AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES: 2002/ MARCH

	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
	Chief Petty Officer Matthew J. Bourgeois	35	Naval Special Warfare Development Group	Tallahassee, Florida	Killed when he stepped on a land mine during a training mission near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 28, 2002
	Lance Cpl. Brian J. N. Andersen	26	Royal Danish Engineering battalion	Denmark	One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002
	Staff Sgt. Thomas K. Butzkowsky	26	Royal Danish Engineering battalion	Denmark	One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002
	Lance Cpl. Kim Carlsen	35	Royal Danish Engineering battalion	Denmark	One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002
	Thomas Kochert	29	German Army	Germany	One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002
	Mike Rubel	27	German Army	Germany	One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002
	Spc. Marc A. Anderson	30	Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment	Brandon, Florida	Anderson was shot and killed while exiting an MH-47 Chinook helicopter under fire on Takur Ghar Mountain in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002.
	Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman	36	24th Special Tactics Squadron	Waco, Texas	An Air Force combat controller, Chapman was shot and killed when he and a group of Navy SEALs were attempting to rescue another Navy SEAL during Operation Anaconda in southern Afghanistan on March 4, 2002
	Cpl. Matthew A. Commons	21	Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment	Boulder City, Nevada	Shot and killed when he and fellow Rangers were exiting a Chinook helicopter while under fire after landing on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002
	Sgt. Bradley S. Crose	27	Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment	Orange Park, Florida	Shot and killed when he and fellow Rangers were exiting a Chinook helicopter while under fire after landing on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002
	Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham		38th Rescue Squadron	Camarillo, California	An Air Force pararescueman, Cunningham was shot and wounded on Takur Ghar during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002. He died while waiting to be evacuated.
	Aviation Boatswain's Mate Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts	32	Naval Special Warfare Development Group	Woodland, California	Roberts was aboard a MH-47 Chinook helicopter preparing to land on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan when the helicopter was hit by rocket-propelled grenades, causing Roberts to fall from the helicopter's ramp. Roberts survived the fall and immediately engaed al Qaeda fighters with his M-249 light machine guns, surviving at least 30 minutes before he was shot and killed at close range.
	Sgt. Philip J. Svitak	31	Company A, 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment	Neosho, Missouri	Svitak, a gunner on a MH-47 Chinook helicopter, was shot and killed as the helicopter landed on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan to rescue a Navy SEAL who was under fire from al Qaeda fighters.
	Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman	34	3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)	Wade, North Carolina	Harriman and two Afghan soldiers were killed by friendly fire from an Air Force AC-130 gunship during Operation Anaconda in eastern Afghanistan on March 2, 2002
	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS