, of St. Croix,
Virgin Islands and
Sgt. Michael C. Hardegree, 21, of Villa Rica, Ga.,
and
Sgt. Omar L. Mora, 28, of Texas City, Texas and
Sgt. Nicholas J. Patterson, 24, of Rochester, Ind.,
and
Spc. Ari D. Brown-Weeks, 23, of Abingdon, Md., and
Spc. Steven R. Elrod, 20, of Hope Mills, N.C.
died Sept. 10 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat
related vehicle rollover. They were assigned to the 1st Squadron,
73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. The circumstances surrounding the incident
are under investigation.
Staff
Sgt. Courtney Hollinsworth, 26, of Yonkers, N.Y., died
Sept. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit using an improvised explosive device and grenades. He
was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Cpl. Carlos E. Gilorozco, 23, of San Jose, Calif., and
Lance Cpl. Jon T. Hicks Jr., 20, of Atco, N.J. Both
Marines died Sept. 10 while conducting combat operations in Al
Anbar province, Iraq. They were both assigned to 2nd Battalion,
9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Cpl. Travis M. Woods, 21, of Redding, Calif.,
died Sept. 9 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations
in Northern Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to3rd
Battalion, 1stMarine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Cpl.
Javier G. Paredes, 24, of San Antonio, Texas died Sept.
5 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from a rocket propelled
grenade. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning,
Ga.
Pfc.
Sammie E. Phillips, 19, of Cecilia, Ky., died Sept. 10
in Rustamiyah, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a vehicle rollover.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, Kentucky
Army National Guard, Carlisle, Ky.
Lance
Cpl. Lance M. Clark, 21, of Cookeville, Tenn., died Sept.
7 from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was
assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division,
I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The incident is under investigation.
Sgt.
Alexander U. Gagalac, 28, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, died Sept.
9 in Hawijah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit with a rocket during combat operations. He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th
Infantry Division, Schofield, Barracks, Hawaii.
Capt.
Drew N. Jensen, 27, of Clackamas, Oregon, died Sept.
7 in Seattle of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit
using small arms fire during combat operations May 7 in Ba’qubah,
Iraq. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team),
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Spc.
Marisol Heredia, 19, of El Monte, Calif., died Sept.
7 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, of injuries suffered
from a non-combat related injury July 18 in Baghdad, Iraq. She
was assigned to the 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Cpl.
Ryan A. Woodward, 22, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died Sept.
8 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit using small arms fire during combat operations near Baghdad,
Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Cpl.
Christopher L. Poole Jr., 22, of Mount Dora, Fla., and
Cpl. Bryan J. Scripsick, 22, of Wayne, Okla., and
Staff Sgt. John C. Stock, 26, of Longview, Texas and
Sgt. Michael J. Yarbrough, 24, of Malvern, Ark., All
four Marines died Sept. 6 while conducting combat operations in
Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were all assigned to 3rd Assault
Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt.
Lee C. Wilson, 30, of Chapel Hill, N.C. He died Sept.
6 in Mosul.
Spc. Jason J. Hernandez, 21, of Streetsboro, Ohio.
He died Sept. 7 in Mosul.
Spc. Thomas L. Hilbert, 20, of Venus, Texas. He
died Sept. 7 in Mosul died from wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations
Sept. 6 in Mosul, Iraq. They were assigned to the 1st Squadron,
9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Regiment,
Fort Bliss, Texas.
Pfc.
Mykel F. Miller, 19, of Phoenix, Az died Sept. 6 in Zabul
Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained during combat operations.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment,
Arizona Army National Guard Phoenix.
Sgt.
Joel L. Murray, 26, of Kansas City, Mo. and
Spc. David J. Lane, 20, of Emporia, Kan., and
Pvt. Randol S. Shelton, 22, of Schiller, Park, Ill., died
Sept. 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th
Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Cpl..
Keith A. Nurnberg, 26, of McHenry, Ill., died Sept. 5
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit during combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry
Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
Sgt.
1st Class David A. Cooper Jr., 36, of State College, Penn.,
died Sept. 5 in Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-combat related injury.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment,
4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Staff
Sgt. Delmar White, 37, of Wallins, Ky., died Sept. 2
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery,
Kentucky Army National Guard, Carlisle, Ky.
Cpl.
William T. Warford III, 24, of Temple, Texas. He was
assigned to the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Spc. Dane R. Balcon, 19, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas died
Sept. 5 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device.
Spc. Rodney J. Johnson, 20, of Houston, died
Sept. 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort
Riley, Kan.
Spc. Christopher G. Patton, 21, of Lawrenceville, Ga.,
died Sept. 1 in Baghdad, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Master Sgt. Patrick D. Magnani, 38, of Martinez, Calif.,
died Sept. 4 near Bagram, Afghanistan, in a non-combat related
incident. He was assigned to the 31st Medical Support Squadron,
Aviano Air Base, Italy. The circumstances surrounding his death
are under investigation.
Sgt.
Kevin A. Gilbertson, 24, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died
Aug. 31 in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds sustained when insurgents
attacked his unit during combat operations Aug. 29 in Ramadi,
Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Pvt.
Justin T. Sanders, 22, of Watson, La., died Aug. 29 in
Taji, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned
to the 2d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. The circumstances
surrounding the death are under investigation.
Spc.
Travis M. Virgadamo, 19, of Las Vegas, Nev., died Aug.
30 in Taji, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned
to the 3d Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team,
3d Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Sgt.
1st Class Daniel E. Scheibner, 40, of Muskegon, Mich.,
died Aug. 30 in Al Noor, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle
struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the
2d Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Striker Brigade
Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Staff
Sgt. Andrew P. Nelson, 22, of Moorhead, Minn., died Aug.
29 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Jason M. Butkus, 34, of West Milford, N.J., died
Aug. 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry
Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,
Fort Riley, Kan.
Spc.
Edward L. Brooks, 25, of Dayton, Ohio,
died Aug. 29 in Ramadi, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt,
Germany.
Cpl.
John C. Tanner, 21, of Columbus, Ga., died Aug. 29 while
conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was
assigned to3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion1st Marine Division,
I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Capt.
Erick M. Foster, 29, of Wexford, Penn., died Aug. 29
in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sufferedwhen insurgents attacked his
unit during combat operations in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. He was assigned
to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Maj.
Henry S. Ofeciar, 37, of Agana, Guam.
Master Sgt. Scott R. Ball, 38, of Mount Holly Springs,
Penn.
Sgt. Jan M. Argonish, 26, of Peckville, Penn.,
died Aug. 27 at Forward Operating Base Naray, Afghanistan, from
wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit during combat
operations in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Ofeciar was assigned to
the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan. Ball
and Argonish were assigned to the 55th Brigade, Pennsylvania Army
National Guard, Scranton, Penn.
Sgt. 1st Class Rocky H. Herrera, 43, of Salt Lake City.
Sgt. Cory L. Clark, 25, of Plant City, Fla.
Sgt. Bryce D. Howard, 24, of Vancouver, Wash.,
died Aug. 28 in Jaji, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered from an
improvised explosive device. Herrera and Clark were assigned to
the 585th Engineer Pipeline Company, 864th Engineer Battalion,
555th Engineer Brigade. Howard was assigned to Headquarters Support
Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade. The
unit is based in Fort Lewis, Wash.
Sgt.
James S. Collins Jr., 35, of Rochester Hills, Mich., died
Aug. 28 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of wounds suffered during combat operations.
He was assigned to the 303rd Military Police Company (Combat Support),
U.S. Army Reserve, Jackson, Mich.
Pfc.
Thomas R. Wilson, 21, of Maurertown, Va., died Aug. 27
in Paktika, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne
Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.
Spc.
Kareem R. Khan, 20, of Manahawkin, N.J., and
Staff
Sgt. Jacob M. Thompson, 26, of North Mankato, Minn., and
Sgt. Nicholas A. Gummersall, 23, of Chubbuck, Idaho, and
Cpl. Juan M. Alcantara, 22, of New York, all
four died
Aug. 6, in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker
Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Cpl.
Reynold Armand, 21, of Rochester, N.Y., died Aug. 7 in
Balad, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C. The death is currently
under investigation.
Spc.
Justin R. Blackwell, 27, of Paris, Tenn., and
Pvt. Jeremy S. Bohannon, 18, of Bon Aqua, Tenn., Died
Aug. 5 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy indirect
fire. They were assigned to the 59th Military Police Company,
759th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade,
and Fort Carson, Colo.
Sgt. Jon E. Bonnell Jr., 22, of Fort Dodge, Iowa,
died Aug. 7 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to1st Battalion, 11th
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Spc.
Christopher T. Neiberger, 22, of Gainesville, Fla., died
Aug. 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt,
Germany.
Sgt.
1st Class Travis S. Bachman, 30, of Garden City, Kan.,
died Aug. 1 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations
in Al Basrah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 714th Security Force,
Kansas Army National Guard, Topeka, Kan.
Sgt.
Bradley W. Marshall, 37, of Little Rock, Ark.
Spc. Daniel F. Reyes, 24, of San Diego. died July 31
in Tunis, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy indirect fire. They
were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division,
Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Spc.
Charles E. Leonard Jr., 29, of Monroe, La., died August
5 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the vehicle he was
in was struck by a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc.
Matthew M. Murchison, 21, of Independence, Mo., died
August 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the vehicle
he was in struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned
to the 127th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion,
89th Military Police Brigade, Hanau, Germany.
Sgt.
Dustin S. Wakeman, 25, of Fort Worth, Texas.
Cpl. Jason K. Lafleur, 28, of Ignacio, Colo.
Pfc. Jaron D. Holliday, 21, of Tulsa, Okla. died on 4
Aug, in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, when the vehicle they were in struck
an improvised explosive device during combat operations. They
were assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th
Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson,
Alaska.
Lance Cpl. Cristian Vasquez, 20, of Coalinga, Calif.,
died Aug. 2 from wounds suffered while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to1st Light
Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Tech. Sgt. Joey D. Link, 29, of Portland, Tenn.,
died of natural causes at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in
Germany, Aug. 5. He was assigned to the 39th Airlift Squadron,
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.
Spc.
Braden J. Long, 19, of Sherman, Texas, died Aug. 4 in
Baghdad, of injuries sustained when his hmmwv came under grenade
attack. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort
Riley, Kan.
Master
Sgt. Julian Ingles Rios, 52, of Anasco, Puerto Rico,
died Aug. 2 in Baghdad when his HMMWV was struck by a rocket-propelled
grenade. He was assigned to the 130th Engineer Battalion, of the
Puerto Rico National Guard, at Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
Staff Sgt. Fernando Santos, 29, of San Antonio, Texas,
Spc. Cristian Rojas-Gallego, 24, of Loganville, Ga., and
Spc. Eric D. Salinas, 25, of Houston, Texas, died Aug.
2 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Sgt.
Taurean T. Harris, 22, of Liberty, Miss., died Aug. 2
in Kala Gush, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 202nd Military Intelligence
Battalion, 513th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Gordon, Ga.
Spc.
Zachariah J. Gonzalez, 23, of Indiana.
Pfc. Charles T. Heinlein Jr., 23, of Hemlock, Mich.
Pfc. Alfred H. Jairala, 29, of Hialeah, Fla. died July
31 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Cpl.
Jason M. Kessler, 29, of Mount Vernon, Wash., died July
30 in northern Iraq of wounds suffered from a rocket-propelled
grenade. He was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger
Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Sgt. Stephen R. Maddies, 41, of Elizabethton, Tenn.,
died July 31 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy small
arms fire. He was assigned to the 473rd Counter Rocket, Artillery
and Mortar Platoon, Tennessee Army National Guard, Columbia, Tenn.
1st
Lt. Benjamin J. Hall, 24, of Virginia, died July 31 in
Asadabad, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit during combat operations in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment
(Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.
Spc.
Camy Florexil, 20, of Philadelphia, died July 24 in Baghdad,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his vehicle during combat operations July 23 in Baghdad.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort
Riley, Kan.
Cpl.
Sean A. Stokes, 24, of Auburn, Calif., died July 30 from
wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Staff
Sgt. Wilberto Suliveras, 38, of Humacao, P.R., died July
29 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Maj.
Thomas G. Bostick Jr., 37, of Llano, Texas, and
Staff Sgt. William R. Fritsche, 23, of Martinsville, Ind., died
July 27 near Kamu, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when their
unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during
combat operations. They were assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry
Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.
Pfc.
Cody C. Grater, 20, of Spring Hill, Fla., died July 29
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy direct fire. He
was assigned to the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Spc.
Daniel A. Leckel, 19, of Medford, Ore., died July 25
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort
Riley, Kan.
Pvt. Michael A. Baloga, 21, of Everett, Wash.,
died July 26 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
William R. Howdeshell, 37, of Norfolk, Va., and
Spc.
Charles E Bilbrey, Jr., 21, of Owego, New York, and
Spc.
Jaime Rodriguez, Jr., 19, of Oxnard, Calif., died July
26 in Saqlawiyah, Iraq of wounds sustained when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned
to the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Pfc.
Juan S. Restrepo, 20, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., died July
22 in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne
Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.
Sgt.
Courtney D. Finch, 27, of Leavenworth, Kan., died July
24 in Qayyarah, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat
related incident. He was assigned to the 714th Maintenance Company,
Kansas Army National Guard, Topeka, Kan. The death is under investigation.
Staff Sgt. Joshua P. Mattero, 29, of San Diego,
died July 24 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 749th Ordnance Company,
63rd Explosive Ordnance Battalion, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Lance Cpl. Robert A. Lynch, 20, of Louisville, Ky.
Cpl. James H. McRae, 22, of Springtown, Texas
Cpl. Matthew R. Zindars, 21, of Watertown, Wis. died
July 24 while conducting combat operations in Diyala province,
Iraq. Lynch was assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment,
3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa,
Japan. McRae was assigned to 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat
Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. Zindars was assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
1st Sgt. Michael S. Curry Jr., 37, of Dania Beach, Fla.
Sgt. Travon T. Johnson, 29, of Palmdale, Calif.
Pfc. Adam J. Davis, 19, of Twin Falls, Idaho.
Pfc. Jessy S. Rogers, 20, of Copper Center, Alaska all
died July 23 in Sarobi District, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered
when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment
(Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.
Hospitalman
Daniel S. Noble, 21, of Whittier, Calif., died July 24,
as a result of enemy action while conducting security operations
in the Dilaya Province, Iraq. He was permanently assigned to 1st
Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force Pacific, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Pfc.
Zachary R. Endsley, 21, of Spring, Texas, died July 23
in Arghendab District, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his
unit was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire. He was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Hohenfels,
Germany.
Lance Cpl. Bobby L. Twitty, 20, of Bedias, Texas, died
July 22 from a non-hostile vehicle accident in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat
Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Sgt.
Shawn G. Adams, 21, of Dixon, Calif., died July 22, in
Owaset, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry
Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Cpl. Christopher G. Scherer, 21, of East Northport, N.Y.,
died July 21 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer
Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt.
Jacob S. Schmuecker, 27, of Atkinson, Neb., died July
21 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 755th Recon/Decon Company, Nebraska
Army National Guard, Oneill, Neb.
Cpl.
Rhett A. Butler, 22, of Fort Worth, Texas, died July
20 of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive
device in Khan Bani Sa’d, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Squadron,
1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker
Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.
Sgt.
1st Class Luis E. Gutierrez-Rosales, 38, of Bakersfield, Calif.,
Spc. Zachary R. Clouser, 19, of Dover, Pa.,
Spc. Richard Gilmore III, 22, of Jasper, Ala., and
Spc. Daniel E. Gomez, 21, of Warner Robbins, Ga., died
July 18 in Adhamiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when their vehicle
was attacked by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device
and small arms fire. The Soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion,
26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,
Schweinfurt, Germany.
Pfc.
Brandon M. Craig, 25, of Earleville, Md., died July 19
in Husayniyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team),
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Sgt.
Ronald L. Coffelt, 36, of Fair Oaks, Calif., died July
19 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 503rd Military Police Battalion,
16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), XVIII Airborne Corps,
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Pfc.
James J. Harrelson, 19, of Dadeville, Ala., died July
17 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort
Riley, Kan.
Pfc. Ron J. Joshua Jr., 19, of Austin, Texas.
Pfc. Brandon K. Bobb, 20, of Orlando, Fla. died
July 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned
to the 401st Military Police Company, 92nd Military Police Battalion,
89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
Nathan S. Barnes, 23, of American Fork, Utah, died July
17 in Rushdi Mullah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit was
attacked by insurgents using small arms fire. He was assigned
to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Chief Petty Officer Patrick L. Wade, 38, of Key West,
Fla.
Petty Officer First Class Jeffrey L. Chaney, 35, of Omaha,
Neb., died July 17 as a result of enemy action while
conducting combat operations in Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq. The
two sailors were assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile
Unit Eleven, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
Spc.
Eric M. Holke, 31, of Crestline, Calif., died July 15
in Tallil, Iraq, of wounds sustained from a non-combat related
incident. His death is under investigation. Holke was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 160th Infantry, California Army National
Guard, Fullerton, Calif.
Lance
Cpl. Shawn V. Starkovich, 20, of Arlington, Wash., died
July 16 in Al Anbar province, Iraq. His death is under investigation.
Starkovich was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Sgt. John R. Massey, 29, of Judsonia, Ark., died
July 15 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations
July 14 in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to C Battery, 142nd
Fires Brigade, Arkansas Army National Guard, Ozark, Ark.
Pfc. Benjamin B. Bartlett Jr., 25, of Manchester, Ga.,
died July 15, in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds suffered from
a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Bliss, Texas.
Spc.
Robert D. Varga, 24, of Monroe City, Mo., died July 15
in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related
incident. He was assigned to the 984th Military Police Company,
759th Military Police Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo. The death
is under investigation.
Pfc.
Christopher D. Kube, 18, of Sterling Heights, Mich.,
died July 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field
Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division,
Fort Carson, Colo.
Sgt. Allen A. Greka, 29, of Alpena, Michigan,
died July 13 of wounds sustained from a land mine detonation during
a dismounted patrol in Jisr Diyala, Iraq. He was assigned to the
3d Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 3d
Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Sgt. Courtney T. Johnson, 26, of Garner, N.C., died
July 11 in Besmaya, Iraq, of wounds sustained when insurgents
attacked his unit with indirect fire. He was assigned to the 3rd
Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd
Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
1st Sgt. Jeffrey R. McKinney, 40, of Garland, Texas,
died July 11 in Adhamiyah, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat
related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt,
Germany. The death is under investigation.
Capt.
Maria I. Ortiz, 40, of Bayamon, P.R., died July 10 in
Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy indirect fire. She
was assigned to the Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Md.
Sgt.
Eric A. Lill, 28, of Chicago, died July 6 in Rustamiyah,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad. He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Master Sgt. Randy J. Gillespie, 44, of Coaldale, Colo.,
died July 9, in Herat, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered during
small arms fire outside of Camp Stone. He was assigned to the
56th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.
Cpl.
Kory D. Wiens, 20, of Independence, Ore. He was assigned
to the 94th Mine Dog Detachment, 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer
Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and
Pfc. Bruce C. Salazar Jr., 24, of Tracy, Calif. He was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., They died
July 6 in Muhammad Sath, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised
explosive device.
Sgt.
Gene L. Lamie, 25, of Homerville, Ga. He was assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Pfc. Le Ron A. Wilson, 18, of Queens, N.Y. He
was assigned to the 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade,
3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., died July 6 in Iraq
of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated
near their vehicle.
Cpl.
Jeremy D. Allbaugh, 21, of Luther, Okia.
Lance Cpl. Steven A. Stacy, 23, of Coos Bay, Ore., Both
Marines died July 5 from wounds suffered while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Allbaugh was assigned to
1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Stacy was assigned
to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Lance
Cpl. Angel R. Ramirez, 28, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Feb.
21 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.,
after being medically evacuated following a non-hostile incident
in Al Qaim, Iraq, on Dec. 21, 2006. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
The death is currently under investigation. The announcement surrounding
the death of this Marine was delayed due to an administrative
adjustment to the Marine’s original death classification.
Col.
Jon M. Lockey, 44, of Fredericksburg, Va., died July
6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related
incident. The death is under investigation. Lockey was assigned
to Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.
Sgt.
1st Class Sean K. Mitchell, 35, of Monterey, Calif.,
died July 7 in Kidal, Mali, of injuries sustained from a non-combat
related incident. His death is under investigation. Mitchell was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Stuttgart,
Germany.
Pfc.
Jason E. Dore, 25, of Moscow, Maine, died July 8 in Baghdad,
Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Spc. Jeremy L. Stacey, 23, of Bismarck, Ark., died
July 5 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Bliss, Texas.
Spc.
Anthony M.K. Vinnedge, 24, of Okeana, Ohio, died July
5 at the Radwaniyah Palace Complex, Iraq, of injuries suffered
from a non-combat related incident. The incident is under investigation.
Vinnedge was assigned to Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 107th Armor Cavalry
Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard, Greenville, Ohio.
Spc. Roberto J. Causor Jr., 21, of San Jose, Calif.,
died July 7 in Samarra, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device and small
arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Spc.
Michelle R. Ring, 24, of Martin, Tenn., died July 5 of
wounds sustained from enemy mortar fire in Baghdad, Iraq. She
was assigned to the 92d Military Police Battalion, Fort Benning,
Ga.
Spc. Michelle R. Ring,
24, of Martin, Tenn., died July 5 of wounds sustained
from enemy mortar fire in Baghdad, Iraq. She was assigned to the
92d Military Police Battalion, Fort Benning, Ga.
Sgt. Trista L. Moretti,
27, of South Plainfield, N.J., died June 25 in Nasir
Lafitah, Iraq, when her unit was attacked by insurgents using
indirect fire. She was assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops
Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division,
Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Spc. Jeremy L. Stacey,
23, of Bismarck, Ark., died July 5 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Spc. Anthony M.K. Vinnedge,
24, of Okeana, Ohio, died July 5 at the Radwaniyah Palace
Complex, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related
incident. The incident is under investigation. Vinnedge was assigned
to Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 107th Armor Cavalry Regiment, Ohio Army
National Guard, Greenville, Ohio.
Spc. Roberto J. Causor
Jr., 21, of San Jose, Calif., died July 7 in Samarra,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with
an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Maj. James M. Ahearn,
43, of Calif.
Sgt. Keith A. Kline, 24, of Oak Harbor, Ohio,
died July 5 when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive
device in Baghdad, Iraq. They were assigned to 96th Civil Affairs
Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C..
Spc. Christopher S. Honaker,
23, of Cleveland, N.C., died July 5 of wounds sustained
from enemy small arms fire and indirect fire in the Watapor Valley
of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2d Battalion,
503d Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173d Airborne Brigade, Vicenza,
Italy.
Pfc. Joseph A. Miracle,
22, of Ortonville, Mich., died July 5 of wounds sustained
from enemy small arms fire and indirect fire in the Watapor Valley
of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2d Battalion,
503d Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173d Airborne Brigade, Vicenza,
Italy.
Sgt. Thomas P. McGee,
23, of Hawthorne, Calif., died July 6 of wounds sustained
when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Wazi
Khwa, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 546th Military Police
Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Petty Officer First Class
Jason Dale Lewis, 30, of Brookfield, Conn.,
Petty Officer First Class Robert Richard McRill, 42, of
Lake Placid, Fla.,
Petty Officer First Class Steven Phillip Daugherty, 28, of Barstow,
Calif., They died July 6 as a result of enemy action
while conducting combat operations in the vicinity of Baghdad,
Iraq. The three sailors were assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL
team.
Chief Warrant Officer Scott A.M. Oswell, 33, of Washington,
died July 4 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his
helicopter struck a power line. He was assigned to the 4th Squadron,
6th U.S. Air Cavalry, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Pfc. Andrew T. Engstrom,
22, of Slaton, Texas, died July 4 in Taji, Iraq, from
injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. His death
is under investigation.
Engstrom was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Pfc. Steven A. Davis,
23, of Woodbridge, Va., died July 4 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with grenades.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
1st Lt. Christopher N.
Rutherford, 25, of Newport, Ohio, died July 2 near Balad,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his vehicle. He was assigned to the Forward Support Group,
19th Engineer Battalion, Fort Knox, Ky.
Lance Cpl. William C.
Chambers, 20, of Ringgold, Ga.
Lance Cpl. Jeremy L. Tinnel, 20, of Mechanicsville, Va.
Both Marines died July 1 from a non-hostile boat accident in the
Euphrates River just off the shore of Al Anbar province. They
were both assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. The accident is under
investigation.
Spc. James L. Adair, 26,
of Carthage, Texas, died June 29 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
wounds sustained when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort
Riley, Kan.
Lance Cpl. Juan M. Garcia
Schill, 20, of Grants Pass, Ore., died July 2 while conducting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned
to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Sgt. 1st Class Raymond R. Buchan, 33, of Johnstown, Pa.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Staff Sgt. Michael L. Ruoff Jr., 31, of Yosemite, Calif.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
died July 1 in Ta’meem, Iraq, of wounds sustained from enemy
small arms fire.
Spc. Victor A. Garcia,
22, of Rialto, Calif., died July 1 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire. He was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Pfc. Jonathan M. Rossi,
20, of Safety Harbor, Fla., died July 1 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an
improvised explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Staff Sgt. Robb L. Rolfing,
29, of Milton, Mass., died June 30 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds sustained from enemy small arms fire. He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort
Carson, Colo.
Sgt. Shin W. Kim, 23,
of Fullerton, Calif.,
Sgt. Michael J. Martinez, 24, of Chula Vista, Calif.,
Sgt. Giann C. Joya Mendoza, 27, of North Hollywood, Calif.,
Spc. Dustin L. Workman II, 19, of Greenwood, Neb.
Pfc. Cory F. Hiltz, 20, of La Verne, Calif., they
died June 28 of wounds sustained when their unit was attacked
in Baghdad by insurgents using improvised explosive devices. They
were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d
Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Sgt. William W. Crow Jr., 28, of Grandview Plaza, Kan.,
died June 28 in Baghdad, of wounds sustained when his vehicle
was struck by an improvised explosive device. He was assigned
to the 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
MIA
Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich., and
Spc. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass.,
were declared missing-captured June 27.
On May 12, Fouty and Jimenez were categorized as DUSTWUN when
their patrol was attacked by enemy forces. They are assigned to
the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Sgt. Frank M. Sandoval,
27, of Yuma, Ariz., died June 18 in Palo Alto, Calif.,
of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by insurgents using
small arms fire Nov. 28, 2005, in Tikrit, Iraq. He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.
Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Newsome,
27, of Chicopee, Mass., died June 27 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. He was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. 1st Class Nathan L. Winder, 32, of Blanding, Utah,
died June 26 in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained from enemy
small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Special
Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Capt. Darrell C. Lewis,
31, of Washington, D.C., died June 23 in Vashir City,
Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by
insurgents using rocket propelled grenades, mortars and small
arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division,
Fort Riley, Kan.
Sgt. Joel A. Dahl, 21,
of Los Lunas, N.M., died June 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using
small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort
Lewis, Wash.
Pfc. Andre Craig Jr.,
24, of New Haven, Conn., died June 25 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Cpl. Derek C. Dixon,
20, of Riverside, Ohio, died June 26 while conducting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned
to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pfc.
Andre Craig Jr., 24, of New Haven, Conn., died June 25
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort
Riley, Kan.
Cpl.
Derek C. Dixon, 20, of Riverside, Ohio, died June 26
while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Sgt.
Trista L. Moretti, 27, of South Plainfield, N.J., died
June 25 in Nasir Lafitah, Iraq, when her unit was attacked by
insurgents using indirect fire. She was assigned to the 425th
Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne),
25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Spc.
Eric C. Palmer, 21, of Maize, Kan., died June 24 at Landstuhl
Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered
when his unit was attacked by insurgents using small arms fire
June 21 in Bayji, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt. Michael J. Montpetit, 31, of Honolulu, died
June 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat
related incident. His death is under investigation.
Montpetit was assigned to the 15th Forward Support Battalion,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc.
Henry G. Byrd III, 20, of Veguita, N.M., died June 24
in Landstuhl Germany, from a non-combat related illness sustained
June 18 while in Iraq. His death is under investigation. Byrd
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Sgt. William E. Brown, 25, of Phil Campbell, Ala., died
June 23 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit with indirect fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
227th Aviation Regiment, Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Carson, Colo.
Spc.
Dominic N. Rodriguez, 23, of Klamath Falls, Ore., died
June 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat
related incident. His death is under investigation. Rodriguez
was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
1st Lt. Daniel P. Riordan, 24, of St. Louis, Mo., and
Sgt. Joel A. House, 22, of Lee, Maine, and
Sgt. Jimy M. Malone, 23, of Wills Point, Texas, and
Spc. Derek A. Calhoun, 23, of Oklahoma City.
died June 23 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff Sgt. Michael D. Moody Jr., 31, of Richmond, Va.,
and
Sgt. Chris Davis, 35, of Lubbock, Texas and
Pvt. Shane M. Stinson, 23, of Fullerton, Calif.
died June 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their unit
was attacked by insurgents using an improvised explosive device
and small arms fire. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division,
Fort Benning, Ga.
Spc.
Carter A. Gamble Jr., 24 of Brownstown, Ind.,
died June 24 in Duraiya, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy small
arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort
Benning, Ga.
Pfc. Jerimiah J. Veitch, 21, of Dibble, Okla.,
died June 21 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle
was struck with a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Maj. Sid W. Brookshire, 36, of Missouri and
Staff Sgt. Darren P. Hubbell, 38, of Tifton, Ga., and
Spc. Joe G. Charfauros Jr., 33, of Rota, Mariana Islands and
Pfc. David J. Bentz III, 20, of Newfield, N.J. died June
20 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd
Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Spc. Joseph P. Kenny, 20, of Veneta, Ore., died
June 23 in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat
related incident. His death is under investigation. Kenny was
assigned to the 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Sgt. Alphonso J. Montenegro II, 22, of Far Rockaway, N.Y.
Sgt. Ryan M. Wood, 22, of Oklahoma City.
Pfc. Daniel J. Agami, 25, of Coconut Creek, Fla.
Pfc. Anthony D. Hebert, 19, of Lake City, Minn.
Pfc. Thomas R. Leemhuis, 23, of Binger, Okla., died
June 21 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Airman
1st Class Jason D. Nathan, 22, of Macon, Ga., died June
23, in Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle while on patrol. Airman Nathan was
assigned to the 48th Security Forces Squadron, RAF Lakenheath,
England.
Spc.
Karen N. Clifton, 22, of Lehigh Acres, Fla., died June
21 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when her vehicle was hit
with a rocket propelled grenade. She was assigned to the 554th
Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, Kaiserslautern,
Germany.
Pfc.
Jacob T. Tracy, 20, of Palestine, Ill., died June 18
in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle June 17 in Baghdad, Iraq. He
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Shawn P. Martin, 30, of Delmar, N.Y., and
Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Wilson, 28, of Duluth, Ga. died
June 20 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. Both Marines were assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion
13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt.
Dustin J. Perrott, 23, of Fredericksburg, Va., died June
21, in Miri, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt. 1st Class William A. Zapfe, 35, of Muldraugh, Ky.
Pfc. Joshua S. Modgling, 22, of Las Vegas died
June 19 in Muhammad al Ali, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an
improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They
were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Spc.
Darryl W. Linder, 23, of Hickory, N.C., died June 19
in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Derek T. Roberts, 24, of Gold River, Calif., and
Spc. Val J. Borm, 21, of Sidney, Neb., and
Spc. Farid Elazzouzi, 26, of Paterson, N.J.,
died June 14 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Infantry
Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Sgt.
Eric L. Snell, 35, of Trenton, N.J., died June 18 in
Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact
with insurgents using small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq. He was
assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Pfc.
Larry Parks Jr., 24, of Altoona, Penn., died June 18
in Arab Jabor, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd
Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Sgt.
Richard K. Parker, 26, of Phillips, Maine, died June
14 in Scania, Iraq, from wounds suffered on June 13 when improvised
explosive devices detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.
He was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 152nd Field Artillery
Regiment, Maine Army National Guard, Waterville, Maine.
Capt. Joshua E. Steele, 26, of North Henderson, Ill. He
was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Transition
Team), Fort Riley, Kan.
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher D. Henderson, 35, of Hillsboro,
Ore. He was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry
Division (Transition Team), Fort Riley, Kan.
Sgt. 1st Class John M. Hennen, 26, of Vinton, La. He
was assigned to the Louisiana National Guard's 3rd Battalion,
156th Infantry Regiment, Lake Charles, La.
died June 17 in Panjway, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when
an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
Pfc. Cameron K. Payne, 22, of Corona, Calif.,
died June 11 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device that detonated near his vehicle during combat
operations in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Staff
Sgt. Michael D. Thomas, 34, of Seffner, Fla., died Apr.
27 in Hirat Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his
unit came in contact with enemy forces using rocket propelled
grenades and small arms fire. Thomas was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Lance
Cpl. Adam E. Loggins, 27, of Athens, Ala., died April
26 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in
Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion,6th
Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Cpl.
Willie P. Celestine Jr., 21, of Lafayette, La., died
April 26 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Spc.
Jeremy E. Maresh, 24, of Jim Thorpe, Pa., died Apr. 24
in Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-combat related incident. His death
is under investigation.
Maresh was assigned to C Battery, 1st Battalion, 213th Air Defense
Artillery, Spring City, Pa
Lance
Cpl. Dale G. Peterson, 20, of Redmond, Ore., died April
23 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
Peterson was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Steven R. Tudor, 36, of Dunmore, Pa., died Apr.
21 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in
contact with enemy forces using indirect fire during combat operations.
Tudor was assigned to the 210th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Sgt. William W. Bushnell, 24, of Jasper, Ark.,
died Apr. 21 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle
was struck by a rocket propelled grenade during combat operations.Bushnell
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Staff
Sgt. Marlon B. Harper, 34, of Baltimore, Md.,died Apr.
21 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when he came in contact
with enemy forces using a rocket propelled grenade and small arms
fire during combat operations.Harper was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc.
Christopher M. North, 21, of Sarasota, Fla., died Apr.
21, in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in
contact with enemy forces using an improvised explosive device
and small arms fire during combat operations.North was assigned
to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Pvt.
Michael J. Slater, 19, of Scott Depot, W. Va., died Apr.
21 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle rolled over
during combat operations.Slater was assigned to the 407th Brigade
Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Cpl.
Wade J. Oglesby, 27, of Grand Junction, Colo., and
Cpl.
Michael M. Rojas, 21, of Fresno, Calif., died Apr. 18
in Taji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near
their vehicle during combat operations.They were assigned to the
1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Chief
Warrant Officer Dwayne L. Moore, 31, of Williamsburg, Va.,
died Apr. 19 in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when he came
in contact with enemy forces using indirect fire.Moore was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Lance
Cpl. Jeffery A. Bishop, 23, of Dickson, Tenn., died April
20 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in
Al Anbar province, Iraq.Bishop was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Sgt.
Alexander Van Aalten, 21, of Monterey, Tenn., died Apr.
20 in Sangin, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when a land mine
detonatednear his unit during combat operations.He was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Pfc.
Jason M. Morales, 20, of La Puente, Calif., died April
18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his unit came
in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire.He was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Infantry Division, and Fort Riley, Kan.
Pfc. Jason M. Morales, 20, of La Puente, Calif., died
April 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his unit
came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire.He was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, and Fort Riley, Kan. Staff
Sgt.
Robert
J. Basham, 22, of Kenosha, Wis., died Apr. 14 at Camp
As Sayliyah in Doha, Qatar, as a result of injuries from a non-combat
incident.His death is under investigation. Basham was assigned
to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 1st Battalion, 126th
Field Artillery Regiment, Kenosha, Wis.
Lance
Cpl. Jesse D. Delatorre, 29, of Aurora, Ill., died
April 16 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq.Delatorre was assigned to 2nd Battalion,
7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Sgt.
John M. Sullivan, 22, of Hixon, Tenn., died
Dec. 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat patrol.
Sullivan was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Pfc.
Alan R. Blohm, 21, of Kenai, Alaska, died Dec. 31 in
Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his unit while on combat patrol. Blohm was
assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Airborne
Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson,
Alaska.
Spc.
Luis G. Ayala, 21, of South Gate, Calif., died Dec. 28
in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his unit while on combat patrol. Ayala was
assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Cpl.
Jonathan E. Schiller, 20, of Ottumwa, Iowa and,
Spc. Richard A. Smith, 20, of Grand Prairie, Texas.
died Dec. 31 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated while they were conducting a combat
patrol. Both soldiers were assigned to the 215th Brigade Support
Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
Lawrence J. Carter, 25, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. He
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
and,
Pfc. William R. Newgard, 20, of Arlington Heights, Ill.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
The soldiers died Dec. 29 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained
when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle
during combat operations.
Sgt. Christopher P. Messer, 28, of Petersburg, Fla., and
Pfc. Nathaniel A. Given, 21, of Dickinson, Texas.
died Dec. 27 in Baghdad of wounds received from an improvised
explosive device that detonated near them while on dismounted
patrol. Both soldiers were assigned to 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry
Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Sgt.
Christopher P. Messer, 28, of Petersburg, Fla., and
Pfc. Nathaniel A. Given, 21, of Dickinson, Texas. died
Dec. 27 in Baghdad of wounds received from an improvised explosive
device that detonated near them while on dismounted patrol. Both
soldiers were assigned to 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment,
2d Brigade Combat Team, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Cpl.
Christopher E. Esckelson, 22, of Vassar, Mich., and
Lance Cpl. Nicholas A. Miller, 20, of Silverwood, Mich.,
and
Lance Cpl. William D. Spencer, 20, of Paris, Tenn.,
Died on December 28 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. Esckelson and Miller were assigned to Marine Forces
Reserve's 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division,
Lansing, Mich. Spencer was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's
3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Nashville,
Tenn.
Sgt.
Edward W. Shaffer, 23, of Mont Alto, Pa.,
died Dec. 27 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of injuries sustained
on Nov. 13 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device
detonated nearby. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry
Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg,
Germany.
Spc.
Dustin R. Donica, 22, of Spring, Texas, died Dec. 28
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds received from small arms fire while
conducting combat operations. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat
Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Pvt.
Clinton T. McCormick, 20, of Jacksonville, Fla., died
Dec. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated during combat operations. McCormick
was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Spc.
Joseph A. Strong, 21, of Lebanon, Ind., and
Spc. Douglas L. Tinsley, 21, of Chester, S.C. died of
injuries suffered when the vehicle they were in was involved in
a rollover incident on Dec. 26 in Baghdad, Iraq.They were assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Spc.
Joseph A. Strong, 21, of Lebanon, Ind., and
Spc. Douglas L. Tinsley, 21, of Chester, S.C., died of
injuries suffered when the vehicle they were in was involved in
a rollover incident on Dec. 26 in Baghdad, Iraq.They were assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Pfc.
Theodore M. West, 23, of Richmond, Ky., died Nov. 29
in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.West
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Spc.
Chris Kleinwachter, 29, of Wahpeton, N.D., died Nov.
30 in Ghazni, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his vehicle
rolled over during combat operations.He was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, Grand Forks, N.D. The
death is under investigation.
Sgt.
Jeannette T. Dunn, 44, of Bronx, N.Y., died Nov. 26 in
Taji, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related injury.
She was assigned to the 15th Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.The death is under investigation.
Spc.
Christopher E. Mason, 32, of Mobile, Ala., died Nov.
28 in Bayji, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his unit came in
contact with enemy forces using small arms fire while on patrol.He
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
1st
Lt. Benjamin D. Keating, 27, of Shapleigh, Maine, died
Nov. 26 in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his
vehicle turned over. Keating was assigned to 3rd Squadron, 71st
Cavalry Regiment (Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Target Acquisition),
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
2nd
Lt. Scott B. Lundell, 35, of Hurricane, Utah, died Nov.
25 in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when
his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire
and rocket propelled grenades while on patrol during combat operations.
He was assigned to I Corps Artillery, Utah National Guard, Camp
Williams, Utah.
Staff
Sgt. Daniel M. Morris, 28, of Clinton, Tenn., died Nov.
25 in Al Judiah, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle.He was assigned to
1st Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Lance
Cpl. Michael A. Schwarz, 20, of Carlstadt, N.J., died
Nov. 27 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion,
6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Cpl.
Nathan J. Goodiron, 25, of Mandaree, N.D., died Nov.
23 in Qarabagh, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his unit
came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire and rocket
propelled grenades.He was assigned to National Guard's 1st Battalion,
188th Air Defense Artillery, Grand Forks, N.D.
Sgt.
1st Class James D. Priestap, 39, of Harwood, Mich., died
Nov. 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when he came in
contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during checkpoint
operations.He was assigned to the 46th Military Police Company,
Kingsford, Mich.
Staff
Sgt. Michael A. Shank, 31 of Bonham, Texas. and
Spc. Jeffrey G. Roberson, 22, of Phelan, Calif.
died Nov. 28 in Logar, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when
an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during
combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 230th Military
Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military
Police Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Cpl. Nicholas P. Rapavi, 22, of Springfield, Va.,
died Nov. 24 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Lance
Cpl. James R. Davenport, 20, of Danville, Ind., died
Nov. 22 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq.
Pvt. Heath D. Warner, 19, of Canton, Ohio, died
Nov. 22 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. Both Marines were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine
Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force,
Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Cpl. Michael C. Ledsome, 24, of Austin, Texas,
died Nov. 25 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Lance Cpl. Jeromy D. West, 20, of Aguanga, Calif.,
died Nov. 25 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment,
3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay,
Hawaii.
Capt.
Jason R. Hamill, 31, of New Haven, Conn. and
1st Lt. David M. Fraser, 25, of Texas. and
Pvt.
Joshua C. Burrows, 20, of Bossier City, La., died of
injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated
near their vehicle Nov. 26 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Hamill and Fraser were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor
Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Burrows was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd
Bridade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pvt.
Reece D. Moreno, 19, of Prescott, Ariz., died of injuries
suffered in a non-combat related incident in Balad, Iraq, on Nov.
24.Moreno was assigned to the 92 Engineer Battalion, 3rd Sustainment
Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Command Sgt. Maj. Donovan E. Watts, 46, of Atlanta, Ga.,
died Nov. 21 in Bayji, Iraq, of injuries sustained when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations
in Siniyah, Iraq.He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt. James P. Musack, 23, of Riverside, Iowa,
died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in
Samarra, Iraq, on Nov. 21. Musack was assigned to the 7th Squadron,
10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Spc. Eric Vizcaino, 21, of New Mexico, died Nov. 21 in
Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered Nov. 20 in Samarra, Iraq, in
a non-combat related incident.Vizcaino was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Spc. Bradley N. Shilling, 22, of Stanwood, Mich.,
died Nov. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.
Shilling was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment
(Mechanized), Big Rapids, Mich.
Lance Cpl. Joshua C. Alonzo, 21, of Dumas, Texas, died
November 22 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment,
3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay,
Hawaii.
Lance Cpl. Jeremy S. Shock, 22, of Tiffin, Ohio,
died Nov. 19 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's
1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Perrysburg,
Ohio.
Sgt. 1st Class Tung M. Nguyen, 38, of Tracy, Calif.,
died Nov. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his unit
came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during
combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special
Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Cpt. John R. Dennison, 24, of Ijamsville, MD,
died on Nov. 15 in Balad, Iraq, as a result of small arms fire.
Dennison was assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Capt. Rhett W. Schiller, 26, of Wisconsin, died
Nov. 16 in Balad Ruz, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his unit
came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during
combat operations. He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort
Bragg, N.C.
Spc. Eric G. Palacios Rivera, 21, of Atlantic City, N.J.,
died Nov. 14 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his
unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during
combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,
Schweinfurt, Germany.
Col.
Thomas H. Felts Sr., 45, of Sandston, Va. He was assigned
to the Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military
Studies, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. and
Spc.
Justin R. Garcia, 26, of Elmhurst, N.Y. He was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade
Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash., died Nov.
14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations.
Pfc. Daniel J. Allman II, 20, of Canon, Ga. and
Pfc. Jang H. Kim, 20, of Placentia, Calif. died Nov.
13 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations.
Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt,
Germany.
Lance Cpl. Michael D. Scholl, 21, of Lincoln, Neb.,
died Nov. 14 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion,
3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary
Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Lance Cpl. Mario D. Gonzalez, 21, of La Puente, Calif.,
died Nov. 14 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq.He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd
Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay,
Hawaii.
Chief
Warrant Officer John R. Priestner, 42, of Pennsylvania and
Chief Warrant Officer Miles P. Henderson, 24, of Amarillo, Texas.
died Nov. 6 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when their AH-64
Apache helicopter crashed.Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st
Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Lance Cpl. Timothy W. Brown, 21, of Sacramento,
Calif., died Nov. 14 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion,
3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary
Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Lance Cpl. Kristopher C. Warren, 19, of Resaca, Ga.,
died Nov. 9 from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 4th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment,
4th Marine Division, Chattanooga, Tenn.
The incident is currently under investigation.
Sgt.
Bryan K. Burgess, 35, of Garden City, Mich., died Nov.
9 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 1st Battalion, 24th
Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Perrysburg, Ohio.
Sgt. 1st Class Rudy A. Salcido, 31, of Ontario, Calif.,
died on Nov. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, after an improvised explosive
device detonated near his convoy vehicle. Salcido was assigned
to the Army National Guard's 1114th Transportation Company, Bakersfield,
Calif.
Staff
Sgt. Richwell A. Doria, 25, of San Diego, Calif., died
on Nov. 7 in Kirkuk, Iraq, after being struck by small arms fire
during an air assault mission.Doria was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Regiment, Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii.
Sgt. Lucas T. White, 28, of Moses Lake, Wash., died
Nov. 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his unit came
in contact with enemy forces while on patrol. He was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Lance
Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn, 19, of Manchester, N.H., died
Nov. 7 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Cpl. Michael H. Lasky, 22, of Sterling, Alaska, died
Nov. 2 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 4th Reconnaissance
Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
Pvt. Michael P. Bridges, 23, of Placentia, Calif.,
died Nov. 2 in Taji, Iraq, from a non-combat related incident.Bridges
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade,
4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. This incident is under
investigation.
Spc. Isaiah Calloway, 23, of Jacksonville, Fla., died
Oct. 30 in Marah, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered when his
unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during
combat operations.Calloway was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
4th Infantry Regiment, Hohenfels, Germany.
Cpl. Gary A. Koehler, 21, of Ypsilanti, Mich.,
died Nov. 1 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq.He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
1st Lt. Michael A. Cerrone, 24, of Clarksville, Tenn.
and
Pfc. Harry A. Winkler III, 32, of Clarksville, Tenn.
died Nov. 12 in Samarra, Iraq, of injuries suffered when
an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during
combat operations.Both soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt. Courtland A. Kennard, 22, of Starkville, Miss.
and
Staff
Sgt. Gregory W. G. McCoy, 26, of Webberville, Mich.,
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 9 after an improvised explosive
device detonated near their vehicle.Both soldiers were assigned
to the Army's 410th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police
Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
Lance Cpl. James E. Brown, 20, of Owensville, Ind.,
died Nov. 2 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C., and
Staff Sgt. Jason D. Whitehouse, 27, of Phoenix, Ariz.,
died Nov. 2 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Cpl. Kyle W. Powell, 21, of Colorado Springs,
Colo., died Nov. 4 from wounds suffered while conducting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq and
Cpl. Jose A. Galvan, 22, of San Antonio, Texas,
died Nov. 5 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq.
Both Marines were assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion,
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Sgt. 1st Class William R. Brown, 30, of Fort
Worth, Texas, died Nov. 6 in Sperwan-Gar, Afghanistan,
ofinjuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his convoy vehicle.He was assigned to the 1st Battalion,3rd
Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Pfc. Kevin J. Ellenburg, 20, of Middleburg, Fla.,
died Nov. 1 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle.He
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st
Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
2nd Lt. Mark C. Gelina, 33, of Moberly, Mo.,
died Nov. 4 from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C. The incident is under investigation.
Spc. Douglas C. Desjardins, 24, of Mesa, Ariz., died
Nov. 5 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during combat
operations. Desjardins was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 37th
Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division,
Ray Barracks, Giessen, Germany.
Maj. Douglas E. Sloan, 40, of Evans Mills, N.Y.,
and
Sgt. Charles J. McClain, 26, of Fort Riley, Kan. He
later died in Asadabad, Afghanistan and
Pfc. Alex Oceguera, 19, of San Bernardino, Calif. died
of injuries suffered when an IED detonated near their vehicle
Oct. 31 in Wygal Valley, Afghanistan.Sloan and Oceguera were assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. McClain was assigned
to the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,
10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Lt. Col. Paul J. Finken, 40, of Mason City, Iowa., and
Lt. Col. Eric J. Kruger, 40, of Garland, Texas, and
Staff
Sgt. Joseph A. Gage, 28, of Modesto, Calif., died Nov.
2 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an IED detonated
near their vehicles. Finken and Gage were assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. Kruger was assigned to the
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Maj. Douglas E. Sloan, 40, of Evans Mills, N.Y.,
and
Sgt. Charles J. McClain, 26, of Fort Riley, Kan. He later died
in Asadabad, Afghanistan, and,
Pfc. Alex Oceguera, 19, of San Bernardino, Calif., died
of injuries suffered when an IED detonated near their vehicle
Oct. 31 in Wygal Valley, Afghanistan. All soldiers were assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Spc.
James L. Bridges, 22, of Buhl, Idaho, died Nov. 4 in
Baghdad, Iraq, when his unit came in contact with enemy forces
using small arms fire during combat operations. Bridges was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade
Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Ala.
Lance Cpl. Luke B. Holler, 21, of Bulverde,
Texas, died Nov. 2 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's
4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, San Antonio,
Texas.
Sgt. Michael R. Weidemann, 23, of Newport, R.I.,
died Oct. 31 in Hit, Iraq, from injuries suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his Light Medium Tactical Vehicle.
Weidemann was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Giessen, Germany.
Lance
Cpl. Edward M. Garvin, 19, of Malden, Mass.
Cpl. Benjamin S. Rosales, 20, of Houston, Texas
Both Marines died Oct. 4 while conducting combat operations in
Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were assigned to 2nd Light Armored
Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Staff Sgt. Daniel Isshak, 25, of Alta Loma, Calif., died
on Oct. 3 in Tikrit, Iraq, from injuries suffered when his vehicle
received enemy small arms fire at Hawija, Iraq, during combat
operations. Isshak was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry,
3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Staff Sgt. Jonathan Rojas, 27, of Hammond, Ind.,
died on Oct. 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries suffered from enemy
small arms fire while performing security operations. Rojas was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker
Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Ala.
Spc.
Angelo J. Vaccaro, 23, of Deltona, Fla., died on Oct.
2 in Korengal, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered during combat
operations. Vaccaro was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort
Drum, N.Y.
Sgt. Joseph W. Perry, 23, of Alpine, Calif.,
died on Oct. 2 in Muhallah, Iraq, when his mounted patrol came
in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat
operations. Perry was assigned to the 21st Military Police Company,
16th Military Police Brigade, XVIIIth Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg,
N.C.
Sgt. Denise A. Lannaman, 46, of Bayside, N.Y.,
died at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Oct. 1 from a non-combat related
incident. Lannaman was assigned to the Army National Guard’s
1569th Transportation Company, Newburgh, N.Y.
Capt.
Justin D. Peterson, 32, of Davisburg, Mich., died Oct.
1 from a non-hostile vehicle accident in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Pfc. Michael K. Oremus, 21, of Highland, N.Y.,
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 2 after being shot by enemy forces.
Oremus was assigned to the 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military
Police Brigade, Seoul, Korea.
Pfc. Satieon V. Greenlee, 24, of Pendleton, S.C.,
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 2 as a result of injuries suffered
from enemy small arms fire. Greenlee was assigned to the 4th Battalion,
31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Sgt. Mario Nelson, 26, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died
in Hit, Iraq, on Oct. 1 from injuries suffered when a rocket-propelled
grenade detonated near his vehicle. Nelson was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
Staff Sgt. Joe A. Narvaez, 25, of San Antonio, Texas,
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 2 after being shot by enemy forces.
Narvaez was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Sgt. Chase A. Haag, 22, of Portland, Ore., died
in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 1 when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle. Haag was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Chase A. Haag, 22, of Portland, Ore., died
in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 1 when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle. Haag was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Cosgrove III, 23, of Cedar Knolls,
N.J., died Oct. 1 while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned
to Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment,
4th Marine Division, Dover, N.J.
Cpl. Aaron L. Seal, 23, of Elkhart, Ind., died
Oct. 1 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s
6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Sound
Bend, Ind.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, 25, of Garden Grove,
Calif., died Sept. 29 while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in Ramadi, Iraq.
Monsoor was a SEAL assigned to a West-Coast based command.
Sgt.
1st Class Scott E. Nisely, 48, of Marshalltown, Iowa
Sgt. Kampha B. Sourivong, 20, of Iowa City, Iowa
died in Al Asad, Iraq, on Sept. 30 of injuries suffered when their
vehicle received small arms fire during security operations. Both
soldiers were assigned to the National Guard's 1st Battalion,
133rd Infantry, Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Cpl. Robert F. Weber, 22, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
died near the Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, (about 30 miles south
of Mosul, Iraq) as a result of a vehicle roll-over on Sept. 30.
Weber was assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment,
3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis,
Wash.
Pfc. Christopher T. Blaney, 19, of Winter Park, Fla.,
died in Taji, Iraq, from a non-combat related incident on Sept.
29. Blaney was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment,
1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff Sgt. Edward C. Reynolds, Jr., 27, of Groves, Texas.
Pfc. Henry Paul, 24, of Kolonia Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 26, of injuries suffered when
their M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled over while maneuvering.
Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment,
2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Lance
Cpl. James Chamroeun, 20, of Union City, Ga., died Sept.
28 of wounds received while conducting combat operations against
enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Staff Sgt. Jose A. Lanzarin, 28, of Lubbock, Texas, was
killed in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept. 26, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Lanzarin
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st
Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
1st Lt. James N. Lyons, 28, of Rochester, N.Y., died
on Sept. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his mounted
patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire
during combat operations. Lyons was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Cpl. Casey L. Mellen, 21, of Huachuca City, Ariz.,
died on Sept. 25 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his
mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small arms
fire during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq. Mellen was assigned
to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Spc. Jared J. Raymond, 20, of Swampscott, Mass.,
died on Sept. 19, in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A2 Abrams Tank
during combat operations in Taji, Iraq. Raymond was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Velton Locklear, III, 29, of Lacey, Wash.
Pfc. Kenneth E Kincaid, IV, 25, of Lilburn, Ga.
They died in Riyadh, Iraq, on Sept. 23, of injuries suffered when
an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during
combat operations. Both soldiers were from the 2nd Battalion,
27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii.
Staff
Sgt. Carlos Dominguez, 57, of Savannah, Ga., died of
injuries suffered in Taji, Iraq, on Sept.23, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.
Dominguez was assigned to the 414th Civil Affairs Battalion, Utica,
N.Y.
Cpl. Windell J. Simmons, 20, of Hopkinsville, Ky., died
of injuries suffered in Taji, Iraq, on Sept.23, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.
Simmons was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment,
4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Lance Cpl. Howard S. March Jr., 20, of Buffalo, N.Y.,
died Sept. 24 while conducting combat operations against enemy
forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion,
8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Lance Cpl. Rene Martinez, 20, of Miami, Fla.,
died Sept. 24 while conducting combat operations against enemy
forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pvt. Eric M. Kavanagh, 20, of Glen Burnie, Md.,
died of injuries suffered in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 20, when
an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during
combat operations. Kavanagh was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Sgt. 1st Class Charles J. Jones, 29, of Lawrenceburg,
Ky., died in Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-combat related
incident on Sept. 20, Jones was assigned to the National Guard's
149th Brigade Combat Team, Louisville, Ky. The incident is under
investigation.
Cpl. Bobby T. Callahan, 22, of Jamestown, N.C.,
died on Sept.19, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his
HMMWV rolled over while maneuvering. Callahan was assigned to
the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
1st Lt. Ashley L. (Henderson) Huff, 23, of Belle Mead,
N.J., died of injuries suffered in Mosul, Iraq, on Sept.19,
when a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated
near her mounted patrol during combat operations. Huff was assigned
to the 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion,
Fort Stewart, Ga.
Sgt. Allan R. Bevington, 22, of Beaver Falls, Pa.,
died of injuries suffered in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on Sept.21, when
an improvised explosive device detonated near him during combat
operations. Bevington was assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
Cpl. Cesar A. Granados, 21, of Le Grand, Calif.,
died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept.15, when
an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during
combat operations. Granados was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment, 2rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Master Sgt. Robb G. Needham, 51, of Vancouver, Wash.,
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept.20, of injuries suffered when his
patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire
during combat operations. Needham was assigned to the Army Reserve's
1st Battalion, 356th Regiment (Logistical Support), 4th Brigade,
91st Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Cpl. Yull Estrada Rodriguez, 21, of Alegre Lajas, Puerto
Rico, died Sept. 20 while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division,
III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Sgt. Aaron A. Smith, 31, of Killeen, Texas. Smith
was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment,
2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 14 of injuries suffered when a
vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in the vicinity
of a West Baghdad Substation where they were located. Sgt. Aaron
A. Smith, 31, of Killeen, Texas. Smith was assigned to the 4th
Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored
Division, Baumholder, Germany.
Sgt. Jennifer M. Hartman, 21, of New Ringgold, Pa.
Hartman was assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade,
4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Sgt. Jennifer M. Hartman,
21, of New Ringgold, Pa. Hartman was assigned to the 4th Support
Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 14 of injuries suffered when a
vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in the vicinity
of a West Baghdad Substation where they were located.
Cpl. Marcus A. Cain, 20, of Crowley, La. Cain
was assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Cpl. Marcus A. Cain, 20, of Crowley,
La. Cain was assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade,
4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
Christopher M. Zimmerman, 28, of Stephenville, Texas,
died Sept. 20 while conducting combat operations against enemy
forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance
Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Cpl.
Yull Estrada Rodriguez, 21, of Alegre Lajas, Puerto Rico,
died Sept. 20 while conducting combat operations against enemy
forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion,
3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary
Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Sgt. Aaron A. Smith, 31, of Killeen, Texas. Smith
was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment,
2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
Sgt.
Jennifer M. Hartman, 21, of New Ringgold, Pa. Hartman
was assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Cpl.
Marcus A. Cain, 20, of Crowley, La. Cain was assigned
to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas. Cain, Hartman and Smith died in Baghdad, Iraq,
on Sept. 14 of injuries suffered when a vehicle-borne improvised
explosive device detonated in the vicinity of a West Baghdad Substation
where they were located.
Spc. Russell M. Makowski, 23, of Union, Mo.,
died of injuries suffered in Taji, Iraq, on Sept. 14 when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat
operations. Makowski was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field
Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas.
Sgt. James R. Worster, 24, of Broadview Heights,
Ohio, died from a non-combat related incident on Sept.
18 in Baghdad, Iraq. Worster was assigned to the 10th Combat Support
Hospital, 43rd Area Support Group, Fort Carson, Colo.
Pfc.
Jeffrey P. Shaffer, 21, of Harrison, Ark., died of injuries
sustained in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept.13 when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle during
combat operations. Shaffer was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Bamberg, Germany.
Sgt.
Adam L. Knox, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, died on Sept. 17
in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his patrol encountered
enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Knox
was assigned to the Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations
Company, Columbus, Ohio.
Sgt.
David J. Davis, 32, of Mount Airy, Md.,
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept.17, of injuries sustained when
an improvised explosive device detonated near his Stryker Armored
Vehicle during combat operations in Sadr City, Iraq. Davis was
assigned to the Army's 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd
Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Petty
Officer 2nd Class David S. Roddy, 32, of Aberdeen, Miss.,
died Sept. 16 while his unit was conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in the Al Anbar province, Iraq. Roddy was
assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two in Norfolk,
Va., and was serving with Multi-National Corps - Iraq.
Sgt.
Clint E.Williams, 24, of Kingston, Okla.,
died on Sept. 14 of injuries suffered in Baghdad, Iraq when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during
combat operations. Williams was assigned to the 1st Squadron,
10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Petty
Officer 2nd Class David S. Roddy, 32, of Aberdeen, Miss.,
died Sept. 16 while his unit was conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in the Al Anbar province, Iraq. Walsh was
assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two in Norfolk,
Va., and was serving with Multi-National Corps - Iraq.
Sgt.
1st Class Bernard L. Deghand, 42, of Mayetta, Kan., died
on Sept. 15 in Spira, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his
unit encountered enemy forces using small arms and rocket-propelled
grenade fire during combat operations. Deghand was assigned to
the Army National Guard 35th Division Artillery, Hutchinson, Kan.
2nd
Lt. Emily J.T. Perez, 23, of Texas,
died on Sept.12 of injuries sustained in Al Kifl, Iraq, when an
improvised explosive device detonated near her HMMWV during combat
operations. Perez was assigned to the 204th Support Battalion,
2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Lance Cpl. Ryan A. Miller, 19, of Pearland, Texas,
died Sept. 14 while conducting combat operations against enemy
forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.He was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary
Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Sgt.
Jason L. Merrill, 22, of Mesa, Ariz.
Pvt. Edwin A. Andino II, 23, of Culpeper, Va. They
died on Sep. 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an
improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during
combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Wurzburg, Germany.
Spc. Alexander Jordan, 31, of Miami, Fla., died
on Sept. 10 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when he encountered
enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Jordan
was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd
Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Pfc. Vincent M. Frassetto, 21, of Toms River, N.J.,
died Sept. 7 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Sgt.
Jeremy E. DePottey, 26, of Ironwood, Mich., died on Sept.
11 in Asadabad, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered in a single
vehicle accident. DePottey was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Capt. Matthew C. Mattingly, 30, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio,
died on Sept. 13 in Mosul, Iraq, when he encountered enemy forces
using small arms fire during combat operations. Mattingly was
assigned to the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt. David T. Weir, 23, of Cleveland, Tenn.,
died on Sept. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered on Sept.
13 when he encountered enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenade
and small arms fire during combat operations. Weir was assigned
to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Spc. Harley D. Andrews, 22, of Weimar, Calif.,
died on Sept. 11 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered when
an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during
combat operations. Andrews was assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion,
130th Engineer Brigade, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.
Spc. David J. Ramsey, 27, of Tacoma, Wash., was medically
evacuated from Iraq on Aug. 24 and died from a non-combat related
incident on Sept. 7 in Spanaway, Wash.Ramsey was assigned to the
47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade, Fort Lewis,
Wash.
Pfc.
Anthony P. Seig, 19, of Sunman, Ind., died on Sept. 9,
in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when he encountered indirect
fire from enemy forces while on base. Seig was assigned to the
Army's 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion,
16th Military Police Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt.
John A. Carroll, 26, of Ponca City, Okla., died on Sept.
6 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained when he came in contact
with enemy forces using small arms fire during a dismounted security
patrol. Carroll was assigned to the Army 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry
Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
Sgt.
1st Class Merideth L. Howard, 52, of Alameda, Calif.
Staff Sgt. Robert J. Paul, 43, of The Dalles, Ore.
died in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 8, when a vehicle-borne improvised
explosive device detonated near their HMMWV. Both soldiers were
assigned to the Army Reserve's 405th Civil Affairs Battalion,
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt.
Nathaniel B. Lindsey, 38, of Troutdale, Ore., died on
Sept. 9 in Shajoy, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when his
HMMWV came in contact with undetermined ordnance during combat
operations. Lindsey was assigned to the Army National Guard's
41st Brigade Combat Team, Portland, Ore.
Cpl.
Johnathan L. Benson, 21, of North Branch, Minn., died
Sept. 9 from wounds suffered on June 17 while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt.
Luis A. Montes, 22, of El Centro, Calif., died on Sept.
7 in Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of injuries
suffered on Sept. 1 in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Montes
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
David W. Gordon, 23, of Williamsfield, Ohio, died on
Sept. 8, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.
Gordon was assigned to the Army's 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood Texas.
Staff
Sgt. Michael L. Deason, 28, of Farmington, Mo., died
on Aug 31, in Ad War, Iraq, ofinjuries suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.
Deason was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery
Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell,
Ky.
Pfc.
Hannah L. Gunterman, 20, of Redlands, Calif., died on
Sept. 4 in Taji, Iraq, from a non-combat related cause. Gunterman
was assigned to the 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support
Battalion, Fort Lewis, Wash. This incident is under investigation.
Sgt.
Germaine L. Debro, 33, of Omaha, Neb., died on Sept.
4 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Debro
was assigned to the Army National Guard 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry
Regiment, Fremont, Neb.
Pfc.
Jeremy R. Shank, 18, of Jackson, Mo., died on Sept. 6
in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered in Hawijah, Iraq, when he
encountered enemy forces using small arms fire during a dismounted
security patrol. Shank was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii.
Lt.
Col. Marshall A. Gutierrez, 41, of New Mexico, died on
Sep. 4 in Camp Virginia, Kuwait, from non-combat related injuries.
Gutierrez was assigned to the Area Support Group, Arijan, Kuwait.
Sgt.
1st Class Richard J. Henkes II, 32, of Portland Ore.,
died on Sept. 3 of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Henkes
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Staff
Sgt. Angel D. Mercado-Velazquez, 24, died in Yusifiyah,
Iraq, on Sept. 1 of injuries suffered from mortar fire during
dismounted combat operations.Mercado-Velazquez was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt.
Ralph N. Porras, 36, of Merrill, Mich.
Pfc.
Justin W. Dreese, 21, of Northumberland, Pa. died in
Yusifiyah, Iraq, on Sept. 2 of injuries suffered from mortar fire
during dismounted combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Pvt.
Ryan E. Miller, 21, of Gahanna, Ohio, died Sept. 3 while
conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was
assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division,
II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Cpl. Jared M. Shoemaker, 29, of Tulsa, Okla.,
died Sept. 4 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 1st Battalion,
25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Broken Arrow, Okla.
Lance Cpl. Shane P. Harris, 23, of Las Vegas,
N.M., died Sep. 3 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Light Armored
Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Lance
Cpl. Eric P. Valdepenas, 21, of Seekonk, Mass., died
Sept. 4 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 1st Battalion,
25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Ayer, Mass.
Sgt.
Matthew J. Vosbein, 30, of Metairie, La., died on Aug.
29, in Sadr Al Yusifiyah, Iraq, of injuries sustained when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol
during combat operations. Vosbein was assigned to the Army's 2nd
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Staff
Sgt. Eugene H.E. Alex, 32, of Bay City, Mich., died on
Sept. 2 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany,
of injuries suffered on Aug 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, when he encountered
enemy forces using small arms fire. Alex was assigned to the 4th
Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat
Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Pfc.
Nicholas A. Madaras, 19, of Wilton, Conn., died on Sept.
3, in Baqubah, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations.
Madaras was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Lance Cpl. Cliff K. Golla, 21, of Charlotte, N.C.,
died Sept. 1 from wounds received while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Lance
Cpl. Philip A. Johnson, 19, of Hartford, Conn., died
Sept. 3 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Cpl.
Shannon L. Squires, 25, of Virginia Beach, Va., died
in Brooke Army Medial Center, San Antonio, Texas on Aug. 28, of
injuries sustained along Main Supply Route Tampa, Iraq on Apr.
21, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy
vehicle during combat operations. Squires was assigned to the
Army's 3rd Battalion, 321 Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Field
Artillery Brigade, XVIIIth Airborne Corps Artillery, Fort Bragg,
N.C.
Sgt.
Joshua R. Hanson, 27, of West St. Paul, Minn.,
died on Aug.
30, in Khaldea, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.
Hanson was assigned to the National Guard 2nd Battalion, 136th
Infantry, Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Sgt.
Moises Jazmin, 25, of Providence, R.I.
Spc. Qixing Lee, 20, of Minneapolis, Minn.
Spc. Shaun A. Novak, 21, of Two Rivers, Wis.
Spc. Tristan C. Smith, 23, of Bryn Athyn, Pa.
Four soldiers died in Taji, Iraq, on Aug 27, when an
improvised explosive device detonated near their M2A3 Bradley
Vehicle during combat operations. All soldiers were assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc. Colin J. Wolfe, 18, of Manassas, Va., died
Aug. 30 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Cpl.
Christopher T. Warndorf, 21, of Burlington, Ky., died
Aug. 29 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Spc.
Matthew E. Schneider, 23, of Gorham, N.H., died on Aug.
28, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from a non-combat related cause.Schneider
was assigned to the 141st Signal Battalion, 1st Armored Division,
Wiesbaden, Germany.
Spc. Kenneth M. Cross, 21, of Superior, Wis.
Pfc. Daniel G. Dolan, 19, of Roy,
Utah.
They
died during combat operationsAug 27, in Baghdad, Iraq, when their
M1126 Stryker Vehicle came in contact with enemy forces using
an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. Both soldiers
were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team),
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Spc.
Joshua D. Jones, 24, of Pomeroy, Ohio,
died Aug 27, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his HMMWV
came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during
combat operations.Jones was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th
Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
David J. Almazan, 27, of Van Nuys, Calif.,died
on Aug 27, in Hit, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.
Almazan was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
Sgt.
Darry Benson, 46, of Winterville, N.C.,
died on Aug 27, in Camp Virginia, Kuwait, from a non-combat related
cause.Benson was assigned the Army National Guard's 730th Quartermaster
Battalion, Ahoskie, N.C.
Lance Cpl. Donald E. Champlin, 28, of Natchitoches, La.,
died Aug. 28 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from
wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar
province, Iraq, on Aug. 27.He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd
Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Jeffrey J. Hansen, 31, of Cairo, Neb., died on Aug.
27, in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany,
of injuries suffered on Aug. 21 from a vehicle accident in Balad,
Iraq.Hansen was assigned to the Army National Guard 1st Squadron,
167th Cavalry Regiment, Lincoln, Neb.
Spc.
Edgardo Zayas, 29, of Dorchester, Mass.,
died on Aug. 26, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol
during combat operations. Zayas was assigned to the 1st Squadron,
61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Cpl.
David G. Weimortz, 28, of Irmo, S.C. died Aug. 26 from
injuries suffered while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pfc.
William E. Thorne, 26, of Hospers, Iowa,
died on Aug 24, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Thorne
was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade,
4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Cpl.
David G. Weimortz, 28, of Irmo, S.C. died Aug. 26 from
injuries suffered while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Spc.
Edgardo Zayas, 29, of Dorchester, Mass., died on Aug.
26, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat
operations. Zayas was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort
Campbell, Ky.
Cpl.
Jordan C. Pierson, 21, of Milford, Conn., died Aug. 25
while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th
Marine Division, Plainville, Conn.
Chief
Petty Officer Paul J. Darga, 34, of Lansing, Mich.,
died Aug. 22 when his Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team was struck
by an improvised explosive device while responding to a previous
strike. His unit was conducting combat operations against enemy
forces in the Al Anbar province, Iraq.
Staff Sgt. Gordon G. Solomon, 35, of Fairborn,
Ohio, died Aug. 24 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq.He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion,
2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Sgt
1st Class Ruben J. Villa Jr., of El Paso, Texas, died
on Aug 18, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from a non-combat related
cause.Villa was assigned to the Army's Area Support Group (CFLCC)
, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
Sgt. Marquees A. Quick, 28, of Hoover Ala.,
died on Aug 19, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered while
conducting security and observation operations, when his unit
came in contact with enemy forces using multiple grenades.Quick
was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
Sgt.
Jeremy E. King, 23, of Meridian, Idaho, died on Aug.
24, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained by enemy forces using
small arms fire during combat operations. King was assigned to
the 8th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff Sgt. Dwayne E. Williams, 28, of Baltimore, Md.,
died Aug. 24 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine
Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.
Spc.
Thomas J. Barbieri, 24, of Gaithersburg, Md., died
on Aug. 23 south of Baghdad, Iraq when his patrol encountered
enemy forces small arms fire during combat operations. Barbieri
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Lance
Cpl. James D. Hirlston, 21, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., died
Aug. 23 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Jeffrey S. Loa, 32, of Waianae, Hawaii, died on
Aug 16 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol. Loa was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade,
1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
Pvt.
Joseph R. Blake, 34, of Portland, Ore., died on Aug 17
in Turkalay, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his platoon
encountered enemy forces small arms fire. Blake was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Pfc.
James J. Arellano, 19, of Cheyenne, Wyo., died on Aug
17 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his patrol encountered
enemy forces using improvised explosive devices and small arms
fire. Arellano was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored
Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Hospitalman
Chadwick T. Kenyon, 20, of Tucson, Ariz.,
died Aug. 20 of injuries suffered when his vehicle was struck
by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in the Al Anbar province, Iraq. Kenyon was
assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms,
Calif.
Staff
Sgt. Jeffrey S. Loa, 32, of Waianae, Hawaii,
died on Aug. 16 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered when
an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol.
Loa was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment,
2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
Cpl. Adam A. Galvez, 21, of Salt Lake City,
Utah and
Lance
Cpl. Randy L. Newman, 21, of Bend, Ore.
Both Marines died Aug. 20 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq.They were assigned to 3rd Light Armored
Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Master
Sgt. Brad A. Clemmons, 37, of Chillicothe, Ohio, died
Aug. 21 when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle.
The vehicle was part of a transportation convoy enroute to Taji,
Iraq. Clemmons was assigned to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron,
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.
Sgt. Wakkuna A. Jackson, 21, of Jacksonville, Fla.Jackson
was assigned to the 710th Combat Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. He died in
Kunar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 19 when an improvised explosive device
detonated near their convoy vehicle.
Spc. Robert E. Drawl Jr., 21, of Alexandria, Va.
Drawl was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
He died in Kunar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 19 when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their convoy vehicle.
Spc. Christopher F. Sitton, 21, of Montrose, Colo.
Sitton was assigned to the 710th Combat Support Battalion, 3rd
Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. He
died in Kunar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 19 when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their convoy vehicle.
Sgt.
Gabriel G. DeRoo, 25, of Paw Paw, Mich., died
on Aug. 20 in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries suffered when he encountered
enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. DeRoo
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Senior
Airman Adam P. Servais, 23, of Onalaska, Wis., died Aug.
19, when his vehicle came under hostile fire in Uruzgan province.He
was assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field,
Fla.
Capt.
John J. McKenna IV, 30, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Aug.
16 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 2nd Battalion, 25th
Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Albany, N.Y.
Sgt.
John P. Phillips, 29, of St. Stephen, S.C., died Aug.
16 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, from wounds
received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq, on March 7. He was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion,
3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa,
Japan.
Staff Sgt. Kenneth A. Jenkins, 25, of Fouke, Ark.,
died in Balad, Iraq of injuries sustained on Aug. 12, when he
came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during
combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq. Jenkins was assigned to the
Army's 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff Sgt. Michael C. Lloyd, 24, of San Antonio, Texas
Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Zeigler, 31, of Overland Park, Kan.
both died in
Baghdad, Iraq of injuries sustained on Aug. 12, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their dismounted patrol during
combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the Army's 10th
Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.
1st.
Sgt. Aaron D. Jagger, 43, of Hillsdale, Mich.
Spc.
Ignacio Ramirez, 22, of Henderson, Nev.
Spc. Shane W. Woods, 23, of Palmer, Alaska They
died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on Aug 9, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. The
soldiers were assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 37th Armor
Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
Spc.
Rogelio R. Garza, Jr., 26, of Corpus Christi, Texas
Pfc. Andrew R. Small, 19, of Wiscasset, Maine
Pfc. James P. White, Jr., 19, of Huber Heights, Ohio
They died in Nangalam, Afghanistan on Aug. 11, when their platoon
came in contact with enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades
and small arms fire during combat operations. The soldiers were
assigned to the Army 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry),
Fort Drum, N.Y.
Staff
Sgt. Tracy L. Melvin, 31, of Seattle, Wash.,
died of injuries sustained on Aug. 6, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations in Ar
Ramadi, Iraq. Melvin was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion,
6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
Lance
Cpl. Jeremy Z. Long, 18, of Sun Valley, Nev., died Aug.
10, while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Sgt.
Steven P. Mennemeyer, 26, of Granite City, Ill.
Sgt. Jeffery S. Brown, 25, of Trinity Center, Calif.
They were declared Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown on Aug. 8,
when their UH-60 Blackhawk crashed into a lake in the vicinity
of Korean Village in Rubtbah, Iraq. Their remains were recovered
on Aug. 9 and 10, respectively. Both soldiers were assigned to
the 82nd Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Fort Riley, Kan.
Sgt.
Leroy Segura Jr., 23, of Clovis, N.M., died on Aug 4,
in Habbaniyah, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a HMMWV accident.
Segura was assigned to the 362nd Engineer Company, 54th Engineer
Battalion, Fort Benning, Ga.
Pfc.
Brian J. Kubik, 20, ofHarker Heights, Texas, died on
Aug 5 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany,
of injuries suffered on Aug 2 when his unit encountered enemy
small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq. Kubik was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Staff Sgt.
Clint J. Storey, 30, of Enid, Okla. Sgt.
Bradley H. Beste, 22, of Naperville, Ill.
They died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on August 4, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their HMMWV while conducting combat
operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Calvary Regiment,
1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
Staff
Sgt. Daniel A. Suplee, 39, of Ocala , Fla., died on Aug
3 at James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Fla., of injuries
sustained on Apr 1 in Kabul, Afghanistan, when his HMMWV was involved
in a traffic accident.
Suplee was assigned to the National Guard 153rd Cavalry Squadron,
Ocala, Fla.
Lance Cpl. James W. Higgins, 22, of Frederick,
Md., died July 27 from wounds received while conducting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned
to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Lance
Cpl. Adam R. Murray, 21, of Cordova, Tenn., died July
27 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Cpl.
Timothy D. Roos, 21, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died July 27
from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al
Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine
Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pfc.
Enrique C. Sanchez, 21, of Garner, N.C., died July 27
while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Sgt.
Ryan D. Jopek, 20, of Merrill, Wis., died in Tikrit,
Iraq on Aug. 2 of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his convoy. Jopek was assigned to the Army
National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, Waupun,
Wis.
Cpl.
Phillip E. Baucus, 28, of Wolf Creek, Mont., died July
29 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine
Palms, Calif.
Lance Cpl. Kurt E. Dechen, 24, of Springfield,
Vt., died Aug. 3 from wounds received while conducting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned
to 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, while
attached to Regimental Combat Team 5, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Cpl.
Joseph A. Tomci, 21, of Stow, Ohio, died Aug. 2 while
conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was
assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Spc. Hai Ming Hsia, 37, of New York, N.Y., died
Aug. 1 during combat operations in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Hsia was assigned
to the 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder,
Germany.
Pfc. Jason Hanson, 21, of Forks, Wash., died
July 29 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine
Palms, Calif.
Pfc. Jason Hanson, 21, of Forks, Wash., died
July 29 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance
Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Lance
Cpl. Anthony E. Butterfield, 19, of Clovis, Calif.
Sgt. Christian B. Williams, 27, of Winter Haven, Fla.
Both Marines died July 29 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq.They were assigned to 3rd Light Armored
Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Pfc.
Kevin F. Edgin, 31, of Dyersburg, Tenn., died on July
6 in Baghran Valley, Afghanistan, when his convoy encountered
enemy small arms fire. Edgin was assigned to the Army's 87th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort
Drum, N.Y
Pfc. Collin T. Mason, 20, of Staten Island, N.Y.,
died in Taji, Iraq, on July 2 when he encountered indirect fire
while manning a checkpoint in his vehicle. Mason was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, TX.
Sgt.
James P. Muldoon, 23, of Bells, Texas, died on June 29
in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained earlier that day in Baquba,
Iraq. Muldoon was shot while manning a control point during combat
operations. Muldoon was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Combined
Arms Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Carson, Colo.
Airman 1st Class Carl Jerome Ware Jr., 22, of
Smyrna, Del., died July 1, from a non-combat related cause at
Camp Bucca, Iraq. He was assigned to the 15th Security Forces
Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.
Cpl. Jason W. Morrow, 27, of Riverside, Calif., died
June 27 from wounds received while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on June 26. He was assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Spc.
David J. Babineau, 25, of Springfield, Mass., died on
June 16, in Baghdad, Iraq. he was manning a checkpoint when he
came under enemy small arms fire. Two soldiers were captured and
murdered. Babineau was killed. All three soldiers were assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Airman 1st Class Carl Jerome Ware Jr., 22, of Smyrna, Del., died
July 1, from a non-combat related cause at Camp Bucca, Iraq. He
was assigned to the 15th Security Forces Squadron, Hickam Air
Force Base, Hawaii.
Sgt. Bryan C. Luckey, 25, of Tampa, Fla., died on June
29, in Mosul, Iraq, when he was shot by enemy forces while on
mounted patrol. Luckey was assigned to the 562nd Engineer Company,
172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Pfc.
Justin R. Davis, 19, of Gaithersburg, Md., died in Korengal
Outpost, Afghanistan (near Kunar Province), on June 25, when he
came in contact with indirect fire while on patrol during combat
operations. Davis was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light
Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Spc. Christopher D. Rose, 21, of San Francisco, Calif.,
died on June 29 of injuries sustained from an improvised
explosive device during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq. Rose
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Cpl.
Aaron M. Griner, 24, of Tampa, Fla., died in Helmand
Province, Afghanistan, on June 28, of injuries sustained when
his vehicle struck a mine during combat operations. Griner was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum,
N.Y.
Cpl. Jeremy S. Jones, 25, of Omaha, Neb., died
on June 27 of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive
device during dismounted combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq. Jones
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc. Michael J. Potocki, 21, of Baltimore, Md., died
on June 26, of injuries sustained in Al Asad, Iraq, when his unit
came in contact with enemy force's small arms fire during combat
operations. Potocki was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder,
Germany.
Pfc.
Rex A. Page, 21, of Kirksville, Mo., died June 28 from
wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Sgt.
1st Class Terry O.P. Wallace, 33, of Winnsboro, La.,
died on June 27, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations in Taji,
Iraq. Wallace was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery,
1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff
Sgt. Joseph F. Fuerst, III, 26 of Tampa Fla., died in
Panjway District, Afghanistan, on June 24, when his HMMWV came
in contact with enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and
small arms fire during combat operations. Fuerst was assigned
to the Army National Guard's 53rd Infantry Brigade, Pinellas Park
Fla.
Sgt. Terry M. Lisk, 26, of Fox Lake, Ill., died
on June 26 of injuries sustained in Ar Ramadi, Iraq when his unit
received indirect fire from enemy forces during combat operations.
Lisk was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore.
Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of San Marcos, Texas
They died in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries
sustained on or about June 16. Both soldiers were previously listed
as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown. Their unit came under enemy
small-arms fire while manning a checkpoint during combat operations,
and both soldiers were taken by enemy forces. Both soldiers were
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Cpl. Paul N. King, 23, of Tyngsboro, Mass.
Staff Sgt. Raymond J. Plouhar, 30, of Lake Orion, Mich.
King
died June 25 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 1st Battalion,
25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Ayer, Mass.
Plouhar
died June 26 from wounds received while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt.
Benjamin J. Laymon, 22, of Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Sgt. Justin D. Norton, 21, of Rainier, Wash.
They died on
June 24 in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained
when they encountered enemy forces small arms fire, and an improvised
explosive device which detonated during a dismounted patrol. Both
soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Calvary Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Master
Sgt. Thomas D. Maholic, 38, of Bradford, Pa., died on
June 24 in Ghecko, Afghanistan, when his patrol unit came in contact
with enemy forces using small arms fire during a cordon and search
mission. Maholic was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special
Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Spc.
Channing G. Singletary, 30, of Sylvester, Ga., died in
Baghdad, Iraq on June 23, from a non-combat-related cause. Singletary
was assigned to the Army National Guard's 122nd Support Center,
Savannah, Ga. The incident is under investigation.
Pfc.
Devon J. Gibbons, 19, of Port Orchard, Wash.,
died on June 23, in the Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio,
Texas, of injuries sustained on April 11 when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle during combat
operations in Taji, Iraq. Gibbons was assigned to the 10th Cavalry
Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff
Sgt. Virrueta A. Sanchez, 33, of Houston, Texas, died
in Balad, Iraq on June 24 of injuries sustained when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.
Sanchez was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment,
3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Caron,
Colo.
Cpl
Ryan J. Buckley, 21, of Nokomis, Ill., died in Baghdad,
Iraq on June 23 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Buckley
was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment,
4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne (Air Assault), Fort Campbell,
Ky.
Staff
Sgt. Mario J. Bievre, 34, of Constantinople, Ill.
Pfc.
Paul A. Beyer, 21, of Jamestown, N.D.
Died
on June 23 in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained
when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV
during combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Cpl.
Riley E. Baker, 22, of Pacific, Mo., died June 22 while
conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was
assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division,
II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pfc.
Brian J. Bradbury, 22, of Saint Joseph, Mo., died in
the vicinity of Naray, Afghanistan, when he encountered enemy
forces using small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades during
combat operations. Bradbury was assigned to the 71st Cavalry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry),
Fort Drum, N.Y.
Staff
Sgt. Heathe N. Craig, 28, of Severn, Md., died when his
UH-60 helicopter hoist malfunctioned while attempting to evacuate
Pfc. Bradbury during combat operations. Craig was assigned to
the 159th Air Ambulance Medical Company, Wiesbaden, Germany. The
incident is under investigation.
Sgt.
Sirlou C. Cuaresma, 25, of Chicago, Ill., died in Baghdad,
Iraq on June 21, from a non-combat related cause. Cuaresma was
assigned to the 68th Engineer Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion,
13th Containment Command (Expeditionary), Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
Jason J. Buzzard, 31, of Constantinople, Calif., died
in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 21 of injuries sustained when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his HEMTT cargo truck during combat
operations. Buzzard was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Lance
Cpl. Nicholas J. Whyte, 21, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died June
21 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Sgt.
1st Class Jared C. Monti, 30, of Raynham, Mass.
Staff Sgt. Patrick L. Lybert, 28, of Ladysmith, Wis.
They died in Gowardesh, Afghanistan, on June 21, when they encountered
enemy forces using small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades
during combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 3rd
Squadron, 71st Calvary, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Cpl.
Christopher D. Leon, 20, of Lancaster, Calif.
Lance Cpl. Brandon J. Webb, 20, of Swartz Creek, Mich.
Pfc. Christopher N. White, 23, of Southport, N.C.
Staff Sgt. Benjamin D. Williams, 30, of Orange, Texas
Leon died June 20 from wounds received while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 5th
Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force,
Okinawa, Japan.
Webb, White, and Williams all died June 20 while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were all assigned
to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt.
Reyes Ramirez, 23, of Willis, Texas,
Spc. Robert L. Jones, 22, of Milwaukie, Ore.
They died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on June 17, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. Both
soldiers were assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, Baumholder,
Germany.
Spc.
Brent W. Koch, 22, of Morton, Minn., died on June 16,
in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his HMMWV. Koch was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion,
136th Infantry Combined Arms Battalion, Hutchinson, Minn.
1st
Lt. Forrest P. Ewens, 25, of Washington state.
Sgt. Ian T. Sanchez, 26, of Staten Island, N.Y. died
in Pech River Valley, Afghanistan, on June 16, when their all
terrain vehicle struck an improvised explosive device during combat
operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion,
32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Spc.
Jeremiah S. Santos, 21, of Minot, N.D., died in Baghdad,
Iraq, on June 15 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive
device
detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Santos was
assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
1st.
Sgt. Carlos N. Saenz, 46, of Las Vegas, Nev.
Spc. Teodoro Torres, 29, of Las Vegas, Nev.
Sgt. Nathan J. Vacho, 29, of Janesville, Wis.
Saenz and Torres were assigned to the Army Reserve's 490th Civil
Affairs Battalion, Abilene, Texas. Vacho was assigned to the Army
Reserve's 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tenn. During
Operation Iraqi Freedom, all three were attached to the 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
Lance Cpl. Leon B. Deraps, 19, of Jamestown,
Mo., died May 6 while conducting combat operations against
enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine
Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Cpl.
Cory L. Palmer, 21, of Seaford, Del., died May 6 at Brooke
Army Medical Center in San Antonio, from wounds received while
conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar
province, Iraq, on May 1.
He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Sgt.
Matthew J. Fenton, 24, of Little Ferry, N.J., died May
6 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from wounds
received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces
in Al Anbar province, Iraq on April 26. He was assigned to Marine
Forces Reserve's Inspector and Instructor Staff, 1st Battalion,
25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Fort Devens, Mass.
Staff Sgt. Gregory A. Wagner, 35, of Mitchell,
S.D., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on
May 8, when an improvised fire projectile struck his HMMWV during
combat operation. Wagner was assigned to the Army National Guard's
1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery, Yankton, S.D.
Pfc. Benjamin T. Zieske, 20, of Concord, Calif.,
died of injuries sustained in Kirkuk, Iraq on May 3,
when an improvised explosive device detonated during a dismounted
combat patrol. Zieske was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th
Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Pvt. Alva L. Gaylord, 25, of Carrollton, Mo.,
died of injuries sustained in Qasr Ar Riyy, Iraq on May 5, when
an improvised explosive device detonated near his RG-31 Mine Protected
Vehicle during a combat clearing operation. Gaylord was assigned
to the Army National Guard's 110th Engineer Battalion, Kansas
City, Mo.
Staff Sgt. Gavin B. Reinke, 32, of Pueblo, Colo.
Spc.
Bryan L. Quinton, 24, of Sand Springs, Okla.
died in Baghdad, Iraq on May 4, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle during
combat operations. Reinke and Quinton were assigned to the 5th
Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Capt.
Brian S. Letendre, 27, of Woodbridge, Va. died May 3
while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al
Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve's
Inspector and Instructor Staff, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment,
4th Marine Division, Plainville, Conn.
Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler, 20, of Suffield, Conn. Bixler
died May 4 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance
Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Sgt.
Joseph E. Proctor, 38, of Indianapolis, Ind., died May
3 in Tammin, Iraq when a suicide, vehicle-borne, improvised explosive
device detonated near his observation post during dismounted combat
patrol operations. Proctor was assigned to the Army National Guard's
638th Battalion (Aviation), Shelbyville, Ind.
Sgt.
Elisha R. Parker, 21, of Taberg, N.Y., died May 4, while
conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion,
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Pfc. Christopher M. Eckhardt, 19, of Phoenix,
Ariz., died in Taji, Iraq on May 3, from a non-combat
related cause. Eckhardt was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd
Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas.
Lance
Cpl. Robert L. Moscillo, 21, of Salem, N.H., died May
1 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al
Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer
Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Cpl.
Robbie G. Light, 21, of Kingsport, Tenn., died of injuries
sustained in Baghdad, Iraq on May 1, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his M1A2 Abrams tank during combat operations.
Light was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff
Sgt. Mark A. Wall, 27, of Alden, Iowa, died in Mosul,
Iraq, on April 27, from a non-combat related cause. Wall was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade
Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
1st
Sgt. Bobby Mendez, 38, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died of injuries
sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 27, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Mendez
was assigned to the 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade,
4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
Edward G. Davis III, 31, of Antioch, Ill., died April
28 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in
Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian
Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Staff
Sgt. Bryant A. Herlem, 37, of Copperas Cove, Texas
Sgt. Jose Gomez, 23, of Corona, N.Y.
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 28, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. The
soldiers were assigned to the 10th Cavalry, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
Matthew A. Webber, 23, of Kalamazoo, Mich., died on April
27, in the Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of
injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his HMMWV during combat operations in Habbaniyah, Iraq, on
Nov.21, 2005. Webber was assigned to the Army National Guard's
1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), Saginaw,
Mich.
Cpl.
Brandon M. Hardy, 25, of Cochranville, Pa.
Sgt. Lea R. Mills, 21, of Brooksville, Fla.
died April 28 while conducting combat operations against enemy
forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were both assigned to
3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Pfc.
Ricky Salas, Jr. 22, of Roswell, N.M., died
in Mosul, Iraq, on March 7, when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his militaryvehicle while conducting mounted operations.
Salas was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored
Regiment, Friedberg, Germany.
Cpl. Adam O. Zanutto, 26, of Caliente, Calif.,
died March 6 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.,
from wounds received as a result
of an improvised explosive device in Al Anbar province, Iraq on
Feb. 25. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment,
1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Gunnery Sgt. Justin R. Martone, 31, of Bedford,
Va.
Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry, 28, of Lorena, Texas
Martone died March 7 and Fry died March 8 from improvised explosive
devices in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
Martone was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion,
3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa,
Japan. Fry was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd
Marine Logistics Group, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Staff Sgt. Dwayne P. R. Lewis, 26, of New
York City, died in Baghdad, Iraq on Feb. 27, when his
unit was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire during
a dismounted patrol. Lewis was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Spc. Christopher S. Merchant, 32, of Hardwick, Vt.,
died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on March 1, 2006 when his HMMWV came
under attack by enemy forces using a vehicle-borne
improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenade. Merchant
was assigned to the Army
National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, Jericho,
Vt.
Sgt.
Joshua V. Youmans, 26, of Flushing,
Mich., died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio,
Texas, on March 1, 2006 from injuries sustained in Habbaniyah,
Iraq on Nov. 21, when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his HMMWV during
combat operations. Youmans was assigned to the Army National Guard's
1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, Saginaw, Mich.
Pfc. Tina M. Priest, 20, of Austin, Texas,
died in Taji, Iraq on March 1, 2006 from non-combat related injury.
Priest was assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Divison, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident
is under investigation.
Lance
Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder, of
Finksburg, Md., died March 3, 2006
from a non combat-related vehicle
accident in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to Combat Service
Support Group-1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary
Force,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Staff Sgt. Kevin P. Jessen, 28, of
Paragould, Ark., died in Rawah, Iraq, on March 5, when
an improvised explosive device detonated during combat operations.
Jessen was assigned to the Army's 22nd
Chemical Battalion (Technical Escort), Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Md.
Staff
Sgt. William D. Richardson, 30, of Houston, Texas, died
Nov. 30 2005 of wounds sustained from a non-hostile vehicle accident
near Al Taqaddum, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support
Squadron-372, Marine Wing Support Group-37, 3rd Marine Aircraft
Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his
unit was attached to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary
Force (Forward).
Sgt. 1st Class Brent A. Adams, 40, of West View,
Pa., died in Ramadi, Iraq on Dec. 1, 2005 when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his military five-ton truck during
combat operations. Adams was assigned to the Army National Guard's
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Washington, Pa.
Sgt.
Donald J. Hasse, 28, of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Sgt.
Jerry W. Mills Jr., 23, of Arkansas City, Kan.
They died in Taji, Iraq on Nov. 29, 2005 when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations.
Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 13th Armor Regiment,
Fort Riley, Kan.
Cpl. Joshua D. Snyder, 20, of Hampstead, Md., died
Nov. 30, 2005 of wounds sustained from small-arms fire while conducting
combat operations against enemy
forces in Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th
Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
1st
Lt. Dennis W. Zilinski, 23, of Freehold, N.J.,
Staff Sgt. Edward Karolasz, 25, of Powder Springs, N.J.,
Cpl. Jonathan F. Blair, 21, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Spc. Dominic J. Hinton, 24, of Jacksonville, Texas.
All four died in Bayji, Iraq on Nov. 19, 2005 when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations.
The soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Divi. Fort Campbell,
Ky.
Spc.
Michael J. Idanan, 21, of Chula Vista, Calif., died in
Bayji, Iraq on Nov. 19, 2005 when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Idanan was
assigned to the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Troyer, 21, of
Tangent, Ore., died Nov. 19, 2005 from wounds received as a result
of small arms fire while conducting combat operations against
enemy forces near Al Karmah, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion,
2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas, 20, of
El Paso, Texas died Nov. 19, 2005 from an improvised explosive
device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces
in the vicinity of Hadithah, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom,
his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force (Forward).
Sgt. Dominic J. Sacco, 32, of Albany, N.Y., died
in Taji, Iraq, on Nov. 20, 2005 when his M1A1 Abrams tank was
attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire. Sacco was assigned
to the Army's 1st Battalion, 13th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Lance Cpl. Roger W. Deeds, 24, of Biloxi, Miss.
Lance Cpl. John A. Lucente, 19, of Grass Valley, Calif.
Cpl. Jeffry A. Rogers, 21, of Oklahoma City, Okla.
Cpl.
Joshua J. Ware, 20, of Apache, Okla.
All four Marines died Nov. 16, 2005 while conducting combat operations
in Ubaydi, Iraq. Deeds,
Rogers and Ware all died as a result of enemy small arms fire,
while Lucente died from wounds sustained from an enemy hand grenade.
All four Marines were assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion,
1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. During Operation Iraqi
Freedom, their unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force (Forward).
Staff
Sgt. James E. Estep, 26, of Leesburg, Fla., in Taji,
Iraq, on Nov. 15. 2005
Spc. Matthew J. Holley, 21, of San Diego, Calif.,
in Taji, Iraq, on Nov. 15. 2005
Spc. Alexis Roman-Cruz, 33, of Brandon, Fla.,
in Balad, Iraq, on Nov. 16. 2005
Pfc. Travis J. Grigg, 24, of Inola, Okla., in
Taji, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2005
They died of injuries sustained in Taji, Iraq, on Nov. 15, when
an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during
combat operations. The soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion,
320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort
Campbell, Ky.
Pvt.
Dylan R. Paytas, 20, of Freedom, Pa., died in Baqubah,
Iraq, on Nov. 16, 2005 from injuries sustained from multiple gunshot
wounds. Paytas was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Troops Battalion,
3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
Lance
Cpl. Nickolas D. Schiavoni, 26, of Haverhill, Mass.,
died Nov. 15 2005 from a suicide, vehicle-borne, improvised explosive
device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces
near Al Karmah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd
Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
2nd
Lt. Donald R. McGlothlin, 26, of Lebanon, Va., died Nov.
16, 2005 from small arms fire while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces during Operation Steel Curtain in Ubaydi,
Iraq. He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion,
1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. His unit was attached
to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).
Sgt. 1st Class James S. Ochsner, 36,
of Waukegan, Ill., died in Orgun-E, Afghanistan, on Nov. 15, 2005
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during
a supply distribution mission. Ochsner was assigned to the Army's
2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
2nd
Lt. Donald R. McGlothlin, 26, of Lebanon, Va., died Nov.
16, 2005 from small arms fire while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces during Operation Steel Curtain in Ubaydi,
Iraq. He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion,
1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. His unit was attached
to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).
Sgt. 1st Class James S. Ochsner, 36,
of Waukegan, Ill., died
in Orgun-E, Afghanistan, on Nov. 15, 2005 when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his HMMWV during a supply distribution mission.
Ochsner was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special
Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Michael C. Parrott, 49,
of Timnath, Colo., killed in Balad, Iraq. Parrott assigned
to the Army National Guard's Joint Forces Headquarters, Cheyenne,
Wyo. Dead Nov. 10, 2005
Sgt. Joshua A. Terando, 27, of Morris,
Ill., who died in Al Taqaddum, Iraq. Terando was a Reservist
assigned to the Army National Guard's 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
28th Infantry Division, Washington, Pa. Dead Nov. 10. 2005 Soldiers
died of injuries sustained when their M1A1 Abrams tank was attacked
by enemy forces using small arms fire.
Cpl.
Donald E. Fisher II, 21, of Avon, Mass. Dead Nov. 11,
2005
Pfc. Antonio Mendezsanchez, 22, of Rincon, Puerto
Rico. Dead Nov. 11, 2005
Both
soldiers died in Kirkut, Iraq when their convoy vehicle was involved
in a collision. Both soldiers were assigned to the 40th Transportation
Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion, 593rd Corps Support Group,
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Staff
Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr. 37 323rd Military Intelligence
Battalion, Army Reserves Guilford, Connecticut Died in Ramadi,
Iraq, after a fellow soldier tried to wake him and noticed he
was not breathing on August 12, 2003
Sgt. William C. Eckhart 25 4th Cavalry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division Rocksprings, Texas Killed when he was on
an anti-mortar mission and there was an explosion of unknown origin
in Baqubah, Iraq, on April 10, 2004
Spc. Marshall L. Edgerton 27 82nd Signal Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division Rocky Face, Georgia Killed when his camp
was attacked with an improvised explosive device in Ar Ramadi,
Iraq, on December 11, 2003
Spc. Peter G. Enos 24 1st Battalion, 7th Field
Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his patrol vehicle
in Bayji, Iraq, on April 9, 2004
Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierrez 21 4th Forward
Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Houston,
Texas Killed when the convoy she was in was attacked with an improvised
explosive device and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq,
on October 1, 2003
Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto 18 507th Maintenance
Company, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade El Paso, Texas Killed
after his convoy was ambushed in Nasiriya on March 23, 2003
Pfc. David Evans Jr. 18 977th Military Police Company,
U.S. Army Killed in an explosion at a facility which contained
Iraqi ammunition in Diwaniya, Iraq, on May 25, 2003
Lance Bombadier Llywelyn Karl Evans 24 29 Commando
Regiment Royal Artillery Llandudno, Wales Killed in a U.S. CH-46
Sea Knight helicopter crash south of the Kuwait border on March
21, 2003
Cpl. Mark A. Evnin 21 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division Burlington, Vermont Killed in action on April
3 during a firefight in central Iraq
Pvt. Jonathan I. Falaniko 20 70th Engineer Battalion,
3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Pago Pago, American Samoa Killed
when a vehicle containing an improvised explosive device detonated
near the Al Khadra Police Station in downtown Baghdad on October
27, 2003
Capt. Brian R. Faunce 28 Headquarters Company,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Faunce's unit was clearing dangerously low-hanging power lines
south of Ad Dujayl, Iraq, when he apparently touched an active
power line, fatally injuring him on September 18, 2003.
Spc. Tyanna S. Felder 22 296th Brigade Support
Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Bridgeport, Connecticut
Died in Balad, Iraq, on April 7, 2004, of injuries sustained on
April 4 when her convoy vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive
device in Mosul, Iraq
Master Sgt. Richard L. Ferguson 45 Company C, 2nd Battalion,
10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Conway, New Hampshire Killed
when the military vehicle he was riding in rolled over in Samarra,
Iraq, on March 30, 2004
Spc. Rian C. Ferguson 22 Regimental Support Squadron,
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Taylors, South Carolina Died when
he fell from the light medium tactical vehicle in which he was
a passenger outside forward operating base Quinn, Iraq, on December
14, 2003
Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez 36 Headquarters,
U.S. Army Special Operations Command El Paso, Texas Died on April
2, 2003, after being shot in northern Iraq
Cpl. Maj. Emanuele Ferraro 28 6th Transportation
Regiment Lentini, Italy Killed when a bomb exploded at Italian
military police headquarters in Nasiriya, Iraq, on November 12,
2003
Staff Sgt. Clint D. Ferrin 31 D Company, 1st
Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Picayune, Mississippi Killed when an improvised explosive device
struck his Humvee while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 13,
2004
Spc. Jon P. Fettig 30 957th Engineer Company, Army National
Guard Dickinson, North Dakota Killed when the truck he was in
was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade near Ramadi, Iraq on July
22, 2003
Cpl. Tyler R. Fey 22 1st Combat Engineer Battalion,
1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Eden Prarie,
Minnesota Died due to injuries received from hostile fire in Al
Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 4, 2004
Lt. Massimo Ficuciello 35 Sassari Mechanized
Brigade Udine, Italy Killed when a bomb exploded at Italian military
police headquarters in Nasiriya, Iraq, on November 12, 2003
Carabiniere Andrea Filippa 33 Italian Military
Police Turin, Italy Killed when a bomb exploded at Italian military
police headquarters in Nasiriya, Iraq, on November 12, 2003
Sgt. Paul F. Fisher 39 Company F, 106th Aviation
Battalion, Army National Guard Cedar Rapids, Iowa Seriously injured
when a missile struck the CH-47 Chinook helicopter he was on in
Fallujah, Iraq, on November 2, 2003. He died of his injuries at
Homburg University Clinic in Germany on November 6.
Pfc. Jacob S. Fletcher 28 2nd Battalion, 503rd
Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Bay Shore, New York
Killed when an improvised explosive device was detonated near
the bus he was riding in Samara, Iraq, on November 13, 2003
Spc. Thomas A. Foley III 23 2nd Battalion, 44th
Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division Dresden,
Tennessee Killed when a grenade exploded inside his Humvee in
Iraq on April 14, 2003
Spc. Jason C. Ford 21 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry
Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Bowie, Maryland Killed when his
patrol encountered an improvised explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq,
on March 13, 2004
Capt. Travis A. Ford 30 Light Attack Helicopter
Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Ogallala, Nebraska Killed when his AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter
crashed during combat operations near Ali Aziziyal, Iraq, on April
4, 2003
Chief Warrant Officer Wesley C. Fortenberry 38
1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division Woodville,
Texas Killed when his AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was shot
down by a surface-to-air missile west of Baghdad International
Airport on April 11, 2004
Sgt. 1st Class Bradley C. Fox 34 1st Battalion,
36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division Orlando, Florida
Died April 20, 2004, in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries he received
on March 14, 2004, when his military vehicle hit an improvised
explosive device in Iraq
Lance Cpl. Phillip E. Frank 20 2nd Battalion,
1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary
Force Elk Grove, Illinois Died due to enemy fire in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq, on April 8, 2004
Staff Sgt. Bobby C. Franklin 38 210th Military
Police Company, Army National Guard Mineral Bluff, Georgia Killed
when an improvised explosive device was detonated in the Karkah
district of Baghdad, Iraq on August 20, 2003
Pvt. Robert L. Frantz 19 1st Battalion, 36th
Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division San Antonio, Texas Killed
when a grenade thrown by a local resident exploded near him while
on guard duty in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 17, 2003
Pvt. Benjamin L. Freeman 19 K Troop, 3rd Squadron,
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Valdosta, Georgia Drowned near Al
Asad, Iraq, on October 13, 2003. Soldiers from his unit were searching
for Freeman when they found him floating in the Euphrates River
near Haditha Dam and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
Lt. Enzo Fregosi 56 Italian Military Police Livorno,
Italy Killed when a bomb exploded at Italian military police headquarters
in Nasiriya, Iraq, on November 12, 2003
Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley 26 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine
Regiment Lee, Florida Killed in action near Nasiriya on March
23, 2003
Sgt. David T. Friedrich 26 325th Military Intelligence
Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve Hammond, New York Killed when mortar
fire hit the Abu Ghurayb prison in Baghdad, Iraq, on September
20, 2003
Spc. Luke P. Frist 20 209th Quartermaster Company,
U.S. Army Reserve West Lafayette, Indiana Died on January 5, 2004,
at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds
received when his convoy was attacked with an improvised explosive
device near Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on January 2
Spc. Adam D. Froehlich 21 1st Battalion, 6th
Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Pine Hill, New
Jersey Killed when his patrol was attacked with an improvised
explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 25, 2004
Pvt. Kurt R. Frosheiser 22 2nd Battalion, 6th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Des Moines,
Iowa Killed when the vehicle he was driving hit an improvised
explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 8, 2003
Pfc. Nichole M. Frye 19 Company A, 415th Civil
Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve Lena, Wisconsin Killed when
an improvised explosive device struck her convoy in Baqubah, Iraq,
on February 16, 2004
Sgt. 1st Class Dan H. Gabrielson 39 652nd Engineer
Company, U.S. Army Reserve Spooner, Wisconsin Killed by hostile
fire when his convoy came under attack on July 9, 2003, in Ba
Qubah, Iraq
Capt. Richard J. Gannon II 31 3rd Battalion,
7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary
Force Escondido, California Died due to injuries received from
enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 17, 2004
Cpl. Jose A. Garibay 21 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine
Regiment Orange, California Killed in action near Nasiriya on
March 23, 2003
Sgt. Justin W. Garvey 23 1st Battalion, 187th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Townsend, Massachusetts Killed when his vehicle was ambushed and
struck by rocket-propelled grenades while on patrol in Tallifar,
Iraq on July 20, 2003
Spc. Israel Garza 25 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry
Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division Lubbock, Texas Killed when his
unit was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms
fire in Baghdad, Iraq on April 4, 2004
1st Sgt. Joe J. Garza 43 1st Battalion, 30th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Robstown,
Texas Killed on April 28, 2003, when he was struck by a civilian
vehicle
Pfc. Juan Guadalupe Garza Jr. 20 1st Battalion,
4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Temperance, Michigan
Killed in action on April 8, 2003, in central Iraq
Spc. Christopher D. Gelineau 23 133rd Engineer
Battalion, Maine Army National Guard Portland, Maine Killed when
his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq,
on April 20, 2004
Lance Cpl. Cory Ryan Geurin 18 1st Battalion,
7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Santee,
California Died as a result of injuries received when he fell
60 feet from a palace roof while performing guard duty in Babylon,
Iraq on July 15, 2003
Marshal Daniele Ghione 30 Italian Military Police
Savona, Italy Killed when a bomb exploded at Italian military
police headquarters in Nasiriya, Iraq, on November 12, 2003
Vice Brigadier Ivan Ghitti 30 Italian Military
Police Milan, Italy Killed when a bomb exploded at Italian military
police headquarters in Nasiriya, Iraq, on November 12, 2003
Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford 30 1st Battalion, 2nd
Marine Regiment Decatur, Illinois Killed in operations on the
outskirts of Nasiriya on March 23, 2003
Pvt. Kyle C. Gilbert 20 2nd Battalion, 325th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Brattleboro,
Vermont Killed when an Iraqi vehicle ambushed his unit in Baghdad,
Iraq on August 6, 2003
Command Sgt. Maj. Cornell W. Gilmore 45 Judge
Advocate General Office, Headquarters Department of the Army,
Pentagon Baltimore, Maryland Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk
helicopter he was in was shot down in Tikrit, Iraq, on November
7, 2003
Pfc. Jesse A. Givens 34 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry
Regiment Springfield, Missouri Killed May 1, 2003, when the M1A1
Abrams battle tank he was in fell into the Euphrates River when
the riverbank collapsed near al Habbaniyah, Iraq
Spc. Michael T. Gleason 25 519th Military Intelligence
Battalion, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade Warren, Pennsylvania
Killed in a vehicle accident while traveling in convoy during
a storm on May 30, 2003, between Mosul and Tikrit, Iraq
Spc. Christopher A. Golby 26 571st Medical Company
(Air Ambulance), 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Johnstown,
Pennsylvania Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was
onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Fallujah,
Iraq, on January 8, 2004
Spc. David J. Goldberg 20 52nd Engineer Combat
Battalion (Heavy), 43rd Area Support Group, U.S. Army Reserve
Layton, Utah Died of a non-combat injury in Qayyarah, Iraq, on
November 26, 2003
Lance Cpl. Shane L. Goldman 20 1st Battalion,
5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary
Force Orange, Texas Died due to injuries received from hostile
fire in Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 5, 2004
Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez 25 Wing Support Squadron
273, Wing Support Group 27, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Hialeah,
Florida Killed April 14, 2003 in an accident in southern Iraq
Cpl. Jesus A. Gonzalez 22 1st Tank Battalion,
1st Marine Division Indio, California Killed while manning a checkpoint
in Baghdad on April 12, 2003
Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez 20 1st Battalion, 2nd
Marine Regiment Los Angeles, California Killed in action near
Nasiriya on March 23, 2003
Cpl. Bernard G. Gooden 22 2nd Tank Battalion,
2nd Marine Division Mt. Vernon, New York Killed during a firefight
in central Iraq, on April 4, 2003
Pfc. Gregory R. Goodrich 37 724th Transportation
Company, Army Reserve Bartonville, Illinois Killed when a fuel
convoy was attacked near Baghdad International Airport by Iraqi
insurgents using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire
on April 9, 2004
Sgt. 1st Class Richard S. Gottfried 42 1st Division
Support Command, 1st Infantry Division Lake Ozark, Missouri Killed
when he was struck by an improvised explosive device in Tampa,
Iraq, on March 9, 2004
Spc. Richard A. Goward 32 1460th Transportation
Company, Michgan Army National Guard Midland, Michigan Killed
when his truck entered a dust cloud and rear-ended the truck in
front of him in Iraq on April 14, 2003
2nd Lt. Jeffrey C. Graham 24 Company C, 1st Battalion,
34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
Elizabethtown, Kentucky Died of injuries sustained from small-arms
fire and an improvised explosive device attack near Khalidiyah,
Iraq, on February 19, 2004
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. Gray 32 Navy
Detachment, Kuwait Navy Base Richmond, Virginia Killed when his
vehicle was struck from the rear by a civilian vehicle while he
was traveling to Kuwait Navy Base on March 5, 2004
Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray 19 3rd Battalion, 4th
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary
Force Patoka, Illinois Died from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq, on April 11, 2004
Lt. Philip D. Green 31 849 Squadron, Royal Navy
Freiston, Lincolnshire, England Killed when two British Sea King
helicopters collided over the Persian Gulf on March 22, 2003
Spc. Kyle A. Griffin 20 519th Military Intelligence
Battalion, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade Emerson, New Jersey
Killed in a vehicle accident while traveling in convoy during
a storm on May 30, 2003, between Mosul and Tikrit, Iraq
Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr. 31 728th Air
Control Squadron, U.S. Air Force Elgin, South Carolina Killed
when an unexploded U.S. Army bomblet detonated while his convoy
was stopped near Diwaniyah, Iraq, while en route to Baghdad on
May 13, 2003
Cpl. Sean R. Grilley 24 716th Military Police
Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps
San Bernardino, California A group of soldiers were attempting
to negotiate with a group of armed men who were congregating on
a road near a Karbala, Iraq, mosque after curfew on October 16,
2003. The Iraqis opened fire, killing Grilley and two other soldiers.
Pvt. Joseph R. Guerrera 20 2nd Battalion, 325th
Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division
Dunn, North Carolina Killed when his vehicle was hit with an improvised
explosive device while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on October
26, 2003
Chief Warrant Officer Hans N. Gukeisen 31 571st
Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Lead, South
Dakota Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard
crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner 19 3rd Light Armored
Reconnais- sance Battalion, 1st Marine Division Ohio City, Ohio
Killed by an accidental weapons discharge in southern Iraq on
April 2, 2003
Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez 22 2nd Battalion, 1st
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Los Angeles, California Killed
in combat in southern Iraq on March 21, 2003
Capt. Philip Stuart Guy 29 Royal Marines North
Yorkshire, England Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter
crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003
Pfc. Richard W. Hafer 21 1st Battalion, 320th
Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Cross Lanes, West Virginia Killed when two 101st Airborne Division
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters collided in mid-air over Mosul, Iraq,
on November 15, 2003
Spc. Charles G. Haight 23 14th Engineer Battalion,
555th Engineer Group Jacksonville, Alabama Killed when his convoy
vehicle struck an improvised explosive device southwest of Ad
Duluiyah, Iraq, on December 26, 2003
Pfc. Deryk L. Hallal 24 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine
Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
Indianapolis, Indiana Killed in a long firefight after Iraqi insurgents
launched a large-scale attack in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 6, 2004
Pvt. Jesse M. Halling 19 401st Military Police
Company Indianapolis, Indiana Killed when his military police
station came under fire from rocket-propelled grenades and small
arms fire on June 7, 2003, in Tikrit, Iraq
Chief Warrant Officer Erik A. Halvorsen 40 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Bennington,
Vermont Killed when his UH-6 0 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in
central Iraq on April 2, 2003
Sgt. Simon Alexander Hamilton- Jewell 41 156
Provost Company, Royal Military Police Chessington, Surrey, England
Killed in a firefight in Majar al-Kabir, Iraq, on June 24, 2003
Capt. Kimberly N. Hampton 27 1st Battalion, 82nd
Aviation Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Easley, South Carolina
Killed when the OH-58 Kiowa observation helicopter she was piloting
was shot down by enemy ground fire in Fallujah, Iraq on January
2, 2004
Sgt. Michael S. Hancock 29 1st Battalion, 320th
Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Yreka, California Killed when he was shot while on guard duty
in Mosul, Iraq, on October 24, 2003
Sgt. Warren S. Hansen 36 9th Battalion, 101st
Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Clintonville,
Wisconsin Killed when two 101st Airborne Division UH-60 Black
Hawk helicopters collided in mid-air over Mosul, Iraq, on November
15, 2003
Sgt. Atanacio Haro Marin 27 Battery C, 3rd Battalion,
16th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division Baldwin Park,
California Killed when the checkpoint his unit was manning south
of Balad, Iraq, came under fire on June 3, 2003
Staff Sgt. William M. Harrell 30 1st Battalion,
5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary
Force Placentia, California Died due to injuries received from
hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 8, 2004
Spc. Kenneth W. Harris Jr. 23 212th Transportation
Company, Army Reserves Charlotte, Tennessee Fatally injured in
a two-vehicle accident that happened when a supply convoy came
under small-arms fire southeast of Diwaniyah, Iraq on August 20,
2003
Pfc. Leroy Harris-Kelly 20 596th Maintenance Company,
3rd Corps Support Command, V Corps Azusa, California Died when
his truck went off the road and rolled over because of limited
visibility and dangerous driving conditions north of Tallil, Iraq,
on April 20, 2004
Pfc. John D. Hart 20 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry
Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Bedford, Massachusetts Killed
when his patrol was ambushed with rocket-propelled grenades and
small-arms fire in Taza, Iraq, on October 18, 2003
Sgt. Nathaniel Hart Jr. 29 260th Quartermaster
Battalion, 24th Corps Support Group, 3rd Infantry Division Valdosta,
Georgia Died of injuries he received when his vehicle went off
the road and rolled over in Tillil, Iraq on July 28, 2003
Sgt. Jonathan N. Hartman 27 2nd Battalion, 37th
Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division Jacksonville, Florida Killed
when his convoy was ambushed in Diwaniyah, Iraq, on April 17,
2004
Leonard Harvey 55 Defense Fire Service Suffolk,
England Died in a British hospital on May 22, 2003, after fallingill
while deployed in the Persian Gulf as a civilian firefighter with
the Defense Fire Service
Staff Sgt. Stephen C. Hattamer 43 652nd Engineer
Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve Gwinn, Michigan Killed in a mortar
attack on Forward Operating Base Gabe near Baquba, Iraq, on December
25, 2003
Pfc. Sheldon R. Hawk Eagle 21 1st Battalion,
320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Grand Forks, North Dakota Killed when two 101st Airborne Division
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters collided in mid-air over Mosul, Iraq,
on November 15, 2003
Sgt. Timothy L. Hayslett 26 1st Battalion, 37th
Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division Newville, Pennsylvania
Killed when he was struck by an improvised explosive device while
on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 15, 2003
Chief Warrant Officer Brian D. Hazelgrove 29
3rd Battalion, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Aviation Brigade, 10th
Mountain Division Fort Rucker, Alabama Killed when his OH-58 Kiowa
Warrior helicopter crashed while returning from a combat mission
near Mosul in northern Iraq on January 23, 2004
Spc. Justin W. Hebert 20 319th Field Artillery,
173rd Airborne Brigade Arlington, Washington Killed when his vehicle
was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Kirkuk, Iraq on August
1, 2003
Sholto Hedenskog 27 3 Commando Brigade, Royal
Marines Pretoria, South Africa Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight
helicopter crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003
Sgt. Les Hehir 34 29 Commando Regiment Royal
Artillery Poole, Dorset Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter
crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003
Pfc. Damian L. Heidelberg 21 1st Battalion, 187th
Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Batesville,
Mississippi Killed when two 101st Airborne Division UH-60 Black
Hawk helicopters collided in mid-air over Mosul, Iraq, on November
15, 2003
Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter 22 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery
Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Bay Shore, New
York Killed when the military convoy he was in came under fire
north of Hawd, Iraq on July 24, 2003
Staff Sgt. Brian R. Hellerman 35 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Freeport,
Minnesota Killed when an Iraqi vehicle ambushed his unit in Baghdad,
Iraq on August 6, 2003
Staff Sgt. Terry W. Hemingway 39 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Willingboro, New
Jersey Killed when a car exploded next to his Bradley Fighting
Vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 10, 2003
1st Lt. Robert L. Henderson II 33 Detachment 1, 2123rd Transportation
Company, Kentucky Army National Guard Alvaton, Kentucky Killed
when his convoy tried to avoid an overturned trailer and came
under small-arms attack in Diwaniyah, Iraq, on April 17, 2004
Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Hendrickson 41 957th Engineer Company, 130th
Engineer Brigade Bismarck, North Dakota Killed after the convoy
he was in was attacked with an improvised explosive device north
of Fallujah, Iraq, on January 24, 2004
Pfc. Clayton W. Henson 20 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Stanton, Texas Killed when his convoy was ambushed in Diwaniyah,
Iraq, on April 17, 2004
Pfc. Edward J. Herrgott 20 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment,
1st Armored Division Shakopee, Minnesota Killed when he was shot
while on patrol on July 3, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq
Sgt. 1st Class Gregory B. Hicks 35 Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th
Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division Duff, Tennessee Killed
when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down
during a medical evacuation mission in Fallujah, Iraq, on January
8, 2004
Spc. Christopher K. Hill 26 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Brigade,
1st Infantry Division Ventura, California Killed when his vehicle
was hit by an improvised explosive device in Fallujah, Iraq, on
March 11, 2004
Spc. Stephen D. Hiller 25 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment,
1st Cavalry Division Opelika, Alabama Killed when his unit was
attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in
Baghdad, Iraq, on April 4, 2004
Sgt. Keicia M. Hines 27 108th Military Police Company, 503rd Military
Police Battalion (Airborne) Citrus Heights, California Died when
she was struck by a vehicle on Mosul Airfield in Mosul, Iraq,
on January 14, 2004
Sgt. Nicholas M. Hodson 22 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment
Smithville, Missouri Killed in a vehicle accident on March 23,
2003
Sgt. 1st Class James T. Hoffman 41 Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion,
1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Whitesburg, Kentucky Killed
in an improvised explosive device attack in Khalidiyah, just east
of Ramadi, Iraq, on January 27, 2004
Spc. Christopher J. Holland 26 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st Armored Division Brunswick, Georgia Killed when
his unit was ambushed with small-arms fire while on a dismounted
patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 17, 2003
Fern L. Holland 33 Department of the Army civilian assigned to
the Coalition Provisional Authority N/A Holland, a lawyer, was
killed when gunmen posing as Iraqi police officers stopped her
vehicle at a makeshift checkpoint near Hillah, Iraq, on March
9, 2004.
Staff Sgt. Lincoln D. Hollinsaid 27 B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion,
3rd Infantry Division Malden, Illinois Killed by enemy fire on
April 7, 2003, in Iraq
Spc. Jeremiah J. Holmes 27 744th Transportation Company, New Hampshire
Army National Guard North Berwick, Maine Killed when his vehicle
hit an improvised explosive device and fell from a bridge near
Balad, Iraq, on March 29, 2004
Airman 1st Class Antoine J. Holt 20 603rd Air Control Squadron
Kennesaw, Georgia Died April 10, 2004, as a result of injuries
sustained when a mortar round hit his tent at Balad Air Field,
Iraq
Master Sgt. Kelly L. Hornbeck 36 Company C, 3rd Battalion, 10th
Special Forces Group Fort Worth, Texas Died January 18, 2004,
at the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad of injuries he
sustained two days earlier when an improvised explosive device
hit his vehicle during a combat patrol south of Samarra, Iraq
Pfc. Bert. E. Hoyer 23 652nd Engineer Company, U.S. Army Reserve
Ellsworth, Wisconsin Killed when an improvised explosive device
hit his convoy in Baqubah, Iraq, on March 10, 2004
Spc. Corey A. Hubbell 20 Company B, 46th Engineer Battalion Urbana,
Illinois Died on June 26, 2003, in Camden Yards, Kuwait, from
a non-combat related cause
Pfc. Christopher E. Hudson 21 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment,
1st Cavalry Division Carmel, Indiana Killed when his military
vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device while on mounted
patrol in the Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad, Iraq, on March 21,
2004
1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler 25 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade,
1st Infantry Division Abilene, Texas Killed along with four other
soldiers when an improvised explosive device hit their armored
personnel carrier in Habbaniyah, Iraq, on March 31, 2004
Staff Sgt. Jamie L. Huggins 26 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Hume, Missouri Killed
when his vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device while
on patrol on October 26, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq
Spc. Eric R. Hull 23 307th Military Police Company, Army Reserves
Uniontown, Pennsylvania Died of injuries received when his vehicle
hit an improvised explosive device while returning from the Baghdad
airport on August 18, 2003
Lance Cpl. Matty Hull 25 The Blues & Royals, Household Cavalry
Regiment Windsor, England Killed in action March 28, 2003, in
southern Iraq
Spc. Simeon Hunte 23 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, 3rd
Brigade, 1st Armored Division Essex, New Jersey Killed when an
Iraqi citizen approached and shot him while he was on patrol in
Al Khadra, Iraq, on October 1, 2003
1st Lt. Joshua C. Hurley 24 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault) Virginia Died from injuries suffered when
his Humvee was struck by an improvised explosive device , in Mosul,
Iraq, on November 1, 2003
Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings 19 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment
Boiling Springs, South Carolina Killed in operations on the outskirts
of Nasiriya on March 23, 2003
Pfc. Ray J. Hutchinson 20 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) League City, Texas Killed
when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle as he was
returning from a patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on December 7, 2003
Pfc. Gregory P. Huxley Jr. 19 3rd Battalion, 17th Engineer Battalion,
3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Forestport, New York Killed
by enemy fire on April 6, 2003, in Iraq
Lance Cpl. Benjamin John McGowan Hyde 23 156 Provost Company,
Royal Military Police Northallerton, Yorkshire, England Killed
in a firefight in Majar al-Kabir, Iraq, on June 24, 2003
Sgt. 1st Class Ivan Indzhov Jr. 36 Bulgarian light infantry battalion
Ustrem, Bulgaria Killed when a car bomb exploded in the Bulgarian
Army camp in Karbala, Iraq, on December 27, 2003
Vice Brigadiere Domenico Intravaia 46 Italian Military Police
Monreale, Italy Killed when a bomb exploded at Italian military
police headquarters in Nasiriya, Iraq, on November 12, 2003
Cpl. Richard Thomas David Ivell 29 Royal Electrical & Mechanical
Engineers, 2 Close Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps Doncaster,
South Yorkshire, England Fatally injured in a vehicle accident
at Shaibah Logistics Base in southern Iraq on February 12, 2004
Spc. Craig S. Ivory 26 501st Forward Support Company, 173rd Airborne
Brigade Port Matilda, Pennsylvania Ivory was medically evacuated
due to a non-combat related cause from Kuwait on August 12, 2003
and died on August 17 at Homberg University Hospital, Germany
Spc. Marlon P. Jackson 25 94th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy),
130th Engineer Brigade, Jersey City, New Jersey Killed when an
improvised explosive device detonated on a road in Tampa, Iraq,
on November 11, 2003
Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar 32 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation
Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Granbury, Texas Killed when his
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq on April 2,
2003
Cpl. Evan T. James 21 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force
Service Support Group LaHarpe, Illinois Drowned while crossing
the Saddam Canal on March 24, 2003
2nd Lt. Luke S. James 24 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Oklahoma Killed in an improvised
explosive device attack near Iskandariyah, Iraq, on January 27,
2004
Spc. William A. Jeffries 39 152nd Infantry Regiment, Illinois
Army National Guard Evansville, Indiana Died from a sudden illness
March 26, 2003, in Rota, Spain, after he was evacuated from Kuwait
Sgt. Troy David Jenkins 25 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Ridgecrest,
California Died on April 24, 2003, at Landstuhl Regional Medical
Center, Germany, of injuries received in an April 19 explosion
while on dismounted patrol in Iraq
Spc. Darius T. Jennings 22 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Cordova, South Carolina Killed when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter
he was aboard crashed near Fallujah, Iraq, on November 2, 2003
Pfc. Ryan M. Jerabek 18 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Oneida, Wisconsin
Killed in a long firefight after Iraqi insurgents launched a large-scale
attack in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 6, 2004
Sgt. Linda C. Jimenez 39 2nd Squadron Combat Support Aviation
(Maintenance), 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment Brooklyn, New York
Jimenez fell and was injured on Oct. 31, 2003 in Iraq and was
taken to the 28th Combat Support Hospital. Evacuated to Landstuhl
Army Regional Medical Center in Germany, she later moved to Walter
Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where she died on
November 8, 2003.
1st Lt. Oscar Jimenez 34 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force San Diego, California
Died due to enemy fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 11,
2004
Pfc. Howard Johnson II 21 507th Maintenance Company, 11th Air
Defense Artillery Brigade Mobile, Alabama Killed in an Iraqi ambush
at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003
Spc. John P. Johnson 24 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment,
1st Armored Division Houston, Texas Died of non-combat related
injuries on October 22, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq
Spc. Justin W. Johnson 22 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division Rome, Georgia Killed when his patrol
vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq, on
April 10, 2004
Spc. Maurice J. Johnson 21 C Company, 501st Signal Battalion,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Levittown, Pennsylvania
Died from injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device
struck his Humvee in Mosul, Iraq, on November 1, 2003
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr. 25 Naval
Medical Center San Diego, 3rd Marine Division Detachment Little
Rock, Arkansas Killed in action in Iraq on March 25, 2003
Spc. Nathaniel H. Johnson 22 Company D (Aviation), 82nd Support
Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Augusta, Georgia Killed when
the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during
a medical evacuation mission in Fallujah, Iraq, on January 8,
2004
Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson 29 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Calumet, Michigan Killed when
the vehicle he was riding in on a mounted patrol was hit by an
improvised explosive device and later came under small-arms fire
in Fallujah, Iraq, on October 20, 2003
Chief Warrant Officer Philip A. Johnson Jr. 31 571st Medical Company
(Air Ambulance), 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Alabama
Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was
shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Fallujah, Iraq,
on January 8, 2004
Pfc. Rayshawn S. Johnson 20 299th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade,
4th Infantry Division Brooklyn, New York Killed when his vehicle
hit a landmine while on patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, on November 3,
2003
Capt. David Jones 29 1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
Louth, Lincolnshire, England Killed in a bomb attack on a British
military ambulance in Basra, Iraq on August 14, 2003
Pvt. Devon D. Jones 19 41st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry
Division San Diego, California Killed when his vehicle fell into
a ravine in Iraq on April 4, 2003
Capt. Gussie M. Jones 41 31st Combat Support Hospital Louisiana
A combat surgical nurse, Jones died of a non-combat cause in Baghdad,
Iraq, on March 7, 2004
Lt. Kylan A. Jones- Huffman 31 A Navy officer on temporary duty
with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Aptos, California Killed
when an unidentified gunman shot him as he was riding in a sport-utility
vehicle slowed by traffic congestion in Hilla, Iraq on August
21, 2003
Staff Sgt. Raymond E. Jones Jr. 31 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Gainesville, Florida Died when
a rocket-propelled grenade struck him while on patrol in Bayji,
Iraq, on April 9, 2004
Sgt. Curt E. Jordan Jr. 25 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 555th
Combat Engineer Group Green Acres, Washington Died of non-combat
injuries near Bayji, Iraq, on December 28, 2003
Sgt. Jason D. Jordan 24 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Elba, Alabama
Killed when his vehicle was ambushed and struck by rocket-propelled
grenades while on patrol in Tallifar, Iraq on July 20, 2003
Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan 42 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment
Enfield, Connecticut Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23,
2003
Cpl. Forest J. Jostes 22 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment,
1st Cavalry Division Albion, Illinois Killed when his unit was
attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in
Baghdad, Iraq, on April 4, 2004
Capt. Georgi Kachorin 29 Bulgarian light infantry battalion Razlog,
Bulgaria Killed when a car bomb exploded in the Bulgarian Army
camp in Karbala, Iraq, on December 27, 2003
Spc. Spencer T. Karol 20 165th Military Intelligence Battalion,
205th Military Intelligence Brigade Woodruff, Arizona Killed when
a command detonated device exploded, overturning his vehicle while
on a mission to observe enemy activity in Ramadi, Iraq, on October
6, 2003
Spc. Michael G. Karr Jr. 23 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade,
1st Infantry Division San Antonio, Texas Killed along with four
other soldiers when an improvised explosive device hit their armored
personnel carrier in Habbaniyah, Iraq, on March 31, 2004
2nd Lt. Jeffrey J. Kaylor 24 C Battery, 39th Field Artillery Battalion,
3rd Infantry Division Clifton, Virginia Killed in a grenade attack
in Iraq on April 7, 2003
Spc. Chad L. Keith 21 2nd Brigade, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division Batesville, Indiana Killed while he was on mounted
patrol and his vehicle drove past an object that exploded on the
roadside on July 7, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq
Cpl. Brian Kennedy 25 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Houston, Texas
Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash on March 21,
2003
Pvt. Andrew Joseph Kelly 18 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
Tavistock, Devon, England Killed on May 6, 2003, in an accident
that is under investigation, according to the UK Defense Ministry
Chief Warrant Officer Kyran E. Kennedy 43 5th Battalion, 101st
Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Boston,
Massachusetts Killed when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was
shot down in Tikrit, Iraq, on November 7, 2003
Staff Sgt. Morgan D. Kennon 23 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Memphis, Tennessee
Killed when his post guarding a bank in Mosul, Iraq, came under
rocket-propelled grenade attack on November 7, 2003
Spc. Jonathan R. Kephart 21 230th Military Police Company Oil
City, Pennsylvania Died April 9, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries
sustained when his patrol was ambushed near Baghdad a day earlier
Chief Warrant Officer Erik C. Kesterson 29 9th Battalion, 101st
Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Independence,
Oregon Killed when two 101st Airborne Division UH-60 Black Hawk
helicopters collided in mid-air over Mosul, Iraq, on November
15, 2003
Lance Cpl. Thomas Richard Keys 20 156 Provost Company, Royal Military
Police Llanuwchllyn, Wales Killed in a firefight in Majar al-Kabir,
Iraq, on June 24, 2003
Spc. James M. Kiehl 22 507th Maintenance Company, 11th Air Defense
Artillery Brigade Des Moines, Iowa Killed when his convoy was
ambushed near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003.
Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Kimmerly 31 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery
Regiment North Creek, New York Killed when his vehicle was hit
by a rocket-propelled grenade while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq,
on September 15, 2003
Spc. Levi B. Kinchen 21 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment Tickfaw,
Louisiana A fellow soldier tried to wake Kinchen and noticed he
was not breathing on August 9, 2003, in troop living quarters
in Baghdad, Iraq. Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
Lt. Antony King 35 849 Squadron, A Flight, Royal Navy Helston,
England Killed when two British Sea King helicopters collided
over the Persian Gulf on March 22, 2003
Staff Sgt. Lester O. Kinney II 27 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Zanesville, Ohio Killed
in an improvised explosive device attack near Iskandariyah, Iraq,
on January 27, 2004
Pfc. David M. Kirchhoff 31 2133rd Transportation Company, Army
National Guard Cedar Rapids, Iowa Suffered heat stroke on August
8, 2003, and was evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
in Germany, where he died on August 14
Pvt. Svilen Kirov 25 Bulgarian light infantry battalion Kazanlak,
Bulgaria Killed when a car bomb exploded in the Bulgarian Army
camp in Karbala, Iraq, on December 27, 2003
Sgt. 1st Class Mitr Klaharn 43 Thai Army engineering division
Pattalung province, Thailand Klaharn and another Thai soldier
were guarding the Lima Camp entrance when a bomb-laden truck exploded
outside the camp in Karbala, Iraq, on December 27, 2003.
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker 19 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion,
2nd Marine Division Irvington, Illinois Killed when the munitions
bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded near Hilla,
Iraq, on May 13, 2003
Spc. John K. Klinesmith Jr. 25 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment,
10th Mountain Division Stockbridge, Georgia Klinesmith was last
seen wading in the lake on the palace compound in Fallujah, Iraq,
on June 12, 2003. After a search, his body was discovered at the
lake
Sgt. Floyd G. Knighten Jr. 55 1087th Transportation Support Company,
Army National Guard Olla, Louisiana Died from apparent heat stress
while riding in a convoy north of Diwaniya, Iraq on August 9,
2003
Spc. Joshua L. Knowles 23 1133rd Transportation Company, Iowa
National Guard Sheffield, Iowa Killed when he was hit by a mortar
round at a Baghdad International Airport checkpoint on February
5, 2004
Cpl. Kevin T. Kolm 23 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine
Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Hicksville, New York
Died from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 13,
2004
Capt. Edward J. Korn 31 64th Armor, 3rd Infantry Division Savannah,
Georgia Killed as he investigated the wreckage of an Iraqi T-72
tank destroyed by his unit in central Iraq on April 3, 2003
Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus 28 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th
Force Service Support Group Davenport, Iowa Drowned while crossing
the Saddam Canal on March 24, 2003
Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik 21 1st Maintenance Battalion,
1st Marine Force Service Support Group Schaumburg, Illinois Killed
on May 12, 2003, in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling
detonated
Yuriy Koydan 32 5th Mechanized Brigade Ukraine Died of injuries
suffered when the armored reconnaissance vehicle he was in overturned
near Kut airbase in southern Iraq on September 30, 2003
Pvt. Dustin L. Kreider 19 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division Riverton, Kansas Killed in an accident during
a pre-patrol test firing in preparation for a mission near Samarra,
Iraq, on March 21, 2004
Maj. Hieronim Kupczyk 44 1st Brigade, Multinational Division Central-South
Poland Killed when a convoy of four Polish military vehicles was
shelled near al Mussabiyah, Iraq, on November 6, 2003
Capt. John F. Kurth 31 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division Columbus, Wisconsin Killed when his patrol
encountered an improvised explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq, on
March 13, 2004
Sgt. 1st Class William W. Labadie Jr. 45 Troop E, 151st Cavalry
Squadron, 39th Infantry Brigade (Arkansas National Guard), 1st
Cavalry Division Bauxite, Arkansas Killed when his camp was attacked
with rockets and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 7,
2004
Sgt. Michael V. Lalush 23 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron169,
Marine Aircraft Group 39 Troutville, Virginia Killed in a UH-1N
Huey helicopter crash in Southern Iraq on March 30, 2003
Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam 19 8th Communication Battalion, 2nd Marine
Expeditionary Brigade Snow Camp, North Carolina Killed when a
rocket-propelled grenade launcher he was firing for familiarization
malfunctioned at firing range near Kut, Iraq, on April 22, 2003
Spc. James I. Lambert III 22 407th Combat Support Battalion, 82nd
Airborne Division Raleigh, North Carolina Killed when he was hit
by a stray bullet fired during what was believed to be a celebratory
event by local Iraqis in Baghdad, Iraq on July 31, 2003
Sgt. Jonathan W. Lambert 28 Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine
Division Newsite, Mississippi Died June 1, 2003, at Landstuhl
Regional Medical Center, Germany, as a result of injuries he suffered
when his Humvee rolled over on May 26, 2003, in Iraq
Capt. Andrew David La Mont 31 Medium Helicopter Squadron 364,
Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Eureka, California
Killed in the crash of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter shortly after
takeoff in the Shatt Al Hillah Canal, in Iraq
Staff Sgt. Sean G. Landrus 31 Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Thompson, Ohio
Died at the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq on January 29,
2004, of injuries sustained on January 27 when a roadside improvised
explosive device exploded in Khalidiyah, Iraq
Pfc. Moises A. Langhorst 19 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Moose Lake,
Minnesota Killed by hostile fire in Anbar Province, Iraq, on April
5, 2004
Spc. Tracy L. Laramore 30 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment
Okaloosa, Florida Died March 17, 2004, of injuries sustained when
his Bradley Fighting Vehicle went over an embankment and flipped
over into a river in Baji, Iraq
Spc. Scott Q. Larson Jr. 22 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment,
1st Brigade, 1st Armor Division Houston, Texas Killed when his
convoy was ambushed in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 5, 2004
Chief Warrant Officer Matthew C. Laskowski 32 4th Squadron, Outlaw
Troop, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Phoenix, Arizona Killed when
the OH-58 Kiowa helicopter he was flying crashed in Habbinayah,
Iraq, on February 25, 2004
Staff Sgt. William T. Latham 29 Troop E, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored
Cavalry Regiment Kingman, Arizona Latham was part of a raid at
a suspected arms market in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on May 19, 2003, when
he was hit with shrapnel. He died of his wounds on June 18, 2003,
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Pfc. Karina S. Lau 20 16th Signal Battalion Livingston, California
Lau was aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter when it crashed near
Fallujah, Iraq, on November 2, 2003
Lt. Marc A. Lawrence 26 849 Squadron, Royal Navy Westgate-on-
Sea, Kent Killed when two British Sea King helicopters collided
over the Persian Gulf on March 22, 2003
Staff Sgt. Mark A. Lawton 41 244th Engineer Battalion, Army Reserves
Hayden, Colorado Killed when his convoy was hit by a rocket-propelled
grenade on August 29, 2003, north of As Suaydat, Iraq
Lance Cpl. Travis J. Layfield 19 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Fremont, California
Killed in a long firefight after Iraqi insurgents launched a large-scale
attack in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 6, 2004
Spc. Cedric L. Lennon 32 Headquarters and Headquarters Troop,
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment West Blocton, Alabama Died on June
24, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-combat related cause
Spc. Farao K. Letufuga 20 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Pago Pago,
American Samoa Died when he fell from a building while performing
guard duty in Mosul, Iraq on August 5, 2003
Spc. Roger G. Ling 20 Company C, 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Douglaston, New
York Died of injuries sustained from small-arms fire and an improvised
explosive device attack near Khalidiyah, Iraq, on February 19,
2004
Capt. James Linton 43 40 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery England
Collapsed and died on July 18, 2003, following a training run
at a British base in Az Zubayr, Iraq
Spc. Joseph L. Lister 22 1st Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment,
1st Infantry Division Pleasanton, Kansas Killed when his vehicle
was hit by an improvised explosive device in Ar Ramadi, Iraq,
on November 20, 2003
Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais 23 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Ogden, Utah Died from severe injuries on April 3, 2003, in Iraq
Sgt. Daniel J. Londono 22 D Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Boston, Massachusetts
Killed when an improvised explosive device struck his Humvee while
on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 13, 2004
Cpl. Paul Graham Long 24 156 Provost Company, Royal Military Police
Colchester, Essex, England Killed in a firefight in Majar al-Kabir,
Iraq, on June 24, 2003
Spc. Ryan P. Long 21 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Seaford,
Delaware Died from severe injuries on April 3, 2003, in Iraq
Spc. Zachariah W. Long 20 519th Military Intelligence Battalion,
525th Military Intelligence Brigade Milton, Pennsylvania Killed
in a vehicle accident while traveling in convoy during a storm
on May 30, 2003, between Mosul and Tikrit, Iraq
Pfc. Duane E. Longstreth 19 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne
Division Tacoma, Washington Died from noncombat-related injuries
in Baghdad, Iraq on August 7, 2003
Staff Sgt. David L. Loyd 44 1175th Transportation Company, Army
National Guard Jackson, Tennessee He experienced severe chest
pain while on a mission and was pronounced dead at a Kuwaiti hospital
on August 5, 2003.
Master Sgt. Jose Lucas Egea 42 Spanish National Intelligence Center
and Army Cavalry Division Madrid, Spain Killed when a convoy of
Spanish military intelligence officials was ambushed in Mahmudiyah,
Iraq, on November 29, 2003
Capt. Robert L. Lucero 34 4th Infantry Division Rear Area Operation
Center, Army National Guard Casper, Wyoming Killed when he was
struck by an improvised explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq, on September
25, 2003
Pfc. Jason C. Ludlam 22 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division Arlington, Texas Ludlam was electrocuted
while laying telephone wires at Forward Operating Base Comanche
north of Baqubah, Iraq, on March 19, 2004.
Pfc.
Christopher D. Mabry 19 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine
Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Chunky, Mississippi Died
due to injuries received from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq, on April 7, 2004
Lance Cpl. Gregory E. MacDonald 29 4th Light Armored Reconnais-
sance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve Washington,
D.C. Killed when the light armored vehicle he was traveling in
rolled over on June 25, 2003, in Iraq
Pfc. Vorn J. Mack 19 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Orangeburg,
South Carolina Died when he jumped into the Euphrates River to
take a swim near the Haditha Dam, west of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, and
did not resurface on August 23, 2003
Christopher R. Maddison 24 539 Assault Squadron, Royal Marines
North Yorkshire, England Killed during fighting in the area of
Basra on March 30, 2003
Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione 22 6th Engineer Support Battalion,
4th Marine Force Service Support Group Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Killed by a non-combat weapon discharge at Camp Coyote, Kuwait,
on April 1, 2003
Spc. William J. Maher III 35 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment,
1st Armored Division Yardley, Pennsylvania Killed when an improvised
explosive device was dropped from an overpass onto his convoy
as it traveled through Baghdad's Al Rashid district on July 28,
2003
Flight Lt. Kevin Barry Main 37 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Burntwood,
Staffordshire, England Killed when his aircraft was downed by
a U.S. Patriot missile near the Kuwaiti border on March 23, 2003.
Carabiniere Orazio Majorana 29 Italian Military Police Catania,
Italy Killed when a bomb exploded at Italian military police headquarters
in Nasiriya, Iraq, on November 12, 2003
Staff Sgt. Toby W. Mallet 26 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Kaplan, Louisiana Killed when
a rocket-propelled grenade struck his patrol vehicle in Baghdad,
Iraq, on April 9, 2004
Lance Cpl. Ian Keith Malone 28 1st Battalion, Irish Guards Dublin,
Ireland Killed in action in Basra on April 6, 2003
Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel 23 571st Medical Company (Air
Ambulance), 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Florida
Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was
shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Fallujah, Iraq,
on January 8, 2004
Pfc. Pablo Manzano 19 54th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer
Brigade, V Corps Heber, California Died of a non-hostile gunshot
wound on August 25, 2003, in Logistical Support Area Dogwood,
Iraq
Cpl. Douglas Jose Marencoreyes 28 4th Light Armored Reconnais-
sance Battalion, 4th Marine Division Chino, California Killed
when the large transport truck he was riding in rolled over southeast
of Samawa, Iraq on May 18, 2003
Master Sgt. Jude C. Mariano 39 615th Air Mobility Operations Squadron,
615th Air Mobility Operations Group Vallejo, California Died of
injuries sustained in a two-car accident in Doha, Qatar, on February
10, 2004
Sgt. 1st Class John W. Marshall 50 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Los Angeles, California Killed
when he was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade during an ambush
in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 8, 2003
Capt. Manuel Martin Oar 57 Spanish Navy Puerto de Santa Maria,
Spain Died on August 19, 2003, of injuries received in the August
18 suicide bombing of U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq
Sgt. Francisco Martinez 28 82nd Soldier Support Battalion, 82nd
Airborne Division Humacao, Puerto Rico Killed when an improvised
explosive device was detonated next to a military convoy in Baghdad,
Iraq, on November 4, 2003
Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores 21 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine
Division Los Angeles, California Killed while his unit was conducting
convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River on March
25, 2003
Maj. Alberto Martinez Gonzalez 43 Spanish National Intelligence
Center and Army Cavalry Division Pravia, Spain Killed when a convoy
of Spanish military intelligence officials was ambushed in Mahmudiyah,
Iraq, on November 29, 2003
Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata 35 507th Maintenance
Company, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade El Paso, Texas Killed
when his convoy was ambushed in Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003
Spc. Clint Richard Matthews 31 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division Bedford, Pennsylvania Died March 19, 2004,
in Baji, Iraq, from injuries sustained when his Bradley Fighting
Vehicle went over a 60-foot embankment and flipped over on March
17, 2004
Cpl. Matthew E. Matula 20 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine
Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Spicewood, Texas Died
from hostile fire in Iraq on April 9, 2004
Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr. 31 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine
Division Richmond, Virginia Killed while his unit was conducting
convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River on March
25, 2003
Pfc. Joseph P. Mayek 20 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Rock Springs, Wyoming Killed
when he was struck by an armor-piercing round fired by a U.S.
Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Iraq on April 14, 2003
Lance Cpl. James McCue 27 7 Air Assault Battalion, Royal Electrical
& Mechanical Engineers Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Killed
April 30, 2003, by a landmine in southern Iraq
Spc. Dustin K. McGaugh 20 Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,
17th Field Artillery Brigade Derby, Kansas Died from a non-hostile
gunshot wound in Balad, Iraq, on September 30, 2003
Pfc. Holly J. McGeogh 19 Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion,
4th Infantry Division Taylor, Michigan Killed when her vehicle
was hit by an improvised explosive device during convoy operations
in Kirkuk, Iraq, on on January 31, 2004
Sgt. Brian D. McGinnis 23 Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169,
Marine Aircraft Group 39 St. George, Delaware Killed March 30,
2003, in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in southern Iraq
Spc. Michael A. McGlothin 21 115th Forward Support Battalion,
Division Support Command, 1st Cavalry Division Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died in when an improvised explosive device exploded near his
patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 17, 2004
Hospitalman Joshua McIntosh 22 A Navy corpsman assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment Kingman, Arizona Died of a
non-hostile gunshot wound on June 26, 2003, in Karbala, Iraq
Spc. David M. McKeever 25 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division Buffalo,
New York Killed when his unit was ambushed with rocket-propelled
grenades in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 5, 2004
Pvt. Robert L. McKinley 23 101st Corps Support Group, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault) Kokomo, Indiana Died on July 8, 2003, in
Homberg, Germany, on a non-hostile gunshot wound he received in
Iraq
Staff Sgt. Don S. McMahan 31 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st Armored Division Nashville, Tennessee Killed when
individuals using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire
attacked his convoy in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2004
Sgt. Heath A. McMillin 29 105th Military Police Company, Army
National Guard Canandaigua, New York Killed when he came under
fire from rocket-propelled grenades and small arms while on patrol
south of Baghdad, Iraq on July 27, 2003
1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips 25 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine
Division Pembroke, Massachusetts Killed during a firefight in
central Iraq, on April 4, 2003
Cpl. Jesus Martin Antonio Medellin 21 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion,
1st Marine Division Fort Worth, Texas Killed when an enemy artillery
round struck his amphibious assault vehicle in central Iraq on
April 7, 2003
Spc. Irving Medina 22 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment,
3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Middletown, New York Medina
was traveling in a convoy when it struck an improvised explosive
device in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 14, 2003
Petty Officer 3rd Class Fernando A. Mendez Aceves 27 Naval Medical
Center San Diego, 1st Marine Division Detachment Ponce, Puerto
Rico Killed in a long firefight after Iraqi insurgents launched
a large-scale attack in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 6, 2004
Pvt. Natividad Mendez Ramos 19 El Salvador Army Guaymango, El
Salvador Killed when Iraqi insurgents attacked Camp Golf, a coalition
garrison housing Spanish and Salvadoran troops and an Iraqi police
station, in Najaf, Iraq, on April 4, 2004
Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa 33 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st
Marine Division San Jose, California Killed in action on March
27, 2003
Staff Sgt. Eddie E. Menyweather 35 588th Engineer Battalion, 4th
Infantry Division Los Angeles, California Killed when an improvised
explosive device hit his vehicle in Baqubah, Iraq, on November
23, 2003
Spc. Gil Mercado 25 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Paterson, New Jersey
Killed April 13, 2003, by a non-combat weapon discharge in Iraq
Spc. Michael M. Merila 23 Headquarters and Headquarters Troop,
1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Sierra
Vista, Arizona Killed when his convoy was hit by an improvised
explosive device in Talifar, Iraq, on February 16, 2004
Maj. Jose Merino Olivera 49 Spanish National Intelligence Center
and Army Infantry Division Madrid, Spain Killed when a convoy
of Spanish military intelligence officials was ambushed in Mahmudiyah,
Iraq, on November 29, 2003
Marshal Filippo Merlino 40 Italian Military Police Mantua, Italy
Killed when a bomb exploded at Italian military police headquarters
in Nasiriya, Iraq, on November 12, 2003
Sgt. Daniel K. Methvin 22 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment,
4th Infantry Division Belton, Texas Killed when a grenade was
thrown from a window of the Iraqi civilian hospital he was guarding
in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 26, 2003
Pfc. Jason M. Meyer 23 B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd
Infantry Division Swartz Creek, Michigan Killed in action on April
8, 2003, in Iraq
Sgt. Eliu A. Miersandoval 27 Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion,
4th Infantry Division San Clemente, California Killed when his
vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device during convoy
operations in Kirkuk, Iraq, on on January 31, 2004
Spc. Michael G. Mihalakis 18 49th Military Police Battalion, 100th
Troop Command, California Combat Support Command, Army National
Guard San Jose, California Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat
vehicle accident at the Baghdad International Airport on December
26, 2003
Pfc. Matthew G. Milczark 18 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division Kettle River, Minnesota Died of a non-combat
gunshot wound at Camp Victory, Kuwait, on March 8, 2004
Cpl. Jason David Mileo 20 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division Centreville, Maryland Shot and killed after
he as mistaken for an Iraqi soldier near Baghdad, Iraq, on April
14, 2003
Pfc. Anthony S. Miller 19 Headquarters and Headquarters Co., 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division San Antonio, Texas Killed in a
rocket attack south of Baghdad, Iraq, on April 7, 2003
Pfc. Bruce Miller Jr. 23 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment,
Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Orange, New
Jersey Died from a non-combat related shooting in Mosul, Iraq,
on March 22, 2004
Staff Sgt. Frederick L. Miller Jr. 27 Troop K, 3rd Squadron, 3rd
Armored Cavalry Regiment Hagerstown, Indiana Killed when his vehicle
was struck by an improvised explosive device while on a security
patrol in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on September 20, 2003
Sgt. 1st Class Marvin L. Miller 38 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division Dunn, North Carolina Shot and killed while
on traffic control duty in Balad, Iraq, on April 7, 2004
Cpl. Simon Miller 21 156 Provost Company, Royal Military Police
Tyne and Wear, England Killed in a firefight in Majar al-Kabir,
Iraq, on June 24, 2003
Sgt. Joseph Minucci II 23 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment,
173rd Airborne Brigade Richeyville, Pennsylvania Killed when an
improvised explosive device exploded near the bus he was riding
in Samara, Iraq, on November 13, 2003
Spc. George A. Mitchell 35 Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Rawlings, Maryland Died of
wounds received from an Iraqi rocket attack south of Baghdad on
April 7, 2003
Sgt. Keman L. Mitchell 24 Company C, 4th Engineer Battalion, 3rd
Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Hilliard, Florida Killed when he
jumped into a 7-foot deep body of water on May 26, 2003, in Kirkuk,
Iraq. When he failed to resurface, members of his squad retrieved
him but attempts to resuscitate him failed.
Sgt. Michael W. Mitchell 25 2nd Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment,
1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division Porterville, California Killed
when his unit was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and
small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 4, 2004
Spc. Sean R. Mitchell 24 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade,
1st Infantry Division Youngsville, Pennsylvania Killed along with
four other soldiers when an improvised explosive device hit their
armored personnel carrier in Habbaniyah, Iraq, on March 31, 2004
Pfc. Jesse D. Mizener 24 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps
Support Battalion, 593rd Corps Support Group Auburn, California
Killed in
a mortar attack on Logistical Base Seitz west of Baghdad, Iraq,
on January 7, 2004
1st Lt. Adam G. Mooney 28 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment,
10th Mountain Division Cambridge, Maryland Mooney was initially
listed as missing
after his OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed into the Tigris
River near Mosul, Iraq, during a search for a missing soldier
on January 25, 2004. His remains were recovered on February 14,
2004.
Lance Cpl. Jason William Moore 21 Medium Helicopter Squadron 364,
Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing San Marcos, California
Killed in the crash of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter shortly after
takeoff in the Shatt Al Hillah Canal, in Iraq
Pfc. Stuart W. Moore 21 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment,
1st Armored Division Livingston, Texas Killed when an improvised
explosive device struck his convoy in Baghdad, Iraq,
on December 22, 2003
Sgt. Travis A. Moothart 23 Headquarters Company, 1st Engineer
Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry
Division Brownsville,
Oregon Killed in an improvised explosive device attack in Khalidiyah,
just east of Ramadi, Iraq, on January 27, 2004
Spc. Jose L. Mora 26 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Bell Gardens, California Killed
during a mortar attack in Samaria, Iraq, on October 24, 2003
Master Sgt. Kevin N. Morehead 33 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces
Group Little Rock, Arkansas Died
of wounds received when his unit conducted a raid on September
12, 2003, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Capt. Brent L. Morel 27 1st Reconnaiss- ance Battalion, 1st Marine
Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Martin, Tennessee Killed
by hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 7, 2004
Petty Officer 3rd Class David J. Moreno 26 Naval Medical Center
San Diego, 4th Marine Division Detachment Gering, Nebraska Died
from a non-hostile gunshot wound in Hamishiyah, Iraq on July 17,
2003
Sgt. Gerardo Moreno 23 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Cavalry Division Terrell, Texas Killed when his unit was attacked
with rocket-propelled grenades in Ashula, Iraq, on April 6, 2004
Pfc. Luis A. Moreno 19 Battery A, 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery
Regiment. 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Bronx,
New York Moreno was shot on January 23, 2004, while guarding a
gas station in Baghdad, Iraq. He was evacuated to Lakenheath Medical
Treatment Facility
in England, where he died on his injuries on January 29, 2004.
Spc. Dennis B. Morgan 22 153rd Engineer Battalion, South Dakota
Army National Guard Valentine, Nebraska Killed when his armored
personnel carrier hit an improvised explosive device in Iskandariyah,
Iraq, on April 17, 2004
Pfc. Geoffery S. Morris 19
2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force Gurnee, Illinois Died of injuries received
from enemy
action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 4, 2004
Pfc. Ricky A. Morris Jr. 20
3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force Lubbock, Texas Killed in action while conducting
security and stability operations in Al Anbar province in northern
Iraq on March 18, 2004
Sgt. Keelan L. Moss 23 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment,
212th Field Artillery Brigade Houston, Texas Moss was aboard a
CH-47 Chinook helicopter when it crashed near Fallujah, Iraq,
on November 2, 2003
Sgt. Cory R. Mracek 26 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division Artillery Hay Springs, Nebraska Killed
in an improvised explosive device attack near Iskandariyah, Iraq,
on January 27, 2004
Staff Sgt. Chris Muir 32 Army School of Ammunition, Royal Logistic
Corps Romsey, England Killed March 31, 2003, during an explosive
ordnance disposal operation in southern Iraq
Piper Christopher Muzvuru 21 1st Battalion, Irish Guards Gweru,
Zimbabwe Killed in action in Basra on April 6, 2003
Pvt. Kenneth A. Nalley 19 501st Military Police Company Hamburg,
Iowa Killed when a heavy equipment transporter than crossed the
median and struck the Humvee he was in on May 26, 2003, in Samawa,
Iraq
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Staff
Sgt. Yance T. Gray, 26, of Ismay, Mont. and
Staff Sgt. Gregory Rivera-Santiago, 26, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands
and
Sgt. Michael C. Hardegree, 21, of Villa Rica, Ga., and
Sgt. Omar L. Mora, 28, of Texas City, Texas and
Sgt. Nicholas J. Patterson, 24, of Rochester, Ind., and
Spc. Ari D. Brown-Weeks, 23, of Abingdon, Md., and
Spc. Steven R. Elrod, 20, of Hope Mills, N.C. died Sept.
10 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related
vehicle rollover. They were assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd
Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Terry D. Wagoner, 28, of Piedmont, S.C., and
Cpl. Todd A. Motley, 23, of Clare, Mich., and
Cpl. Jonathan Rivadeneira, 22, of Jackson Heights, N.Y., and
Spc. Joseph N. Landry III, 23, of Pensacola, Fla., and
Spc. Nicholas P. Olson, 22, of Novato, Calif., and
Spc. Donald E. Valentine III, 21, of Orange Park, Fla.
died Sept. 18 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an
improvised explosive device detonated near their unit during combat
operations. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry
Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade
Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Pfc.
Christopher M. McCloud, 24, of Malakoff, Texas
died Sept. 14 in Mugdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an
improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during
combat operations. They were assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th
U.S. Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Sgt. John Mele, 25, of Bunnell, Fla., died Sept.
14 in Arab Jabour, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart,
Ga.
Cpl.
Terrence P. Allen, 21, of Pennsauken, N.J., died Sept.
15 from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He
was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Michael L. Townes, 29, of Las Vegas, died
Sept. 16 in Balad, Iraq, from a non-combat related illness. He
was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, Aviation
Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Spc.
Brandon T. Thorsen, 22, of Trenton, Fla.,
died Sept. 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat
related incident Sept. 14 in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Spc.
Matthew J. Emerson, 20, of Grandview, Wash.,
died Sept. 18 in Ninewah Province, Iraq, of injuries suffered
from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Spc. Aaron J. Walker, 23, of Harker Heights, Texas, died
Sept. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked his unit with small arms fire during combat operations.
He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment,
1st Armored Division, Vilseck, Germany.
Pfc.
Christian M. Neff, 19, of Lima, Ohio,
died Sept. 19 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort
Stewart, Ga.
Sgt.
Edmund J. Jeffers, 23, of Daleville, Ala., died Sept.
19 in Taqqadum, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related
accident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Pfc.
Luigi Marciante Jr., 25, of Elizabeth, N.J.,
died Sept. 20 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade,
2nd Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Lewis,
Wash.
Spc.
John J. Young, 24, of Savannah, Ga.,
died Sept. 21 in Camp Stryker, Iraq, of injuries suffered from
a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Capt.
(Dr.) Roselle M. Hoffmaster, 32, of Cleveland, Ohio, died
Sept. 20 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat
related incident. She was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort
Drum, N.Y.
Command
Sgt. Maj. Jonathan M. Lankford, 42, of Scottsboro, Ala.,
died Sept. 22, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a
non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 79th Ordnance
Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Spc.
Joshua H. Reeves, 26, of Watkinsville, Ga.,
died Sept. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Spc.
David L. Watson, 29, of Newport, Ark., died Sept. 22 in Baqubah,
Iraq,
of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident. He was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade,
2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis,
Wash.
Sgt.
1st Class Matthew D. Blaskowski, 27, of Levering, Mich., died
Sept. 23 in Asadabad, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked his unit using small arms fire during combat operations.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry
Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.
Staff
Sgt. Kevin R. Brown, 38, of Harrah, Okla.,
died Sept. 25 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was
assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Cpl.
Anthony K. Bento, 23, of San Diego,
died Sept. 24, in Bayji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Zachary B. Tomczak, 24, of Huron, S.D.,
died Sept. 25, in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Petty
Officer Second Class Charles Luke Milam, 26, of Littleton, Colo.,
died September 25, while conducting combat operations in Helmand
Province, Afghanistan. Milam was a hospital corpsman assigned
to 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pfc.
Christopher F. Pfeifer, 21, of Spalding, Neb., died Sept. 25 in
San Antonio,
of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small
arms fire Aug. 17 near Kamu, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the
1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat
Team, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Spc.
Mathew D. Taylor, 21, of Cameron Park, Calif.,
died Sept. 26 in San Antonio of wounds sustained when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle July 23 in Sarobi
District, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion (Airborne),
503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza,
Italy.
Sgt.
1st Class Randy L. Johnson, 34, of Washington D.C.,
died Sept. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to
the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
Cpl.
Ciara M. Durkin, 30, of Quincy, Mass., died
Sept. 28 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered
from a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the 726th
Finance Battalion, Massachusetts Army National Guard, West Newton,
Mass.
Sgt.
1st Class James D. Doster, 37, of Pine Bluff, Ark.,
died Sept. 29 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked his unit using an improvised explosive devise and small
arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry
Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,
Fort Riley, Kan.
Staff
Sgt. Donnie D. Dixon, 37, of Miami,
died Sept. 29 in Baloor, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
Robert T. Ayres III, 23, of Los Angeles,
died Sept. 29 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when insurgents
attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the
3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
Sgt.
Zachary D. Tellier, 31, of Charlotte, N.C.,
died Sept. 29 at Firebase Wilderness, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered
when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was
assigned to the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Gunnery
Sgt. Herman J. Murkerson Jr., 35, of Adger, Ala.,
died Oct. 1 while conducting combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq.
He was assigned to Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, 2nd Marine
Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air
Station Cherry Point, N.C.
Sgt.
Randell Olguin, 24, of Ralls, Texas, died
Sept. 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the
1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
Sgt.
Chirasak Vidhyarkorn, 32, of Queens, N.Y.,
died Sept. 29 in Diwaniyah, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a
non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
142nd Field Artillery Regiment, Camp Shelby, Miss.
Petty
Officer Third Class Mark R. Cannon, 31, of Lubbock, Texas
died Oct. 2 while conducting combat operations in Kunar Province,
Afghanistan. Cannon was a hospital corpsman assigned to 3rd Marine
Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
Seaman
Apprentice Shayna Ann Schnell, 19, of Tell City, Ind.,
died as a result of injuries suffered from a vehicle accident.
Schnell was serving as a master-at-arms assigned to Naval Security
Force Bahrain, Jebel Ali Detachment, United Arab Emirates.
Sgt.
Ricardo X. Rodriguez, 23, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico,
died Oct. 4 near Bayji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort
Bragg, N.C.
Spc.
Rachael L. Hugo, 24, of Madison, Wis.,
died Oct. 5 in Bayji, Iraq, of wounds sustained when insurgents
attacked her unit using an improvised explosive device and small
arms fire. She was assigned to the 303rd Military Police Company,
97th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade,
U.S. Army Reserve, Jackson, Mich.
Sgt.
Corey J. Aultz, 31, of Port Orchard, Wash., and
Sgt. Milton A. Gist Jr., 27, of St Louis died
Jan. 30 at Ramadi, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations.They
were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Sgt.
Alexander H. Fuller, 21, of Centerville, Mass., and
Pfc.
Michael C. Balsley, 23, of Hayward, Calif., died Jan
25 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their vehicle during combat ops.The soldiers
were assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Capt.
Mark T. Resh, 28, of Pittsburgh and
Chief Warrant Officer Cornell C. Chao, 36, of California
died Jan 28 in Najaf, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their
helicopter crashed during combat operations.They were assigned
to the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry
Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tx. The incident is
under investigation.
Pfc. Jon B. St. John II, 25, of Neenah, Wis., and
Pfc. David T. Toomalatai, 19, of Long Beach, Calif.
died Jan 27 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle during convoy operations.
They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment,
1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Lance Cpl. Anthony C. Melia, 20, of Thousand Oaks, Calif.,
died Jan. 27 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion,
4th Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations
Capable), I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Lance
Cpl. Adam Q. Emul, 19, of Vancouver, Wash., died Jan.
29 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in
Al Anbar province, Iraq. Emul was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Maj. Alan R. Johnson, 44, of Yakima, Wash., died Jan.
26 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his Humvee at Muqdadiyah, Iraq, the same
day. He was assigned to the 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion, Tonawanda,
N.Y.
Spc. Carla J. Stewart, 37, of Sun Valley, Calif., died
Jan. 28 in Tallil, Iraq, of injuries suffered when her convoy
vehicle rolled over. Stewart was assigned to the 250th Transportation
Company, El Monte, Calif. The death is under investigation.
Sgt. Mickel D. Garrigus, 24, of Elma, Wash.,
died Jan. 27 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat patrol.Garrigus
was assigned to the 543rd Military Police Company, 91st Police
Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort
Drum, N.Y.
Hospitalman Matthew G. Conte, 22, of Mogadore, Ohio, died
Feb. 1 while his unit was conducting combat operations against
enemy forces in the Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Conte was assigned
to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III
Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii serving as a hospital
corpsman in Iraq under the command of I Marine Expeditionary Force
(forward).
Gunnery
Sgt. Terry J. Elliott, 34, of Middleton, Tenn.,
died Feb. 1 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. Elliott was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment,
3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay,
Hawaii.
Cpl.
Stephen D. Shannon, 21, of Guttenberg, Iowa, died Jan.
31, in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was hit
by a rocket during combat operations Jan. 30 in Ramadi, Iraq.
Shannon was assigned to the 397th Engineer Battalion, Wausau,
Wis.
Sgt. William M. Sigua, 21, of Los Altos Hills, Calif.,
died Jan. 31 in Bayji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when
his unit came in contact with the enemy using small arms fire
during combat operations.Sigua was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt. Maj. Michael C. Mettille, 44, of West St. Paul, Minn.,
died Feb. 1 at Camp Adder, Iraq, from a non-combat related
injury.Mettille was assigned to the 134th Brigade Support Battalion,
Brooklyn Park, Minn. The death is under investigation.
Pfc.
Nathan P. Fairlie, 21, of Candor, N.Y., died of injuries
suffered in Baqubah on Jan. 26 when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle during combat operations.
Fairlie was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc.
Darrell W. Shipp, 25, of San Antonio, Texas, died Jan.
25 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Cpl.
Mark D. Kidd, 26, of Milford, Mich., died Jan. 25 from
wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. Kidd was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 1st
Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Mount Clemens,
Mich.
Sgt.
1st Class Keith A. Callahan, 31, of McClure, Pa., died
Jan. 24 of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device
detonated while he was conducting a combat patrol south of Baghdad,
Iraq. Callahan was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Hector Leija, 27, of Houston, Texas, died Jan. 24
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered during combat operations.
Leija was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment,
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team),
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Spc.
Nicholas P. Brown, 24, of Huber Heights, Ohio, died Jan.
22 in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his vehicle. Brown was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th
Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Bliss, Texas.
Staff
Sgt. Jamie D. Wilson, 34, of San Diego, Calif., died
Jan. 22 in Fallujah, Iraq, from wounds suffered while conducting
security operations in Karmah, Iraq. Wilson was assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Spc.
Brandon L. Stout, 23, of Grand Rapids, Mich., died Jan.
22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an explosively formed
projectile detonated near his vehicle. Stout was assigned to the
46th Military Police Company, Michigan Army National Guard, Kingsford,
Mich.
Sgt.
Michael M. Kashkoush, 24, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, died
Jan. 23 from wounds received while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Kashkoush was assigned to 3rd Intelligence
Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.
Black
Hawk Helicopter Crash
The Department of Defense announced the deaths of 12
soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died
in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 20, when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
they were in crashed.
Killed were:
Col. Brian D. Allgood, 46, of Oklahoma, who was
assigned to the 30th Medical Brigade, European Regional Medical
Command, Heidelberg, Germany, and
Staff Sgt. Darryl D. Booker, 37, of Midlothian, Va.,
who was assigned to the 29th Infantry Division, Virginia Army
National Guard, Sandston, Va., and
Sgt. 1st Class John G. Brown, 43, of Little Rock, Ark.,
who was assigned to the Arkansas Army National Guard's 1st Battalion,
185th Aviation Regiment (Air Assault), 77th Aviation Brigade,
Camp Robinson, Ark., and
Lt. Col. David C. Canegata, 50, of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin
Islands, who was assigned to the Virgin Islands Army
National Guard, Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, and
Command Sgt. Maj. Marilyn L. Gabbard, 46, of Polk City,
Iowa, who was assigned to Joint Forces Headquarters,
Iowa Army National Guard, Camp Dodge, Johnston, Iowa, and
Command Sgt. Maj. Roger W. Haller, 49, of Davidsonville,
Md., who was assigned to the 70th Regiment, Regional
Training Institute - Maryland, Maryland Army National Guard, Reisterstown,
Md., and
Col. Paul M. Kelly, 45, of Stafford, Va., who
was assigned to the Joint Force Headquarters of the Virginia Army
National Guard in Blackstone, Va., and
Staff Sgt. Floyd E. Lake, 43, of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin
Islands, who was assigned to the Virgin Islands Army
National Guard, Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, and
Cpl. Victor M. Langarica, 29, of Decatur, Ga.,
who was assigned to the 86th Signal Battalion, Fort Huachuca,
Ariz., and
Capt. Sean E. Lyerly, 31, of Pflugerville, Texas.,
who was assigned to the Texas Army National Guard's 36th Combat
Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, Austin, Texas, and
Maj. Michael V. Taylor, 40, of North Little Rock, Ark.,
who was assigned to the Arkansas Army National Guard's
1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment (Air Assault), 77th Aviation
Brigade, Camp Robinson, Ark., and
1st Sgt. William T. Warren, 48, of North Little Rock,
Ark., who was assigned to the Arkansas Army National
Guard's 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment (Air Assault),
77th Aviation Brigade, Camp Robinson, Ark. The crash is under
investigation.
1st
Lt. Jacob N. Fritz, 25, of Verdon, Neb., and
Spc.
Johnathan B. Chism, 22, of Gonzales, La., and
Pfc.
Shawn P. Falter, 25, of Cortland, N.Y., and
Pvt.
Johnathon M. Millican, 20, of Trafford, Ala., died
Jan 20 in Karbala, Iraq, from wounds sustained when their patrol
was ambushed while conducting dismounted operations.The soldiers
were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort
Richardson, Alaska.
Sgt.
Sean P. Fennerty, 25, of Corvallis, Ore., and
Sgt.
Phillip D. McNeill, 22, of Sunrise, Fla., and
Spc.
Jeffrey D. Bisson, 22, of Vista, Calif., and
Spc.
Toby R. Olsen, 28, of Manchester, N.H., died
Jan 20 in Karma, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their Humvee.The soldiers were
assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne), 4th
Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson,
Alaska.
Pfc.
Ryan J. Hill, 20, of Keizer, Ore., died January 20 in
Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his Humvee.
Hill
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Spc.
William J. Rechenmacher, 24, of Jacksonville, Fla., died
Jan. 18 in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his HMMWV during combat operations. Spc. Rechenmacher was
assigned to the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
1st Class Russell P. Borea, 38, of El Paso, Texas, died
of injuries suffered in Mosul on Jan. 19 when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Borea
was assigned to the 2d Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Spc.
Jason J. Corbett, 23, of Casper, Wyo., died Jan. 15 of
injuries sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces
using small arms fire during combat operations in Karmah, Iraq.
Spc. Corbett was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry
Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Sgt.
Gregroy A. Wright, 28, of Boston, died Jan. 13 in Muqdadiyah,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his vehicle during combat operations.Wright was assigned
to the 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division,
Fort Riley, Kan.
Spc.
Collin R. Schockmel, 19, of Richwood, Texas, died Jan.
16 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in
contact with enemy forces using grenades during security and observation
operations. Schockmel was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort
Carson, Colo.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph D. Alomar, 22,
of Brooklyn, N.Y., died in a non-combat related incident
Jan. 17, 2007, at Camp Bucca, Iraq, where he was assigned to the
Navy Provisional Detention Battalion. Alomar's death was not the
result of hostile action, but occurred in a hostile fire zone.
Alomar's death is under investigation.Sgt. Jonathan P.
C. Kingman, 21, of Nankin, Ohio, died January 20 near
Baji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 41st Engineer
Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Lance
Cpl. Andrew G. Matus, 19, of Chetek, Wis.
Sgt. Gary S. Johnston, 21, of Windthorst, Texas
Matus
died Jan. 21 from wounds received while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Matus was assigned to Battalion Landing
Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary
Unit (Special Operations Capable), I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Johnston died Jan. 23 while conducting combat operations in Al
Anbar province, Iraq. Johnston was assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance
Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force
Okinawa, Japan.
Lance
Cpl. Emilian D. Sanchez, 20, of Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M., died
Jan. 21 from wounds received while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Battalion Landing
Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary
Unit (Special Operations Capable), I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt.
Paul T. Sanchez, 32, of Irving, Texas, died Jan. 14 in
Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle. Sanchez was assigned to the
543rd Military Police Company, 91st Military Police Battalion,
10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Spc.
James D. Riekena, 22, of Redmond, Wash., died Jan. 14
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle.Riekena was assigned to the
145th Brigade Support Battalion, Post Falls, Idaho.
Tech.
Sgt. Timothy R. Weiner, 35, of Tamarac, Fla., and
Senior
Airman Elizabeth A. Loncki, 23, of New Castle, Del., and
Senior
Airman Daniel B. Miller Jr., 24, Galesburg, Ill.,
were
killed Jan. 7 by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device while
performing duties in the Baghdad area supporting Operation Iraqi
Freedom.The airmen were assigned to the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron,
Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
Cpl.
Stephen J. Raderstorf, 21, of Peoria, Ariz., died Jan.
7 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained during combat operations.He
was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Maj.
Michael L. Mundell, 47, of Brandenburg, Ky., died Jan.
5 in Fallujah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.Mundell
was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 108th Division (Institutional
Training), Spartanburg, S.C.
Pfc.
Ryan R. Berg, 19, of Sabine Pass, Texas, died Jan. 9
in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact
with enemy forces using small arms fire.Berg was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc.
Ming Sun, 20, of Cathedral City, Calif., died Jan. 9
in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact
with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat patrol operations.
Sun was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Spc.
Raymond N. Mitchell, III, 21, of West Memphis, Ark.,
died Jan 6 in Baghdad, Iraq of wounds sustained during route security
operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort
Drum, N.Y.
Spc.
Eric T. Caldwell, 22, of Salisbury, Md., died Jan 7 in
Iraq of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy
forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
James M. Wosika Jr., 24, of St. Paul, Minn., died Jan.
9 in Fallujah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his unit while on combat patrol. Wosika
was assigned to the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry,
Crookston, Minn.
Sgt.
Aron C. Blum, 22, of Tucson, Ariz., died Dec. 28 at Naval
Medical Center, San Diego, Calif., of a non-hostile cause after
being evacuated from Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Dec. 8. Blum
was assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352,
Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.
Cpl.
Jeremiah J. Johnson, 23, of Vancouver, Wash., died Jan.
6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle rolled
over Dec. 26 in Baghdad. Johnson was assigned to the 3rd Battalion,
509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne),
25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Staff
Sgt. Charles D. Allen, 28, of Wasilla, Alaska, died Jan.
4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his unit came in
contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat
operations.He was assigned to the 296th Brigade Support Battalion,
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Sgt. Thomas E. Vandling Jr., 26, of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
died Jan. 1 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat patrol.
Vandling was assigned to the 303rd Psychological Operations Company,
Oakdale, Pa., a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs
and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.
Pvt. David E. Dietrich, 21, of Marysville, Pa.,
died Dec. 29 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit
came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire while
on combat patrol.Dietrich was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
Cpl.
Jacob H. Neal, 23, of San Marcos, Texas, died Jan. 19
2007 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. Neal was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 1st Battalion,
24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Lance Cpl. Luis J. Castillo, 20, of Lawton, Mich., died
Jan. 20 from wounds received while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Castillo was assigned to Marine Forces
Reserve's 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division,
Lansing, Mich.
Petty
Officer 1st Class Jennifer A. Valdivia, 27, of Cambridge, Ill.,
was discovered deceased on Jan. 16, 2007, in Bahrain. Valdivia
was assigned to the naval security force for Naval Support Activity,
Bahrain.
Valdivia's death was a non-combat related incident in Bahrain,
which is located within the designated hostile fire zone. Valdivia's
death is under investigation.
Staff Sgt. Michael J. Wiggins, 26, of Cleveland, Ohio,
died January 23 in Balad, Iraq, of a non-combat related injury.
He was assigned to the 79th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The death is under investigation.Capt.
Brian S. Freeman, 31, of Temecula, Calif., died Jan.
20 in Karbala, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his meeting area
came under attack by mortar and smalls arms fire.Freeman was assigned
to the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, Whitehall, Ohio.
Pfc.
Allen B. Jaynes, 21, of Henderson, Texas, died Jan. 20
in Iraq of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to 3rd Squadron, 61st
Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division,
Fort Carson, Colo.
Sgt.
Joshua J. Frazier, 24, of Spotsylvania, Va., died Feb.
6 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
Frazier was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Lance
Cpl. Brandon J. Van Parys, 20, of New Tripoli, Pa., died
Feb. 5 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Petty
Officer 1st Class Gilbert Minjares Jr., 31, of El Paso,
Texas, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Manuel A. Ruiz, 21, of Federalsburg,
Md., died Feb. 7 in a helicopter crash in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. Minjares
was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft
Wing, Cherry Point, N.C., and Ruiz was assigned to 2nd Medical
Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Chief Warrant Officer Keith Yoakum, 41,
of Hemet, Calif., and
Chief
Warrant Officer Jason G. Defrenn, 34, of Barnwell, S.C.,
died Feb. 2 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their Apache
helicopter was forced to land during combat operations.Both soldiers
were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Cavalry Regiment,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Cpl.
Richard O. Quill III, 22, of Roswell, Ga., died Feb.
1 from a non-hostile cause in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Quill was
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division,
I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt. Randy J. Matheny, 20, of McCook, Neb., died
Feb. 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle.He was assigned to
the 1074th Transportation Company, Sidney, Neb.
Capt. Kevin C. Landeck, 26, of Illinois.He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y., and
Staff Sgt. Terrence D. Dunn, 38, of Houston.He
was assigned to the 210th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y., died Feb.
2 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their vehicle.
Capt.
Kevin C. Landeck, 26, of Illinois.He was assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y., and
Staff Sgt. Terrence D. Dunn, 38, of Houston.He was assigned
to the 210th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y., died Feb. 2 in Baghdad,
Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device
detonated near their vehicle.
Spc. Eric R. Sieger, 18, of Layton, Utah, died
Feb. 1 at Buritz, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his Bradley Fighting
Vehicle rolled over.Sieger was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Staff Sgt. Ronnie L. Sanders, 26, of Thibodaux, La.,
died Feb. 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle.He was assigned to
the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Spc. Alan E. McPeek, 20, of Tucson, Ariz.He was
assigned to the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
1st Armored Division, Giessen, Germany and,
Pvt.
Matthew T. Zeimer, 18, of Glendive, Mont. He was assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. died Feb. 2 in
Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained when they cam e in contact
with enemy forces using small armsfire.Cpl. Jennifer M.
Parcell, 20, of Bel Air, Md., died Feb. 7 while supporting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Parcell was assigned
to Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III
Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.
Capt.
Jonathan D. Grassbaugh, 25, of East Hampstead, N.H., and
Spc.
Ebe F. Emolo, 33, of Greensboro, N.C., and
Spc.
Levi K. Hoover, 23, of Midland, Mich., and
Pfc.
Rodney L. McCandless, 21, of Camden, Ark., died Apr.
7 in Zaganiyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated
near their unit.They were assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort
Bragg, N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Harrison Brown, 31, of Prichard, Ala., and
Pfc.
David N. Simmons, 20, of Kokomo, Ind. died
April 8 in Baghdad, Iraq, when their unit came in contact with
enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small arms
fire.They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning,
Ga.
Pvt.
Clarence T. Spencer, 24, of San Diego, died Feb. 4 in
Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact
with the enemy using small arms fire in Baqubah, Iraq. Spencer
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
Robert B. Thrasher, 23, of Folsom, Calif., died Feb.
11 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in
contact with the enemy using small arms fire during combat patrol.Thrasher
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Pfc.
Brian A. Browning, 20, of Astoria, Ore., died Feb. 6
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire
while conducting security operations. Browning was assigned to
the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Pfc.
Tarryl B. Hill, 19, of Shelby Township, Mich.,
died Feb. 7 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. Hill was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 1st Battalion,
24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Mount Clemens, Mich.
Sgt.
Long N. Nguyen, 27, of Portland, Ore.,
died Feb. 10 in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, of a non-combat related
wound.Nguyen was assigned to the 141st Brigade Support Battalion,
Portland, Ore.
The incident is under investigation.
Sgt. James J. Regan, 26, of Manhasset, N.Y., died
Feb. 9 in northern Iraq of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat patrol.Regan
was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort
Benning, Ga.
Lance
Cpl. Matthew P. Pathenos, 21, of Ballwin, Mo.,
died Feb. 7 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. Pathenos was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd Battalion,
24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Bridgeton, Mo.
Staff
Sgt. Alan W. Shaw, 31, of Little Rock, Ark., and
Staff
Sgt. Eric Ross, 26, of Kenduskeag, Maine, and
Spc.
Leeroy A. Camacho, 28, of Saipan, Mariana Islands.
died Feb. 9 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an explosion
during breaching operations.The soldiers were assigned to the
1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. James J. Holtom, 22, of Rexburg, Idaho and
Spc.
Ross A. Clevenger, 21, of Givens Hot Springs, Idaho, and
Pvt.
Raymond M. Werner, 21, of Boise, Idaho. died
Feb. 8 in Karmah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their unit while on combat patrol.The
soldiers were assigned to the 321st Engineer Battalion, Boise,
Idaho.
Capt. Jennifer J. Harris, 28, of Swampscott, Mass., and
1st
Lt. Jared M. Landaker, 25, of Big Bear City, Calif.
and
Sgt.
Travis D. Pfister, 27, of Richland, Wash. and
Cpl. Thomas E. Saba, 30, of Toms River, N.J., and
Sgt. James R. Tijerina, 26, of Beasley, Texas All
five Marines died Feb. 7 when the helicopter they were flying
in crashed while supporting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq.
Harris, Landaker, Pfister, and Tijerina were assigned to Marine
Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd
Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Saba was assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262, Marine
Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary
Force, Okinawa, Japan. The cause of the incident is under investigation.
Sgt.
Maj. Joseph J. Ellis, 40, of Ashland, Ohio, died Feb.
7 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.Ellis
was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine
Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable),
I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt.
First Class Allen Mosteiro, 42, of Fort Worth, Texas,
died Feb. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit
came in contact with the enemy using small arms fire during combat
operations Feb. 13 in Taji, Iraq.Mosteiro was assigned to the
1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc.
Nickolas A. Tanton, 24, of San Antonio, died Feb. 13
in Kirkuk, Iraq, from non-combat related injuries.He was assigned
to the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 25th
Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
The incident is under investigation.
Petty
Officer 2nd Class Laquita Pate James, 23, of Orange Park, Fla.,
died Feb. 12 of apparent natural causes while deployed aboard
the multipurpose amphibious assault ship the USS Bataan.The cause
of death is under investigation. James was a Navy master-at-arms
supporting operations off the Horn of Africa aboard the USS Bataan.
Spc.
Dennis L. Sellen Jr., 20, of Newhall, Calif., died Feb.
11 in Umm Qasr, Iraq, of non-combat related injuries. He was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment, Fresno, Calif.
The incident is under investigation.
Lance
Cpl. Johnathan E. Kirk, 25, of Belhaven, N.C., died May
1 from wounds received while conducting combat operations on April
23 in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Kirk was assigned to 2nd Combat
Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
1st Lt. Colby J. Umbrell, 26, of Doylestown, Pa., died
May 3 in Musayyib, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
1st
Lt. Ryan P. Jones, 23, of Massachusetts, and
Spc. Astor A. Sunsin-Pineda, 20, of Long Beach, Calif. died
May 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their vehicle
struck an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the
4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team,
1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Pfc.
Katie M. Soenksen, 19, of Davenport, Iowa,
died May 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near her vehicle. She was assigned
to the 410th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion,
89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
1st
Lt. Ryan P. Jones, 23, of Massachusetts. and
Spc. Astor A. Sunsin-Pineda, 20, of Long Beach, Calif.
died May 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their vehicle
struck an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the
4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team,
1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Sgt. Glenn D. Hicks Jr., 24, of College Station, Texas
and
Pfc. Jay-D H. Ornsby-Adkins, 21, of Ione, Calif., and
Pvt. Cole E. Spencer, 21, of Gays, Ill. died Apr. 28
in Salman Pak, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their vehicle was
struck with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire
during combat operations. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry
Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
Sgt. Norman L. Tollett, 30, of Columbus, Ohio,
died Apr. 28, in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit
came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during
combat patrol operations. Tollett was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Staff
Sgt. Jay E. Martin, 29, of Baltimore, and
Sgt. Alexander J. Funcheon, 21, of Bel Aire, Kan., and
Pfc. Brian A. Botello, 19, of Alta, Iowa.died Apr. 29
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their unit during combat operations.
1st Lt. Travis L. Manion, 26, of Doylestown, Pa.,
died April 29 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. Manion was assigned to 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Sgt.
Allen J. Dunckley, 25, of Yardley, Pa., and
Sgt. Christopher N. Gonzalez, 25, of Winslow, Ariz.,
died May 14 in Salman Pak, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their
unit came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised explosive
device and small arms fire. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry
Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
1st Lt. Keith N. Heidtman, 24, of Norwich, Conn., and
Chief Warrant Officer Theodore U. Church, 32, of Ohio.,
died May 28 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when
their OH-58D Kiowa helicopter crashed after receiving heavy enemy
fire during combat operations. They were assigned to the 2nd Squadron,
6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Pfc. Charles B. Hester, 23, of Cataldo, Idaho,
died May 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the vehicle
he was in struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Staff
Sgt. Thomas M. McFall, 36, of Glendora, Calif.
Pfc. Junior Cedeno Sanchez, 20, of Miami, Fla., died
May 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their position during a dismounted
patrol. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry
Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade
Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Spc. Clinton C. Blodgett, 19, of Pekin, Ind.,
died May 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, when the vehicle he was in struck
an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Lance
Cpl. Emmanuel Villarreal, 21, of Eagle Pass, Texas, died
May 27 from a non-hostile vehicle accident at Kuwait Naval Base,
Kuwait. He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,
11th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Spc. Francis M. Trussel Jr., 21, of Lincoln, Ill.,
died May 26 in Tahrir, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his position. He was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Spc.
Mark R. C. Caguioa, 21, of Stockton, Calif.,
died May 24 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.,
of wounds suffered on May 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, when the vehicle
he was in struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Spc. Erich S. Smallwood, 23, of Trumann, Ark,
died May 26, near Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
He was assigned to A Company, 875th Engineer Battalion of the
Arkansas Army National Guard in Marked Tree, Ark.
Pvt.
William L. Bailey III, 29, of Bellevue, Neb., died
May 25, in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle. Bailey was assigned to the
755th Chemical Reconnaissance/Decontamination Company, Nebraska
Army National Guard, O’Neill, Neb.
Spc. Alexander Rosa Jr., 22, of Orlando, Fla.,
died May 25 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to
the 293rd Military Police Company, Ft. Stewart, Ga.
Spc. Mathew P. LaForest, 21, of Austin, Texas,
died May 25 in Taji, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his unit
came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during
combat operations. was assigned to 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry
Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division,
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Sgt. 1st Class Robert E. Dunham, 36, of Baltimore, Md.
Staff Sgt. Russell K. Shoemaker, 31, of Sweet Springs,
Mo., died May 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered
when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
They were assigned to 1st Brigade Transition Team, and attached
to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,
Fort Riley, Kansas.
Cpl. Victor H. Toledo Pulido, 22, of Hanford, Calif.
Cpl. Jonathan D. Winterbottom, 21, of Falls Church, Va.,
died May 23 in Al Nahrawan, Iraq, of wounds suffered
when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
They were assigned to 3d Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Benning,
Ga.
Pfc.
Casey P. Zylman, 22, of Coleman, Mich., died May 25 in
Mosul, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle May 24 in Tallafar, Iraq. He was assigned
to the 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Sgt.
Iosiwo Uruo, 27, of Agana Heights, Guam, died May 24,
in Buhriz, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact
with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the
1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Pfc. Daniel P. Cagle, 22, of Carson, Calif. He
died in Balad, Iraq, died May 23 of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their unit in Ramadi, Iraq. They
were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Pfc.
Robert H. Dembowski, 20, of Ivyland, Pa., died May 24
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact
with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Spc. Benjamin J. Ashley, 22, of Independence, Mo., died
May 24 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle. Ashley was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Staff Sgt. Steve Butcher Jr., 27, of Penfield,
N.Y. 27, of Penfield, N.Y.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion,
69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division,
Fort Stewart, Ga.; died May 23 of wounds sustained when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his unit in Ramadi, Iraq.
Pfc. Daniel P. Cagle, 22, of Carson, Calif. He
died in Balad, Iraq, died May 23 of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their unit in Ramadi, Iraq. They
were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Spc. Benjamin J. Ashley, 22, of Independence, Mo., died
May 24 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle. Ashley was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Pfc.
Joseph J. Anzack Jr., 20, of Torrance, Calif., was captured
May 12 by enemy forces in Al Taqa, Iraq, when his unit was attacked
by insurgents using automatic fire and explosives.
His body was recently recovered in Iraq. The circumstances surrounding
his capture and death remain under investigation.
Anzack was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Staff
Sgt. Kristopher A. Higdon, 25, of Odessa, Texas.
Pfc. Robert A. Worthington, 19, of Jackson, Ga.,
died May 22 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their unit. They were assigned
to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Staff
Sgt. Shannon V. Weaver, 28, Urich, Mo.
Sgt. Brian D. Ardron, 32, of Acworth, Ga.
Spc. Michael W. Davis, 22, of San Marcos, Texas,
died May 21 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when multiple
improvised explosive devices detonated near their vehicle. They
were assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th
Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson,
Alaska.
Staff
Sgt. David C. Kuehl, 27, of Wahpeton, N.D., died May
22 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his unit. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion,
9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker
Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Sgt.
Robert J. Montgomery Jr., 29, of Scottsburg, Ind., died
May 22, in Al Jabour, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his unit. He was assigned to the
1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne),
25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Pvt.
Oscar Sauceda Jr., 21, of Del Rio, Texas, died May 22,
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact
with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Lance Cpl. Benjamin D. Desilets, 21, of Elmwood,
Ill.
Cpl. Julian M. Woodall, 21, of Tallahassee, Fla.,
died May 22 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. They were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
C
Lance Cpl. David P. Lindsey, 20, of Spartanburg, S.C.,
died May 25 from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C
Sgt. Nicholas R. Walsh, 27, of Millstadt, Ill.,
died May 26 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance
Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt.
1st Class Greg L. Sutton, 38, of Spring Lake, N.C., died
June 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 212th Military Transition
Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Senior Airman William N. Newman, 23, of Kingston Springs,
Tenn., died June 7 south of Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered
from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the Explosive
Ordinance Disposal Team of the 15th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hickam
Air Force Base, Hawaii.
Pfc. Timothy R. Vimoto, 19, of Fort Campbell, Ky.,
died June 5 in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered
when his unit was attacked by insurgents using small arms fire.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment
(Airborne) 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Italy.
Sgt.
Matthew Soper, 25, of Kalamazoo, Mich., died June 6 in
Bayji, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device.
He was assigned to the 1461st Transportation Company (Combat Heavy
Equipment), Michigan Army National Guard, Jackson, Mich.
Sgt. Kimel L. Watt, 21, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died
June 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Pfc. Justin A. Verdeja, 20, of La Puente, Calif., died
June 5 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit was
attacked by insurgents using small arms fire. He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Pfc. Shawn D. Gajdos, 25, of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
died June 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit
was attacked by insurgents using improvised explosive devices
and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th
Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Staff Sgt. Timothy B. Cole Jr., 28, of Missouri City,
Texas, died June 6 in As Sadah, Iraq, of wounds suffered
from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 5th
Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Staff Sgt. Juan F. Campos, 27, of McAllen, Texas, died
June 1 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, of wounds sustained
when his unit was attacked by insurgents using improvised explosive
devices and rocket propelled grenades May 14 in Baghdad, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Spc. Jacob M. Lowell, 22, of New Lenox, Ill.,
died June 2 near Gowardesh, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when
his unit came in contact with enemy forces using a rocket propelled
grenade and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
503rd Infantry Regiment (Air Assault), 173rd Airborne Brigade,
Camp Ederle, Italy.
Sgt.
Andrews J. Higgins, 28, of Hayward, Calif., died
June 5 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came
in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned
to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Sgt. Caleb P. Christopher, 25, of Chandler, Ariz.,
died June 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Caleb P. Christopher, 25, of Chandler, Ariz., died
June 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff Sgt. Greg P. Gagarin, 38, of Los Angeles, and
Sgt. James C. Akin, 23, of Albuquerque, N.M., and
Sgt. Tyler J. Kritz, 21, of Eagle River, Wis.,
died June 3 in Thania, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade,
2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis,
Wash.
Sgt. Robert A. Surber, 24, of Inverness, Fla.
died June 3 in Thania, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade,
2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis,
Wash.
Tech. Sgt. Ryan A. Balmer, 33, of Mishawaka, Ind., and
Sgt. 1st Class Robert E. Dunham, 36, of Baltimore, Md.,
and
Staff Sgt. Russell K. Shoemaker, 31, of Sweet Springs, Mo. died
May 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
They were assigned to 1st Brigade Transition Team, and attached
to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,
Fort Riley, Kansas.
Sgt. 1st Class Jesse B. Albrecht, 31, of Hager City, Wis.
Spc. Coty J. Phelps, 20, of Kingman, Ariz.
Pfc. Victor M. Fontanilla, 23, of Stockton, Calif.,
died May 17 in Iskandariya, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned
to the 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team,
25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Sgt.
Ryan J. Baum, 27, of Aurora, Colo., died May 18, in Karmah,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy
forces using small arms fire. Baum was assigned to the 3rd Battalion,
509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry
Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Spc.
William J. Crouch, 21, of Zachary, La., died June 2 in
Al Hadid, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle. Crouch was assigned to the
2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Sgt. Chadrick O. Domino, 23, of Ennis, Texas,
died May 31 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when he encountered
enemy small arms fire while on dismounted patrol. He was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
1st Lt. Kile G. West, 23, of Pasadena, Texas and
Sgt. Anthony D. Ewing, 22, of Phoenix, Ariz., and
Cpl. Zachary D. Baker, 24, of Vilonia, Ark., and
Cpl. James E. Summers, III, 21, of Bourbon, Mo., and
Spc. Alexandre A. Alexeev, 23, of Wilmington, Calif.
died May 28 in Abu Sayda, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their
vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. They were
assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc.
Matthew E. Baylis, 20, of Oakdale, N.Y., died May 31
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered on May 30 when his dismounted
patrol encountered enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Cpl.
Jonathan A. Markham, 22, of Bedford, Texas, died May
29 in Abu Sayda, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his dismounted position. He was assigned
to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc. Matthew A. Bean, 22, of Pembroke, Mass.,
died May 31 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.,
of wounds suffered on May 19 in Lutifiyah, Iraq, when he was struck
by enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Pfc. Robert A. Liggett, 23, of Urbana, Ill., died
May 29 in Rustamiyah, Iraq, from injuries suffered in a non-combat
related incident. His death is under investigation. Liggett was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Weiglein, 31, of Audubon, N.J., and
Sgt. Richard V. Correa, 25, of Honolulu died May 29 in
Ilbu Falris, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their position during a dismounted patrol.
They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry),
Fort Drum, N.Y.
1st Lt. Keith
N. Heidtman, 24, of Norwich, Conn., and
Sgt.
1st Class William C. Spillers, 39, of Terry, Miss., died
Feb. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-combat related injury.Spillers
was assigned to the 230th Finance Detachment, Jackson, Miss. The
incident is under investigation.
Sgt.
Pedro J. Colon, 25, of Cicero, Ill.
Spc. Montrel S. Mcarn, 21, of Raeford, N.C., died Feb.
19 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when their unit came under
attack by enemy forces using multiple weapons.They were assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt.
John D. Rode, 24, of Pineville, N.C., and
Sgt. Carl L. Seigart, 32, San Luis Obispo, Calif., and
Spc. Ronnie G. Madore Jr., 34, of San Diego. Ca., died
Feb. 14 in Baqubah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device
detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion,
12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Pfc. Branden C. Cummings, 20, of Titusville,
Fla., died Feb. 14 in Baqubah, Iraq, when an improvised
explosive device exploded near his vehicle during combat perations.Cummings
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff
Sgt. Michael D. Thomas, 34, of Seffner, Fla., died Apr.
27 in Hirat Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his
unit came in contact with enemy forces using rocket propelled
grenades and small arms fire. Thomas was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Spc. Daniel F. Mehringer, 20, of Morgantown,
W.Va., died Apr. 27 in Bagram, Afghanistan, of injuries
suffered from a non-combat related incident. His death is under
investigation.
Mehringer was assigned to Division Special Troops Battalion, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. For more information in regard
to this release the media can contact the 82nd Airborne Division
public affairs office at (910) 432-0661.
Sgt.
Peter Woodall, 25, of Sarasota, Fla.
Woodall died April 27 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support
Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pfc.
David A. Wilkey Jr., 22, of Elkhart, Ind., died June
18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his unit June 17 in Baghdad. He was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade,
1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
1st
Lt. Frank B. Walkup, IV, 23, of Woodbury, Tenn., died
June 16 in Kirkuk, Iraq, from injuries sustained in Rashaad Iraq,
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position
during dismounted operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry
Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Staff
Sgt. Roy P. Lewsader, Jr., 36, of Belleville, Ill., died
June 16, in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when
his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. He was assigned
to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Sgt. Danny R. Soto, 24, of Houston, Texas.
Cpl. Zachary A. Grass, 22, of Beach City, Ohio died
June 16 in Rashidiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the vehicle
they were in struck an improvised explosive device. They were
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment,
4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team),
Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Pfc.
Michael P. Pittman, 34, of Davenport, Iowa, died June
15 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.
He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th
Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley,
Kan.
Cpl.
Dustin R. Brisky, 26, of Round Rock, Texas, died June
14 in Tallil, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an explosion. He was
assigned to the Army Reserve’s 952nd Engineer Company, Paris,
Texas. The unit was attached to the 92nd Engineer Battalion, 3rd
Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Pfc.
Michael P. Pittman, 34, of Davenport, Iowa, died June
15 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.
He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th
Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley,
Kan.
Staff Sgt. Michael A. Bechert, 24, of New Castle, Ind.,
died on 14 June in San Antonio, Texas of wounds suffered when
his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device on May 30 in
Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry
Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt,
Germany.
Maj. Kevin H. Sonnenberg, 42, of McClure, Ohio,
died June 15 when his jet crashed five miles north of Balad Air
Base, Iraq. He was assigned to the 112th Fighter Squadron, Toledo,
Ohio. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Master Sgt. Arthur L. Lilley, 35, of Smithfield, Pa.,
died June 15, in Shkin, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered
from enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to Company B, 2nd
Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Pfc. Casey S. Carriker, 20, of Hoquiam, Wash., died
June 13 in Kirkuk, Iraq, from injuries suffered from a non-combat
related incident. His death is under investigation. He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th
Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Spc. Josiah W. Hollopeter, 27, of San Diego, Calif., died
June 14 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked
by insurgents using small arms fire in Al Muqdadiyah, Iraq. He
was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Lt.
Col. Glade L. Felix, 52, of Lake Park, Ga., died June
11 in Southwest Asia. His death is under investigation. Felix
was assigned to the 622nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Robins
Air Force Base, Ga.
Spc.
Damon G. LeGrand, 27, of Lakeside, Calif., died June
12 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked
his unit with anti-tank mines, rocket-propelled grenades and small
arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 571st Military
Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military
Police Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Lance
Cpl. Johnny R. Strong, 21, of Waco, Texas., died June
12 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Pvt.
William C. Johnson, 22, of Oxford, N.C., died June 12
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort
Riley, Kan.
Pvt.
William C. Johnson, 22, of Oxford, N.C., died June 12
in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort
Riley, Kan.
Cpl.
Llythaniele Fender, 21, of Medical Lake, Wash. He was
assigned to the 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment,
Fort Lewis, Wash., and
Cpl. Meresebang Ngiraked, 21, of Koror, Republic of Palau.
He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery
Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., and
Spc. Adam G. Herold, 23, of Omaha, Neb. He was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division,
Fort Richardson, Alaska died June 10 in Karbala, Iraq, of wounds
suffered from an improvised explosive device.
Sgt. Dariek E. Dehn, 32, of Spokane, Wash., died
June 2 in Sharkat, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas., 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Cpl. Jeremy R. Greene, 24, of Springfield, Ohio, died
Apr. 28 at Forward Operating Base Tillman, Afghanistan, due to
injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. His death
is under investigation.
Greene was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Cpl.
Christopher Degiovine, 25, of Lone Tree, Colo.
Degiovine died April 26 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian
Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pfc. Nicholas E. Riehl, 21, of Shiocton, Wis.,
died Apr. 27 in Fallujah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his unit during combat patrol.
He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Sgt.
Peter Woodall, 25, of Sarasota, Fla.
Woodall died April 27 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support
Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Spc. Daniel F. Mehringer, 20, of Morgantown,
W.Va., died Apr. 27 in Bagram, Afghanistan, of injuries
suffered from a non-combat related incident. His death is under
investigation.
Mehringer was assigned to Division Special Troops Battalion, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Spc.
Ryan A. Bishop, 32, of Euless, Texas, died April 14 in
Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive
device detonated while he was on dismounted patrol. He was assigned
to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Sgt.
Larry R. Bowman, 29, of Granite Falls, N.C.,
died April 13 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle
struck an improvised explosive device. Bowman was assigned to
the 513th Transportation Company, 57th Transportation Battalion,
593rd Corps Support Group, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Lance
Cpl. Daniel J. Santee, 21, of Mission Viejo, Calif.,
died April 14 from a non-hostile vehicle accident in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. Santee was assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment
27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Spc.
James T. Lindsey, 20, of Florence, Ala.,
died April 12 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle
struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team,
25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Sgt.
Edelman L. Hernandez, 23, of Hyattsville, Md.,
died April 11 in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, while on combat
patrol. The incident is under investigation. He was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
1ST
Lt. Gwilym J. Newman, 24, of Waldorf, Md.,
died April 12 in Tarmiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained from enemy
small arms fire while on dismounted patrol. He was assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Cpl.
Jason J. Beadles, 22, of La Porte, Ind.,
died April 12 in Baghdad, Iraq, of a non-combat related injury.
The incident is under investigation. He was assigned to the 887th
Engineer Company, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Sgt.
Raymond S. Sevaaetasi, 29, of Pago Pago, American Samoa,
died April 11 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle
struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the
15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc.
Kyle G. Bohrnsen, 22, of Philipsburg, Mont.,
died April 10 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle
hit an improvised explosive device.He was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd
Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Sgt. Joshua A. Schmit, 26, of Willmar, Minn., and
Sgt. Brandon L. Wallace, 27, of St. Louis, Mo.
died Apr. 14 in Fallujah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the
1451st Transportation Company, 13th Support Command, Iraq.
Cpl.
Cody A. Putnam, 22, of Lafayette, Ind., and
Pfc. John G. Borbonus, 19, of Boise, Idaho., died
Apr. 12 in Baghdad, Iraq, when their patrol encountered an improvised
explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th
Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division,
Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Staff
Sgt. Casey D. Combs, 28, of Auburn, Wash.,
and
Sgt. David A. Stephens, 28, of Tullahoma, Tenn.,
died April 12 in Miri, Afghanistan, when their vehicle was struck
by an improvised explosive device during combat operations. They
were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Spc.
Ismael G. Solorio, 21, of San Luis, Ariz., and
Pfc. Brian L. Holden, 20, of Claremont, N.C., and
Pvt. Brett A. Walton, 37, of Hillsboro, Ore.,
died Apr. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device
detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Pfc.
Kyle G. Bohrnsen, 22, of Philipsburg, Mont., died April
10 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle hit
an improvised explosive device.He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Cmdr.
Philip A. Murphy-Sweet, 42, of Caldwell, Idaho, died
April 7, as a result of enemy action in the vicinity of Baghdad.He
was operationally assigned to Joint Contracting Command, Multi-National
Force - Iraq and was deployed from his permanently assigned command
of Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Staff
Sgt. Jesse L. Williams, 25, of Santa Rosa, Calif., died
April 8 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from small arms fire
while conducting combat operations in Baqubah, Iraq.Williams was
assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade,
2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis,
Wash.
Pfc.
Jeffrey A. Avery, 19, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died
April 23 in Muqudadiyah, Iraq, from wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated during checkpoint operations. He was
assigned to the 571st Military Police Company, 504th Military
Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash.Cpl.
Ray M. Bevel, 22, of Andrews, Texas, died Apr. 21 in
Yusifiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his unit during combat patrol operations.Bevel
was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y
.Pfc.
Richard P. Langenbrunner, 19, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died
Apr. 17 in Rustamiyah, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat
related incident.His death is under investigation. Langenbrunner
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade,
3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
Lance
Cpl. Daniel R. Scherry, 20, of Rocky River, Ohio,
died April 16 from a non-hostile accident in Al Anbar province,
Iraq.Scherry was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
1st
Lt. Shaun M. Blue, 25, of Munster, Ind.,
died April 16 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms,
Calif.
Capt.
Hayes Clayton, 29, of Georgia,
died Dec. 25 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated while he was conducting combat operations.Clayton
was assigned to the 842nd Military Training and Transition team,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Sgt.
1st Class Dexter E. Wheelous, 37, of Winder, Ga., died
Dec. 25 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.Wheelous
was assigned to the 842nd Military Training and Transition team,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Spc.
Michael J. Crutchfield, 21, of Stockton, Calif., died
Dec. 23 in Balad, Iraq, of a non-combat related injury.Crutchfield
was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment,
Fort Bragg, N.C. Crutchfield's death is under investigation.
Cpl.
Joshua M. Schmitz, 21, of Spencer, Wis., and
Lance
Cpl. William C. Koprince Jr., 24, of Lenoir City, Tenn.
Schmitz
died December 26 and Koprince on December 27 while conducting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Both Marines were
assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division,
II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pfc.
Eric R. Wilkus, 20, of Hamilton, N.J., died Dec. 25 at
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of a non-combat
related injury Dec. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq. Wilkus was assigned to
the 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade,
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The incident is under investigation.
.
Pfc.
Joe L. Baines, 19, of Newark, N.J., died Dec. 16 at Taji,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his HMMWV. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry
Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Spc. Elias Elias, 27, of Glendora, Calif., died
Dec. 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on patrol.Elias
was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Sgt.
Jae S. Moon, 21, of Levittown, Pa., died Dec. 25 in Baghdad,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his vehicle while on patrol Dec. 14 in Baghdad.Moon was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Staff Sgt. Henry K. Kahalewai, 43, of Hilo, Hawaii,
died Dec. 15 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, of wounds
suffered Nov. 21 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his Stryker vehicle. He was assigned to
the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Spc.
Joshua D. Sheppard, 22, of Quinton, Okla., died Dec.
22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his patrol came in
contact with the enemy using small arms fire. Sheppard was assigned
to the 642nd Engineer Support Company, 7th Engineer Battalion,
10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Sgt. Curtis L. Norris, 28, of Dansville, Mich.,
died Dec. 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Norris was assigned
to the 210th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Spc. John Barta, 25, of Corpus Christi, Texas,
died Dec. 23 in Buhritz, Iraq, of wounds suffered from indirect
enemy fire during combat operations. Barta was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pvt. Evan A. Bixler, 21, of Racine, Wis., died
Dec. 24 in Hit, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy indirect fire
during security operations. Bixler was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
6th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,
Baumholder, Germany.
Hospitalman Kyle A. Nolen, 21, of Ennis, Texas, died
Dec. 21 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, as a result of enemy action.Nolen
was assigned to H Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Division,
Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward,
29 Palms, Calif.
Cpl. Joshua D. Pickard, 20, of Merced, Calif.,
died Dec. 19 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
Lance Cpl. Fernando S. Tamayo, 19, of Fontana, Calif.,
died December 21 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. Tamayo was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Lance
Cpl. Myles C. Sebastien, 21, of Opelousas, La., died
Dec. 20 from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq.Sebastien was assigned to 1st Battalion,
6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Lance
Cpl. Stephen L. Morris, 21, of Lake Jackson, Texas, died
Dec. 24 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq.Morris was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment,
3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay,
Hawaii.
Sgt.
Jason C. Denfrund, 24, of Cattaraugus, N.Y., died Dec.
25 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his unit while on patrol. Denfrund was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Staff
Sgt. Jacob G. McMillan, 25, of Lafayette, La., died Dec.
20 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his vehicle and was followed by enemy small
arms fire.McMillan was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry
Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Spc.
Scott D. Dykman, 27, of Helena, Mont., died Dec. 20 in
Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from an improvised explosive
device.He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division,
Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Spc.
Robert J. Volker, 21, of Big Spring, Texas, died Dec.
20 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his HMMWV.He was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Spc.
Andrew P. Daul, 21, of Brighton, Mich., died Dec. 19
in Hit, Iraq, of injuries suffered then an improvised explosive
device detonated near his Abrams tank during combat operations.He
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st
Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
Staff
Sgt. Brian L. Mintzlaff, 34, of Fort Worth, Texas, died
Dec. 18 in Taji, Iraq, from injuries suffered when his Bradley
Fighting Vehicle rolled over.He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Staff
Sgt. Joseph E. Phaneuf, 38, of Eastford, Conn., died
Dec. 15 in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when
an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during
combat operations.He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 102nd
Infantry Brigade, Hartford, Conn.
Spc.
Chad J. Vollmer, 24, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and
Pfc.
Wilson A. Algrim, 21, of Howell, Mich., and
Pvt.
Bobby Mejia II, Saginaw, Mich.,
died Dec. 23 in Salman Pak, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations.They
were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry, Big Rapids,
Mich.
Staff Sgt. David R. Staats, 30, of Pueblo, Colo,
died Dec. 16 in Taji, Iraq., and
Spc. Matthew J. Stanley, 22, of Wolfeboro Falls, N.H.,
died Dec. 16 in Taji, Iraq., and
Pfc. Seth M. Stanton, 19, of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
died Dec. 17 in Balad, Iraq. These three soldiers died of injuries
suffered when their HMMWV struck an improvised explosive device
while on mounted patrol Dec. 16 in Taji, Iraq. They were assigned
to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Burgess, 21, of Sanford, Mich.,
and
Lance Cpl. Ryan L. Mayhan, 25, of Hawthorne, Calif.
Burgess and Mayhan died Dec. 21 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were assigned to 3rd Battalion,
4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Lance
Cpl. Matthew W. Clark, 22, of St. Louis, Mo., and
Lance Cpl. Luke C. Yepsen, 20, of Kingwood, Texas.
Both Marines died December 14 due to injuries suffered from enemy
action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Clark was assigned to 2nd Battalion,
3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary
Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Yepsen was assigned to 1st Tank Battalion,
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine
Palms, Calif.
Lance
Cpl. Nicklas J. Palmer, 19, of Leadville, Colo. Palmer
died Dec. 16 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Capt. Kevin M. Kryst, 27, of West Bend, Wis.
Kryst died Dec. 18 from wounds received while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine
Light-Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39,
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Lance
Cpl. Michael L. Ford, 19, of New Bedford, Mass., died
April 26, 2006 while conducting combat operations against enemy
forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st
Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Pfc.
Raymond L. Henry, 21, of Anaheim, Calif, died on April
25 in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his HMMWV during combat operations. Henry was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade
Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Staff
Sgt. Metodio A. Bandonill, 29, of Honolulu, Hawaii, died
in Baghdad, Iraq on April 24, from injuries sustained when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat
operations. Bandonill was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Sgt.
1st Class Richard J. Herrema, 27, of Jackson, Tenn.,
died in Baghdad, Iraq on April 25, when he came under enemy fire
during combat operations. Herrema was assigned to the U.S. Army
Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt.
Robert W. Ehney, 26, of Lexington, Ky.
Cpl. Jason B. Daniel, 21, of Fort Worth, Texas
Cpl. Shawn T. Lasswell Jr., 21, of Reno, Nev.
Died
of injuries sustained in Taji, Iraq, on April 23, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations.
All three soldiers were assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry
Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Lance
Cpl. Aaron W. Simons, 20, of Modesto, Calif., died April
24 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in
Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Sgt. Kyle A. Colnot, 23, of Arcadia, Calif.
Spc. Eric D. King, 29, of Vancouver, Wash.
Pfc. Jacob H. Allcott, 21, of Caldwell, Idaho
Pvt. Michael E. Bouthot, 19, of Fall River, Mass.
Died of injuries sustained in Baghad, Iraq on April 22, when an
improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV causing
a fire. This occurred during combat operations. All four soldiers
were assigned to the 1st Squadron, 67th Armored Battalion, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Capt. Clayton L. Adamkavicius, 43, of Fairdale,
Ky., died of injuries sustained in Abu Ghurayb, Afghanistan,
on April 21, when he came under enemy small arms fire during combat
operations. Adamkavicius was assigned to the Army National Guard's
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