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~MAY 2004~ |
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| NAME | AGE | UNIT | HOMETOWN | DETAILS | |
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| Lance Cpl. Dustin L. Sides | 22 | 9th Communications Battalion, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Yakima, Washington | Died from hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 31, 2004 | |
| 1st Lt. Kenneth Michael Ballard | 26 | Company C, 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division | Mountain View, California | Died of wounds from an accidental discharge from his tank's machine gun during a firefight with insurgents in Najaf, Iraq, on May 30, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Aaron C. Elandt | 23 | Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division | Lowell, Michigan | Killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Al Musayyib, Iraq, on May 30, 2004 | |
| Spc. Charles E. Odums II | 22 | Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division | Sandusky, Ohio | Killed when his military convoy hit a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 30, 2004 | |
| Capt. Robert C. Scheetz Jr. | 31 | Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division | Dothan, Alabama | Killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb on Musayyib, Iraq, on May 30, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Nicholaus E. Zimmer | 20 | Company C, 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division | Columbus, Ohio | Killed when his vehicle came under attack by rocket-propelled grenades in Kufa, Iraq, on May 30, 2004 | |
| Pvt. Bradli N. Coleman | 19 | Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division | Ford City, Pennsylvania | Died May 30, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained on May 29 when mortar rounds hit his living quarters in Mosul, Iraq | |
| Pfc. Cody S. Calavan | 19 | Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Lake Stevens, Washington | Killed when a car bomb exploded next to his Humvee on a highway in Ramadi, Iraq, on May 29, 2004 | |
| Lance Cpl. Benjamin R. Gonzalez | 23 | Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Los Angeles, California | Killed when a car bomb exploded next to his Humvee on a highway in Ramadi, Iraq, on May 29, 2004 | |
| Lance Cpl. Rafael Reynosa-Suarez | 28 | Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Santa Ana, California | Killed when a car bomb exploded next to his Humvee on a highway in Ramadi, Iraq, on May 29, 2004 | |
| Spc. Michael J. Wiesemann | 20 | C Troop, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division | North Judson, Indiana | Died at Forward Operating Base Q-West (Quyarrah Air Base, Iraq) of non-combat related injuries on May 29, 2004 | |
| Lance Cpl. Kyle W. Codner | 19 | 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Wood River, Nebraska | Died due to hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 26, 2004 | |
| Cpl. Matthew C. Henderson | 25 | 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Lincoln, Nebraska | Died due to hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 26, 2004 | |
| Cpl. Dominique J. Nicolas | 25 | Headquarters & Service Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Maricopa, Arizona | Died from hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 26, 2004 | |
| Spc. Alan N. Bean Jr. | 22 | Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 86th Field Artillery, Vermont Army National Guard | Bridport, Vermont | Killed when his unit came under mortar attack at Forward Operating Base Kalsu near Iskandariya, Iraq, on May 25, 2004 | |
| Pfc. James P. Lambert | 23 | Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division | New Orleans, Louisiana | Killed when a roadside bomb hit his patrol in Falluja, Iraq, on May 25, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Richard H. Rosas | 21 | Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division | Saint Louis, Michigan | Killed when a roadside bomb hit his patrol in Falluja, Iraq, on May 25, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Kevin F. Sheehan | 36 | Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 86th Field Artillery, Vermont Army National Guard | Milton, Vermont | Killed when his unit came under mortar attack at Forward Operating Base Kalsu near Iskandariya, Iraq, on May 25, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Daniel P. Unger | 19 | Company A, 1st Battalion, 185th Armor Regiment, 81st Armor Brigade, California Army National Guard | Exeter, California | Killed during a rocket attack on Forward Operating Base Kalsu near Iskandariyah Iraq, on May 25, 2004 | |
| Spc. Beau R. Beaulieu | 20 | Company B, 27th Main Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division | Lisbon, Maine | Killed during a mortar attack on Camp Cooke in Taji, Iraq, on May 24, 2004 | |
| Spc. Owen D. Witt | 20 | B Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, Regiment, 1st Infantry Division | Sand Springs, Montana | Killed when his armored Humvee rolled over in Ad Dawr, Iraq, on May 24, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Molina Bautista | 37 | Detatchment 1, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Rialto, California | Died as a result of hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 23, 2004 | |
| Spc. Jeremy L. Ridlen | 23 | 1544th Transportation Company, Illinois Army National Guard | Paris, Illinois | Ridlen was killed by small-arms fire after a roadside bomb hidden in a parked dump truck was detonated as his military convoy was driving by in East Falluja, Iraq, on May 23, 2004. | |
| Staff Sgt. Jeremy R. Horton | 24 | Company B, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division | Erie, Pennsylvania | Killed when his vehicle was ambushed by a car bomb near Iskandariya, Iraq, on May 21, 2004 | |
| Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Zabierek | 25 | Company F, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, attached to 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Died due to hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 21, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Leslie D. Jackson | 18 | Company A, 115th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division | Richmond, Virginia | Killed when her military vehicle hit a roadside bomb as it was returning to Camp Eagle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 20, 2004 | |
| Sgt. 1st Class Troy L. Miranda | 44 | Company C, 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Brigade Combat Team, Arkansas Army National Guard | DeQueen, Arkansas | Killed when a grenade was thrown near his foot patrol on Haifa Street in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 20, 2004 | |
| Cpl. Rudy Salas | 20 | Headquarters & Service Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Baldwin Park, California | Died due to a non-hostile vehicle accident in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 20, 2004 | |
| Spc. Michael C. Campbell | 34 | Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division | Marshfield, Missouri | Killed when his convoy hit a roadside bomb in Samarra, Iraq, on May 19, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Michael M. Carey | 20 | Headquarters & Service Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Prince George, Virginia | Died when he apparently fell into a canal in Iraq and did not resurface on May 18, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. William D. Chaney | 59 | Company B, 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard | Schaumburg, Illinois | Died on May 18, 2004, in Landstuhl, Germany after he was medically evacuated from Iraq to Germany for surgery due to a sudden medical condition | |
| Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Garyantes | 34 | Company B, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division | Rehoboth, Delaware | Killed by sniper fire while on a combat patrol in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, on May 18, 2004 | |
| Spc. Marcos O. Nolasco | 34 | Battery B, 1st Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division | Chino, California | Died as a result of an electrocution accident in Baji, Iraq, on May 18, 2004 | |
| Lance Cpl. Bob W. Roberts | 30 | Company C, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Newport, Oregon | Killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 17, 2004 | |
| Cpl. Matteo Vanzan | 23 | Lagunari Regiment, Italian Army | Venice, Italy | Died on May 17, 2004 of shrapnel wounds received in a mortar attack on an Italian military base in Nasiriya, Iraq, on May 16, 2004 | |
| 2nd Lt. Leonard M. Cowherd | 22 | Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division | Culpeper, Virginia | Killed when he received sniper and rocket-propelled grenade fire while securing a building near the Mukhayam Mosque in Karbala, Iraq, on May 16, 2004 | |
| Spc. Carl F. Curran | 22 | Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard | Union City, Pennsylvania | Killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Karma, Iraq, on May 16, 2004 | |
| Spc. Mark J. Kasecky | 20 | Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard | McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania | Killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Karma, Iraq, on May 16, 2004 | |
| Senior Airman Pedro I. Espaillat Jr. | 20 | 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing | Colombia, Tennessee | Died as a result of non-hostile injuries in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 15, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Rene Ledesma | 34 | A Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division | Abilene, Texas | Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his Bradley fighting vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 15, 2004 | |
| Command Sgt. Maj. Edward C. Barnhill | 50 | 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, 358th Civil Affairs Brigade, Army Reserve | Shreveport, Louisiana | Died of an apparent heart attack after he was found unconscious in a hallway at the Coalition Provincial Authority headquarters building in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 14, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Brud J. Cronkrite | 22 | Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division | Spring Valley, California | Died May 14, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds he received when a rocket-propelled grenade was fired into a building near him during a security patrol in Karbala, Iraq, on May 13, 2004 | |
| Sgt. James W. Harlan | 44 | 660th Transportation Company, 88th Regional Readiness Command, Army Reserve | Owensboro, Kentucky | Killed when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb next to his vehicle at Camp Anaconda near Balad, Iraq, on May 14, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Michael A. Mora | 19 | I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment | Arroyo Grande, California | Died when his military vehicle slid off the road and turned over in Najaf, Iraq, on May 14, 2004 | |
| Spc. Philip I. Spakosky | 25 | 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division | Browns Mill, New Jersey | Died May 14, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds he received when he was shot by a suspected sniper in Karbala, Iraq, on May 13, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Brian K. Cutter | 19 | Company B, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Riverside, California | Found unconscious on May 13, 2004, and was later pronounced dead in Al Asad, Iraq. The cause of death is under investigation. | |
| Pfc. Brandon C. Sturdy | 19 | Company F, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Urbandale, Iowa | Killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 13, 2004 | |
| Lance Cpl. Jeremiah E. Savage | 21 | 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Livingston, Tennessee | Died of wounds received due to hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 12, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Jeffrey R. Shaver | 26 | Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, Washington Army National Guard | Maple Valley, Washington | Killed when his convoy vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 12, 2004 | |
| Spc. Kyle A. Brinlee | 21 | Detachment 1, Company B, 120th Combat Engineer Battalion, Oklahoma Army National Guard | Pryor, Oklahoma | Killed when his convoy vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Al Asad, Iraq, on May 11, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Dave Steensma | 36 | 12th Infantry Battalion, 11th Air Maneuver Brigade | Franeker, Netherlands | Died when a grenade exploded as he and other Dutch soldiers were patrolling a bridge over the Euphrates River in Samawa, Iraq, on May 10, 2004 | |
| Spc. Andrew L. Tuazon | 21 | 293rd Military Police Company, 3rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division | Chesapeake, Virginia | Died from hostile fire while on guard duty in Mosul, Iraq, on May 10, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Rodney A. Murray | 28 | 351st Military Police Company, Army Reserve | Ayden, North Carolina | Killed when his Humvee accidentally collided with a Bradley Fighting Vehicle while traveling southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on May 9, 2004 | |
| Spc. Philip D. Brown | 21 | Company B, 141st Engineer Combat Battalion, North Dakota Army National Guard | Jamestown, North Dakota | Died in Balad, Iraq, of injuries received when a roadside bomb detonated during a patrol near Samarra, Iraq, on May 8, 2004 | |
| Spc. James J. Holmes | 28 | Company C, 141st Engineer Combat Battalion, North Dakota Army National Guard | East Grand Forks, Minnesota | Died on May 8, 2004, in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained on May 3 in Iraq when a roadside bomb detonated near the driver side of his military vehicle | |
| Chief Warrant Officer Marek Krajewsi | 34 | Army Regional Chief of Staff Office | Lublin, Poland | Killed when the military vehicle he was driving in a convoy hit a civilian truck traveling in the opposite direction and rolled down an embankment near Karbala, Iraq, on May 8, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Isela Rubalcava | 25 | Forward Maintenance Company, 296th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division | El Paso, Texas | Killed when a mortar round exploded near her in Mosul, Iraq, on May 8, 2004 | |
| Capt. Slawomir Strozak | 34 | 18th Landing Assault Army Battalion | Bielsko-Biala, Poland | Died in an explosion near Karbala, Iraq, on May 8, 2004 | |
| Spc. Chase R. Whitham | 21 | Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division | Harrisburg, Oregon | Died when an electrical current charged the water in the pool where he was swimming in Mosul, Iraq, on May 8, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Hesley Box Jr. | 24 | Company B, 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Brigade Combat Team, Arkansas Army National Guard | Nashville, Arkansas | Killed when a car bomb detonated near his guard post in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 6, 2004 | |
| Cpl. Dustin H. Schrage | 20 | Company F, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Brevard, Florida | Died during a covert mission to cross the Euphrates River in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 6, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Jesse R. Buryj | 21 | 66th Military Police Company, 1st Military Police Brigade | Canton, Ohio | Killed in a friendly fire incident when Polish troops opened fire on an insurgent's truck crashing through a checkpoint in Karbala, Iraq, on May 5, 2004 | |
| Cpl. Jeffrey G. Green | 20 | Company F, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force | Dallas, Texas | Found dead in the Euphrates River in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 5, 2004. The cause of death is under investigation. | |
| Pfc. Bradley G. Kritzer | 18 | Battery A, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division | Irvona, Pennsylvania | Killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 5, 2004 | |
| Spc. James E. Marshall | 19 | Battery A, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 5, 2004 | |
| Gunnery Sgt. Ronald E. Baum | 38 | 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force | Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania | Died due to hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 3, 2004 | |
| Capt. Christopher J. Kenny | 32 | F Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division | Miami, Florida | Killed when his Humvee left the road during a combat patrol and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq, on May 3, 2004 | |
| Pfc. Lyndon A. Marcus Jr. | 21 | F Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division | Long Beach, California | Killed when his Humvee left the road during a combat patrol and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq, on May 3, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Erickson H. Petty | 28 | Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division | Fort Gibson, Oklahoma | Killed in an attack by small-arms fire while he was providing security for a weapons cache in Salman Al Habb, Iraq, on May 3, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Marvin R. Sprayberry III | 24 | F Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division | Tehachapi, California | Killed when his Humvee left the road during a combat patrol and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq, on May 3, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Gregory L. Wahl | 30 | F Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division | Salisbury, North Carolina | Killed when his Humvee left the road during a combat patrol and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq, on May 3, 2004 | |
| Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael C. Anderson | 36 | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, 3rd Naval Construction Regiment | Daytona, Florida | Killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 2, 2004 | |
| Spc. Ervin Caradine Jr. | 33 | Company B, 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division | Memphis, Tennessee | Killed when his convoy vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 2, 2004 | |
| Petty Officer 2nd Class Trace W. Dossett | 37 | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, 3rd Naval Construction Regiment | Orlando, Florida | Killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 2, 2004 | |
| Pvt. Jeremy L. Drexler | 23 | Company B, 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division | Topeka, Kansas | Killed when his convoy vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 2, 2004 | |
| Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald A. Ginther | 37 | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, 3rd Naval Construction Regiment | Auburndale, Florida | Killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 2, 2004 | |
| Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert B. Jenkins | 35 | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, 3rd Naval Construction Regiment | Stuart, Florida | Killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 2, 2004 | |
| Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott R. McHugh | 33 | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, 3rd Naval Construction Regiment | Boca Raton, Florida | Killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 2, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Todd E. Nunes | 29 | Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division | Chapel Hills, Tennessee | Killed when his convoy was attacked with small-arms fire and a roadside bomb in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 2, 2004 | |
| Capt. John E. Tipton | 32 | Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division | Fort Walton Beach, Florida | Killed by an explosion during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 2, 2004 | |
| Sgt. Joshua S. Ladd | 20 | 367th Maintenance Company, Mississippi Army National Guard | Fort Gibson, Mississippi | Killed when his convoy vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Mosul, Iraq, on May 1, 2004 | |
| Staff Sgt. Oscar D. Medina | 32 | Company A, 84th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division | Chicago, Illinois | Killed when his convoy was attacked in Amarah, Iraq, on May 1, 2004 | |
| Spc. Ramon C. Ojeda | 22 | Company A, 84th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division | Ramona, California | Killed when his convoy was attacked in Amarah, Iraq, on May 1, 2004 | |
| Spc. Trevor A. Win'E | 22 | 24th Quartermaster Company | Orange, California | Died on May 1, 2004, in Tikrit, Iraq, from injuries sustained a day earlier when his convoy vehicle hit a roadside bomb | |
| NAME | AGE | UNIT | HOMETOWN | DETAILS |