AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES: 2005/ OCTOBER

	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
	Staff Sgt. Travis W. Nixon	24	Company B, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division	Saint John, Washington	Died of injuries sustained when his patrol was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades north of Lwara, Afghanistan, on October 29, 2005
	Lance Cpl. Steven Sherwood	23	1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry Regiment	Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England	Killed when his convoy was ambushed while traveling between military bases in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on October 29, 2005
	Pfc. Joseph Cruz	22	Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade	Whittier, California	Died of non-combat related injuries sustained in an accident at Organ-E, Afghanistan, on October 15, 2005.
	Petty Officer 3rd Class Fabricio Moreno	26	Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3	Brooklyn, New York	Died in a single-vehicle accident in Manda Bay, Kenya, on October 14, 2005.
	Spc. Scott J. Mullen	22	Company B, 5th Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group	Tucson, Arizona	Died of a non-combat related accident in Makati City, Philippines, on October 13, 2005
	Cpl. Maj. Michele Sanflippo	34	4th Regiment Genio Guastatori	Trabia, Palermo, Italy	Died of wounds received from an accidental gunshot in Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 11, 2005
	Staff Sgt. Troy S. Ezernack	39	Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	Died of injuries sustained when his combat patrol was attacked by enemy forces using a grenade in Qalat, Afghanistan, on October 9, 2005
	Pfc. Benny S. Franklin	19	Company A, 2nd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division	Hammond, Louisiana	Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan of injuries sustained earlier in Helmand, Afghanistan, when he stepped on a landmine during patrol operations on October 7, 2005.
	Sgt. 1st Class Moses E. Armstead	44	16th Ordnance Battalion, 61st Ordnance Brigade	Rochester, New York	Died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany of a non-combat related illness identified on October 5, 2005, as he was returning from leave status and preparing to redeploy to Afghanistan.
	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS