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OUR FALLEN HEROES: CASUALTIES: 2004 |
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| NAME | AGE | UNIT | HOMETOWN | DETAILS | |
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| Cpl. Juan C. Cabral Banuelos | 25 | Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division | Emporia, Kansas | Killed when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Kirkuk, Iraq, on on January 31, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Holly J. McGeogh | 19 | Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division | Taylor, Michigan | Killed when her vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Kirkuk, Iraq, on on January 31, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Eliu A. Miersandoval | 27 | Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division | San Clemente, California | Killed when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Kirkuk, Iraq, on on January 31, 2004 | |
| Sapper Robert Thomson | 22 | 35 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers | Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland | Killed in an engineering-related accident in Basra, Iraq, on January 31, 2004 | |
| 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. 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. | |
| Capt. Matthew J. August | 28 | Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division | Warwick, Rhode Island | Killed in a roadside bomb attack in Khalidiyah, just east of Ramadi, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 | |
| Sgt. 1st Class James T. Hoffman | 41 | Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division | Whitesburg, Kentucky | Killed in a roadside bomb attack in Khalidiyah, just east of Ramadi, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 | |
| 2nd Lt. Luke S. James | 24 | Company B, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | Hooker, Oklahoma | Killed in a roadside bomb attack near Iskandariya, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Lester O. Kinney II | 27 | Company D, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | Zanesville, Ohio | Killed in a roadside bomb attack near Iskandariya, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Travis A. Moothart | 23 | Headquarters Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division | Brownsville, Oregon | Killed in a roadside bomb attack in Khalidiya, just east of Ramadi, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Cory R. Mracek | 26 | Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Artillery | Hay Springs, Nebraska | Killed in a roadside bomb attack near Iskandariya, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Christopher Bunda | 29 | Company A, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division | Bremerton, Washington | Bunda was listed as missing after his boat capsized during a river patrol with local police in Mosul, Iraq, on January 25, 2004. His remains were recovered on February 10, 2004. | |
| Chief Warrant Officer Patrick D. Dorff | 32 | 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division | Buffalo, Minnesota | Dorff's OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter went down in the Tigris River during a search on January 25, 2004, after a watercraft carrying four soldiers capsized. His remains were recovered on January 29. | |
| 1st Lt. Adam G. Mooney | 28 | C Troop, 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. | |
| Spc. Jason K. Chappell | 22 | Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division | Hemet, California | Killed when a vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated in Khalidiyah, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Ervin Dervishi | 21 | Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | Fort Worth, Texas | Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the Bradley Fighting Vehicle he was riding in during a combat patrol in Baji, Iraq, on January 24, 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 a roadside bomb north of Falluja, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Randy S. Rosenberg | 23 | Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division | Berlin, New Hampshire | Killed when a vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated in Khalidiyah, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Keith L. Smette | 25 | 957th Engineer Company, 130th Engineer Brigade | Fargo, North Dakota | Killed after the convoy he was in was attacked with a roadside bomb north of Falluja, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 | |
| Spc. William R. Sturges Jr. | 24 | Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division | Spring Church, Pennsylvania | Killed when a vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated in Khalidiyah, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 | |
| Chief Warrant Officer Michael T. Blaise | 29 | B Troop, 2nd Battalion, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division | Macon, Missouri | Killed when his OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed while returning from a combat mission near Mosul in northern Iraq on January 23, 2004 | |
| Chief Warrant Officer Brian D. Hazelgrove | 29 | 3rd Battalion, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 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 | |
| Pfc. James D. Parker | 20 | Headquarters Company, 588th Engineer Battalion (Heavy), 4th Infantry Division | Bryan, Texas | Killed in a mortar attack on a forward operating base near Baquba, Iraq, on January 21, 2004 | |
| Spc. Gabriel T. Palacios | 22 | Headquarters Company, 588th Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Division | Lynn, Massachusetts | Killed in a mortar attack on a forward operating base near Baquba, Iraq, on January 21, 2004 | |
| Rifleman Vincent Calvin Windsor | 23 | Company A, 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets | Oxfordshire, England | Killed in a traffic accident in Amarah, Iraq, on January 21, 2004 | |
| 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 a roadside bomb hit his vehicle during a combat patrol south of Samarra, Iraq | |
| Pfc. Cody J. Orr | 21 | Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | Ruskin, Florida | Killed when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb and overturned while conducting a surveillance sweep for roadside bombs north of Baghdad, Iraq, on January 17, 2004 | |
| Spc. Larry E. Polley Jr. | 20 | Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | Center, Texas | Killed when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb and overturned while conducting a surveillance sweep for roadside bombs north of Baghdad, Iraq, on January 17, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Edmond L. Randle | 26 | Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | Miami, Florida | Killed when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb and overturned while conducting a surveillance sweep for roadside bombs north of Baghdad, Iraq, on January 17, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Roland L. Castro | 26 | Battery A, 1st Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment | San Antonio, Texas | Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Camp Cedar II in southern Iraq on January 16, 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 | |
| Staff Sgt. Ricky L. Crockett | 37 | Company D, 51st Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade | Broxton, Georgia | Killed when he was hit by a roadside bomb while on mounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 12, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Craig Davis | 37 | 603rd Transportation Company, 142nd Corps Support Battalion | Opelousas, Louisiana | Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 | |
| Spc. Michael A. Diraimondo | 22 | 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment | Simi Valley, California | Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 | |
| 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 Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 | |
| Sgt. 1st Class Gregory B. Hicks | 35 | B Troop, 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 Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 | |
| Spc. Nathaniel H. Johnson | 22 | Company D, 82nd Aviation Brigade, 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 Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 | |
| Chief Warrant Officer Philip A. Johnson Jr. | 31 | 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment | Mobile, Alabama | Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 | |
| Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel | 23 | 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment | Jacksonville, Florida | Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Jeffery C. Walker | 33 | Company C, 782nd Main Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division | Havre de Grace, Maryland | Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 | |
| Chief Warrant Officer Aaron A. Weaver | 32 | C Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | Inverness, Florida | Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 | |
| Lance Cpl. Andrew Jason Craw | 21 | 1st Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | Clack- mannanshire, Scotland | Died in a training range accident near Basra on January 7, 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 | |
| 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 a roadside bomb near Ramadi, Iraq, on January 2 | |
| Spc. Solomon C. Bangayan | 24 | Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | Jay, Vermont | Killed when the convoy he was in was ambushed with a roadside bomb, small-arms fire, and a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 2, 2004 | |
| Capt. Kimberly N. Hampton | 27 | 1st Squadron, 17th Aviation Regiment, 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 Falluja, Iraq on January 2, 2004 | |
| Capt. Eric T. Paliwoda | 28 | Company B, 4th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | Goodyear, Arizona | Killed when his command post was hit by a mortar attack in Balad, Iraq, on January 2, 2004 | |
| Spc. Marc S. Seiden | 26 | Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | Brigantine, New Jersey | Killed when the convoy he was in was ambushed with a roadside bomb, small-arms fire, and a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 2, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Dennis A. Corral | 33 | Company C, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division | Kearney, Nebraska | Killed when his five-ton truck went out of control and flipped on its side while in a convoy traveling to Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 1, 2004 | |
| Maj. James Stenner | 30 | 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards Regiment | Monmouthshire, England | Killed in a traffic accident in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 1, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Norman Patterson | 28 | 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment | Staffordshire, England | Killed in a traffic accident in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 1, 2004 | |
| NAME | AGE | UNIT | HOMETOWN | DETAILS |