THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM/ 2009 IRAQ CASUALTIES: AUGUST

~AUGUST 2009~

NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
Pvt. Taylor D. Marks	19	41st Special Troops Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard	Monmouth, Oregon	One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their vehicle with an explosively formed penetrator in Rashid, Iraq, on August 28, 2009
Sgt. Earl D. Werner	38	41st Special Troops Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard	Mondovi, Wisconsin	One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their vehicle with an explosively formed penetrator in Rashid, Iraq, on August 28, 2009
2nd Lt. Joseph D. Fortin	22	1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division	St. Johnsbury, Vermont	Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with a roadside bomb in Muhalla, Iraq, on August 23, 2009
Pfc. William Z. Vanosdol	23	172nd Support Battalion, 172nd Infantry Brigade	Pinson, Alabama	Died of wounds suffered when enemy rocket fire struck his quarters in Diwaniya, Iraq, on August 19, 2009
Spc. Matthew D. Hastings	23	582nd Medical Logistics Company, 1st Medical Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command	Claremore, Oklahoma	Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 17, 2009
Spc. Richard A. Walters Jr.	41	14th Combat Support Hospital	Cleveland, Ohio	Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, on August 10, 2009
NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS