AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES: 2004/ OCTOBER

	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
	Cpl. Billy Gomez	25	Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light)	Perris, California	Gomez died on October 27, 2004, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds he received when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device on October 20 in Naka, Afghanistan.
	Airman 1st Class Jesse M. Samek	21	66th Rescue Squadron, 57th Operations Group	Rogers, Arkansas	Samek died from injuries he received when an Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopter crashed during a medical evacuation mission 105 miles (170 kilometers) east of Shindand, Afghanistan, on October 21, 2004. The accident was not due to hostile action.
	Cpl. William M. Amundson Jr.	21	Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment	The Woodlands, Texas	Killed during a ground assault force infiltration in eastern Afghanistan when the Ground Mobility Vehicle he was riding in rolled over on October 18, 2004
	Spc. Kyle Ka Eo Fernandez	26	Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Light)	Waipahu, Hawaii	Killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near their dismounted patrol in Miam Do, Afghanistan, on October 14, 2004
	Staff Sgt. Brian S. Hobbs	28	Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Light)	Mesa, Arizona	Killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near their dismounted patrol in Miam Do, Afghanistan, on October 14, 2004
	Cpl. Major Bruno Giovanni	24	Susa Battalion, 3rd Alpine Regiment, Task Force Cobra, Italian Army	Crispi, Taranto, Italy	Died when his VM-90 wheeled military vehicle veered off the road approximately 28 miles (45 kilometers) outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 3, 2004
	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS