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◄--February |
~MARCH 2003~ |
April--► |
| NAME | AGE | UNIT | HOMETOWN | DETAILS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Sgt. Jacob L. Frazier | 24 | 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard | St. Charles, Illinois | Killed when the four-vehicle convoy he was in was ambushed on a reconnaissance patrol in Geresk, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2003 | |
| Staff Sgt. Orlando Morales | 33 | Company D, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) | Manati, Puerto Rico | Killed when the four-vehicle convoy he was in was ambushed on a reconnaissance patrol in Afghanistan on March 29, 2003 | |
| Capt. Tamara L. Archuleta | 23 | 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing | Los Lunas, New Mexico | Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 | |
| Staff Sgt. Jason Hicks | 25 | 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing | Jefferson, South Carolina | Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 | |
| Master Sgt. Michael Maltz | 42 | 38th Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing | St. Petersburg, Florida | Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 | |
| Senior Airman Jason Plite | 21 | 38th Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing | Lansing, Michigan | Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 | |
| Lt. Col. John Stein | 39 | 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing | Bardolph, Illinois | Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 | |
| Staff Sgt. John Teal | 29 | 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing | Dallas, Texas | Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 | |
| Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Profitt | 23 | USS Deyo | Charlestown, Indiana | Died of a non-combat related injury while in the Red Sea on March 17, 2003 | |
| Pfc. James R. Dillon Jr. | 19 | 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division | Grove City, Pennsylvania | Died of a non-combat related injury in Kuwait on March 13, 2003 | |
| Pfc. Spence A. McNeil | 19 | Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment | Bennettsville, South Carolina | Died on March 9, 2003, from injuries sustained when the vehicle he was traveling in rolled over near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 3, 2003 | |
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