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OUR FALLEN HEROES: CASUALTIES: 2003 |
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| NAME | AGE | UNIT | HOMETOWN | DETAILS | |
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| Sgt. Sean K. Cataudella | 28 | H Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | Tucson, Arizona | Died when the military vehicle he was driving hit an embankment and rolled into a canal in Baquba, Iraq, on August 30, 2003 | |
| Staff Sgt. Mark A. Lawton | 41 | Detachment 1, Company A, 244th Engineer Battalion, Army Reserves | Hayden, Colorado | Killed when his convoy was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade north of As Suaydat, Iraq, on August 29, 2003 | |
| Fusilier Russell Beeston | 26 | 52nd Lowland Regiment (Volunteers), Territorial Army | Govan, Glasgow, Scotland | Died when his convoy was attacked by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades near Amarah, Iraq, on August 27, 2003 | |
| Sgt. Gregory A. Belanger | 24 | 325th Military Intelligence Battalion, U.S. Army Reserves | Narragansett, Rhode Island | Died of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle in Hallia, Iraq, on August 27, 2003 | |
| Spc. Rafael L. Navea | 34 | Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Killed when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Falluja, Iraq, on August 27, 2003 | |
| Lt. Col. Anthony L. Sherman | 43 | 304th Civil Affairs Brigade, Army Reserves | Pottstown, Pennsylvania | Found unconscious in his living quarters and died after cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and other attempts to revive him were unsucessful in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on August 27, 2003 | |
| Spc. Darryl T. Dent | 21 | 547th Transportation Company, District of Columbia Army National Guard | Washington, D.C. | Killed when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle in a convoy near Ramadi, Iraq, on August 26, 2003 | |
| Spc. Ronald D. Allen Jr. | 22 | Detachment C, 502nd Personnel Service Battalion, 43rd Area Support Group | Mitchell, Indiana | Died of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident that occurred while he was conducting convoy operations near Balad, Iraq, on August 25, 2003 | |
| Pfc. Pablo Manzano | 19 | Company B, 54th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, V Corps | Heber, California | Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Logistical Support Area Dogwood, Iraq, on August 25, 2003 | |
| Pfc. Vorn J. Mack | 19 | Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 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 Ramadi, Iraq, and did not resurface on August 23, 2003 | |
| Cpl. Dewi Pritchard | 35 | 116 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, Territorial Army | Bridgend, England | Killed during an attack by gunmen on a British military ambulance in Basra, Iraq, on August 23, 2003 | |
| Spc. Stephen M. Scott | 21 | Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment | Lawton, Oklahoma | Died as a result of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 23, 2003 | |
| Maj. Matthew Titchener | 32 | 150 Provost Company, Royal Military Police | Southport, Merseyside, England | Killed during an attack by gunmen on a British military ambulance in Basra, Iraq, on August 23, 2003 | |
| Warrant Officer Colin Wall | 34 | 150 Provost Company, Royal Military Police | County Durham, England | Killed during an attack by gunmen on a British military ambulance in Basra, Iraq, on August 23, 2003 | |
| Pfc. Michael S. Adams | 20 | Company C, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division | Spartanburg, South Carolina | Died of injuries sustained in a fire during a small-arms fire exercise. The fire began when a bullet ricocheted and ignited a fire in the building in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 21, 2003 | |
| 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. Bobby C. Franklin | 38 | Detachment 2, 210th Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard | Mineral Bluff, Georgia | Killed when a roadside bomb was detonated in the Karkah district of Baghdad, Iraq, on August 20, 2003 | |
| Sgt. 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 Diwaniya, Iraq, on August 20, 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 | |
| Spc. Eric R. Hull | 23 | 307th Military Police Company, Army Reserves | Uniontown, Pennsylvania | Died of injuries received when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb while returning from the Baghdad airport on August 18, 2003 | |
| 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 | |
| Lance Cpl. Preben Pedersen | 34 | Jutland Dragoon Regiment | Nordjylland, Denmark | Killed when he was accidentally shot during a patrol in Madinah, Iraq, on August 16, 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 | |
| Pfc. David M. Kirchhoff | 31 | 2133rd Transportation Company, Iowa 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. Jason Smith | 32 | 52nd Lowland Regiment, Territorial Army | Hawick, Scotland | Died of a non-hostile cause in southern Iraq on August 13, 2003 | |
| Staff Sgt. Steven W. White | 29 | Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | Lawton, Oklahoma | Died of injuries he received when his M113 armored personnel carrier hit an antitank mine in Tikrit, Iraq, on August 13, 2003 | |
| Pfc. Timmy R. Brown Jr. | 21 | Headquarters and Headquarters Service Company, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade | Conway, Pennsylvania | Killed when his convoy struck a roadside bomb in the vicinity of Taji, Iraq, on August 12, 2003 | |
| Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr. | 37 | Company B, 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 | |
| Pfc. Daniel R. Parker | 18 | Batatery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | Lake Elsinore, California | Fatally injured when he thrown from his vehicle after the driver swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle in another lane in Mosul, Iraq, on August 12, 2003 | |
| Sgt. Taft V. Williams | 29 | Maintenance Support Troop, 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment | New Orleans, Louisiana | Killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb near Ramadi, Iraq, on August 12, 2003 | |
| Staff Sgt. David S. Perry | 36 | 649th Military Police Company, California Army National Guard | Bakersfield, California | Killed when a suspicious package that he was inspecting exploded in Baquba, Iraq, on August 10, 2003 | |
| Spc. Levi B. Kinchen | 21 | Howitzer Battery, 2nd Squadron, 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. | |
| Sgt. Floyd G. Knighten Jr. | 55 | 1087th Transportation Support Company, Louisiana Army National Guard | Olla, Louisiana | Died from apparent heat stress while riding in a convoy north of Diwaniya, Iraq, on August 9, 2003 | |
| Pvt. Matthew D. Bush | 20 | F Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | East Alton, Illinois | Died in his sleep at Camp Caldwell, Iraq, on August 8, 2003. A fellow soldier tried to wake Bush and noticed he was not breathing. | |
| Pfc. Brandon Ramsey | 21 | 933rd Military Police Company, Illinois Army National Guard | Calumet City, Illinois | Killed when his vehicle rolled over during a chase of a suspicious vehicle while on a convoy escort mission in Tallil, Iraq, on August 8, 2003 | |
| Pfc. Duane E. Longstreth | 19 | Company B, 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division | Tacoma, Washington | Died from noncombat-related injuries in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 7, 2003 | |
| Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga | 20 | Aviation Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment | Bellville, Texas | Evacuated from Iraq on August 4, 2003, and died of a non-combat illness at Homburg University Hospital, Germany on August 6 | |
| Pvt. Kyle C. Gilbert | 20 | Company C, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | Brattleboro, Vermont | Killed when an Iraqi vehicle ambushed his unit in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 6, 2003 | |
| Staff Sgt. Brian R. Hellerman | 35 | Company C, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | Freeport, Minnesota | Killed when an Iraqi vehicle ambushed his unit in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 6, 2003 | |
| Sgt. Leonard D. Simmons | 33 | Company C, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division | New Bern, North Carolina | Died after suffering a seizure in Mosul, Iraq, on August 6, 2003 | |
| Spc. Farao K. Letufuga | 20 | Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division | Pago Pago, American Samoa | Died when he fell from a building while performing guard duty in Mosul, Iraq, on August 5, 2003 | |
| Staff Sgt. David L. Loyd | 44 | 1175th Transportation Company, Tennessee 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. | |
| Spc. Justin W. Hebert | 20 | Battery D, 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 | |
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