Date of death not given:
Marine Lance Corporal Thomas A. Blair, 24
Wagoner, Oklahoma
His unit was engaged in operations on March 24 on the outskirts of Nasiriyah in Iraq, and his remains were recovered on March 28, 2003
Assigned to the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group-28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point, North Carolina
Army Sergeant George Edward Buggs, 31
Barnwell, South Carolina
Killed when convoy was ambushed in Iraq
Assigned to the 3rd Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Army Master Sergeant Robert J. Dowdy, 38
Cleveland, Ohio
Killed when convoy was ambushed in Iraq
Assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
Army Private Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18
El Paso, Texas
Killed when convoy was ambushed in Iraq
Assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
Marine Sergeant Nicolas M. Hodson, 22
Smithville, Missouri
Killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Army Specialist James M. Kiehl, 22
Comfort, Texas
Killed when convoy was ambushed in Iraq
Assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35
El Paso, Texas
Killed when convoy was ambushed in Iraq
Assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
Army Private First Class Lori Ann Piestewa, 22
Tuba City, Arizona
Killed when convoy was ambushed in Iraq
Assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
Army Private Brandon Ulysses Sloan, 19
Bedford, Ohio
Killed when convoy was ambushed in Iraq
Assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
Army Sergeant Donald Ralph Walters, 33
Salem, Oregon
Killed when convoy was ambushed in Iraq
Assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
April 4, 2003:
Army Captain Tristan N. Aitken, 31
State College, Pennsylvania
Killed in action in Iraq
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Marine Captain Travis Ford, 30
Oceanside, California
Killed in action when his AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed during combat operations near Ali-Ariziyal, Iraq. No other details were immediately available.
Assigned to the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, California
Marine Captain Benjamin Sammis, 29
Rehoboth, Massachussets
Killed in action when his AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed during combat operations near Ali Aziziyal, Iraq
Assigned to the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, California
April 3, 2003:
Marine Private First Class Chad E. Bales, 20
Coahoma, Texas
Killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident during convoy operations east of Ash Shahin, Iraq
Assigned to 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, California
Army Staff Sergeant Wilbert Davis, 40
Alaska
Killed when his vehicle ran off the road into a canal in Iraq
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Marine Corporal Mark A. Evnin, 21
Burlington, Vermont
Killed in action during a firefight in central Iraq
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Twenty-nine Palms, California
Army Captain Edward J. Korn, 31
Savannah, Georgia
Killed as he investigated the wreckage of an Iraqi T-72 tank destroyed by his unit in central Iraq
Assigned to the 64th Armor, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Army Staff Sergeant Nino D. Livaudais, 23
Utah
Killed in combat
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Army Specialist Ryan P. Long, 21
Seaford, Delaware
Killed in combat
Assigned to A Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Army Specialist Donald Samuel Oaks Jr., 20
Harborcreek, Pennsylvania
Killed in action in Iraq
Assigned to C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket System), Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Army Sergeant 1st Class Randall S. Rehn, 36
Lawton, Oklahoma
Killed in action in Iraq
Assigned to C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket System), Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Army Captain Russell B. Rippetoe, 27
Colorado
Killed in combat
Assigned to A Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
Army Sergeant Todd J. Robbins, 33
Pentwater, Michigan
Killed in action in Iraq
Assigned to C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket System), Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Marine Corporal Erik H. Silva, 22
Chula Vista, California
Killed in combat in Iraq
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California
April 2, 2003:
Army Captain James F. Adamouski, 29
Springfield, Virginia
Killed when UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Marine Lance Corporal Brian E. Anderson, 26
Durham, North Carolina
Killed in a non-hostile accident west of Nasiriyah, Iraq, when his vehicle apparently snagged low-hanging power lines
Assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Army Specialist Mathew G. Boule, 22
Dracut, Massachussets
Killed when UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Army Master Sergeant George A. Fernandez, 36
El Paso, Texas
Died after being shot in northern Iraq
Assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Marine Private First Class Christian Daniel Gurtner, 19
Ohio City, Ohio
Killed in southern Iraq by an accidental discharge of a personal weapon, unclear whether his own or someone else's
Assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twenty-nine Palms, California
Army Chief Warrant Officer 4th Class Erik A. Halvorsen, 40
Bennington, Vermont
Killed when UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar, 32
Granbury, Texas
Killed when UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Army Sergeant Michael F. Pedersen, 26
Flint, Michigan
Killed when UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Army Chief Warrant Officer 3rd Class Eric A. Smith, 42
Rochester, New York
Killed when UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
April 1, 2003:
Army Sergeant Jacob L. Butler, 24
Wellsville, Kansas
Killed in action in Assamawah, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his vehicle
Assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Fort Riley, Kansas
Marine Lance Corporal Joseph B. Maglione, 22
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Killed in non-combat weapon discharge at Camp Coyote, Kuwait
Assigned to Bridge Company B, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Folsom, Pennsylvania
March 31, 2003:
Army Specialist Brandon Rowe, 20
Roscoe, Illinois
Killed in action in Ayyub, Iraq, by enemy artillery
Assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
March 30, 2003:
Marine Captain Aaron J. Contreras, 31
Sherwood, Oregon
Killed in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in southern Iraq
Assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, California
Marine Sergeant Michael V. Lalush, 23
Troutville, Virgina
Killed in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in southern Iraq
Assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Air Craft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, California
Marine Sergeant Brian D. McGinnis, 23
St. George, Delaware
Killed in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in southern Iraq
Assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, California
March 29, 2003:
Marine Staff Sergeant James W. Cawley, 41
Layton, Utah
Killed during a firefight with enemy forces
Assigned to F Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Salt Lake City, Utah
Army Corporal Michael Edward Curtin, 23
Howell, New Jersey
Killed when a taxi carrying a car bomb drove up to an Army checkpoint in central Iraq
Assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Army Private First Class Diego Fernando Rincon, 19
Conyers, Georgia
Killed when a taxi carrying a car bomb drove up to an Army checkpoint in central Iraq
Assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Army Private First Class Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20
Palm Bay, Florida
Killed when a taxi carrying a car bomb drove up to an Army checkpoint in central Iraq
Assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Marine Lance Corporal William W. White, 24
Brooklyn, New York
Killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Iraq
Assigned to the 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California
Army Sergeant Eugene Williams, 24
Highland, New York
Killed when a taxi carrying a car bomb drove up to an Army checkpoint in central Iraq
Assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
March 28, 2003:
Army Sergeant Roderic A. Solomon, 32
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Killed when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled off a cliff in a non-hostile accident in Iraq
Assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
March 27, 2003:
Marine Gunnery Sergeant Joseph Menusa, 33
Tracy, California
Killed in combat
Assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California
Marine Corporal Robert M. Rodriguez, 21
Queens, New York
Killed in action when the tank he was riding in fell into the Euphrates River during combat operations northwest of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twenty-nine Palms, California
Marine Lance Corporal Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar, 20
Escondido, California
Killed in combat
Assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California
March 26, 2003:
Army Specialist William A. Jeffries, 39
Evansville, Indiana
Evacuated from Kuwait and died as a result of a sudden illness in Rota, Spain
Assigned to D Company, 1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard
Marine Major Kevin G. Nave, 36
White Lake Township, Michigan
Killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Iraq
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California
March 25, 2003:
Marine Private First Class Francisco A. Martinez Flores, 21
Los Angeles, California
Killed during convoy operations when his tank plunged off a cliff into the Euphrates River
Assigned to the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twenty-nine Palms, California
Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Michael Vann Johnson, Jr., 25
Little Rock, Arkansas
Killed in combat, when shrapnel from a grenade hit him in the head
Assigned to Naval Medical Center, Third Marine Division Detachment, San Diego, California
Marine Staff Sergeant Donald C. May, Jr., 31
Richmond, Virginia
Killed during convoy operations when his tank plunged off a cliff into the Euphrates River
Assigned to the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twenty-nine Palms, California
Marine Lance Corporal Patrick T. O’Day, 20
Santa Rosa, California
Killed during convoy operations when his tank plunged off a cliff into the Euphrates River
Assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twenty-nine Palms, California
Air National Guard Major Gregory Stone, 40
Boise, Idaho
Died from wounds received by a March 22 grenade attack in a tent at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait
Assigned to the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, Boise, Idaho
March 24, 2003:
Marine Corporal Evan James, 20
La Harpe, Illinois
Drowned while trying to cross the Saddam Canal in southeastern Iraq
Reservist with the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Peoria, Illinois
Marine Sergeant Bradley S. Korthaus, 28
Davenport, Iowa
Drowned while trying to cross the Saddam Canal in southeastern Iraq
Assigned to Engineering Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Peoria, Illinois
Army Specialist Gregory P. Sanders, 19
Hobart, Indiana
Killed in action in Iraq
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor, Fort Stewart, Georgia
March 23, 2003:
Army Specialist Jamaal R. Addison, 22
Roswell, Georgia
Killed when ambushed by enemy forces in Iraq
Assigned to the 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
Marine Sergeant Michael E. Bitz, 31
Ventura, California
Killed in action in the vicinity of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 2nd Assault Amphibious Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Marine Lance Corporal Brian Rory Buesing, 20
Cedar Key, Florida
Killed in combat in the vicinity of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Marine Lance Corporal David K. Fribley, 26
Fort Myers, Florida
Killed in action in the vicinity of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Marine Corporal Jose A. Garibay, 21
Orange, California
Killed in combat in the vicinity of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Marine Corporal Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20
Los Angeles, California
Killed in action in the vicinity of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Army Private First Class Howard Johnson II, 21
Mobile, Alabama
Killed when ambushed by enemy forces in Iraq
Assigned to the 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
Marine Staff Sergeant Phillip A. Jordan, 42
Enfield, Connecticutt
Killed in action in the vicinity of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Marine Lance Corporal Patrick R. Nixon, 21
Gallatin, Tennessee
Killed in action during operations on the outskirts of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Marine 2nd Lieutenant Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31
Nye, Nevada
Killed in action in the vicinity of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Marine Corporal Randal Kent Rosacker, 21
San Diego, California
Killed in combat in the vicinity of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Marine Lance Corporal Thomas J. Slocum, 22
Thornton, Colorado
Killed in action in the vicinity of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Marine Lance Corporal Michael J. Williams, 31
Yuma, Arizona
Killed in action on the outskirts of Nasiriyah
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
March 22, 2003:
Navy Lieutenant Thomas Mullen Adams, 27
La Mesa, California
Killed when two Royal Navy Sea King helicopters collided over international waters
Assigned as an exchange officer with the Royal Navy's 849 Squadron since October 2002
Marine Lance Corporal Eric J. Orlowski, 26
Buffalo, New York
Killed by an accidental discharge of a .50 cal machine gun in Iraq
Assigned to the 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Army Captain Christopher Scott Seifert, 27
Williams Township, Pennsylvania
Killed in a grenade attack while sleeping in a tent at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait
Assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Army Reserve Specialist Brandon S. Tobler, 19
Portland, Oregon
Killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Iraq
Assigned to the 671st Engineer Brigade, Portland, Oregon
March 21, 2003:
Marine 2nd Lieutenant Therrel S. Childers, 30
Harrison County, Mississippi
Killed in action in southern Iraq
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California
Marine Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez, 22
Los Angeles, California
Killed in action in southern Iraq
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California
March 20, 2003:
Marine Major Jay Thomas Aubin, 36
Waterville, Maine
Killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait
Assigned to the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona
Marine Captain Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30
Saint Anne, Illinois
Killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait
Assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-268, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, California
Marine Corporal Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25
Houston, Texas
Killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait
Assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron—268, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, California
Marine Staff Sergeant Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29
Baltimore, Maryland
Killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait
Assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, California
In addition, there are seven known American POWs and six other Americans are Missing In Action. Many warriors from the United Kingdom have fallen as well or are Missing In Action.
Heroes all, we owe to them and their families the greatest gratitude, honor, admiration and sympathy. It is such as these brave men and women that others may live free. May the people of Iraq forever offer to them the gratitude they deserve. It is a debt of honor twice owed that the French have obviously forgotten.
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