Iraq
05:35 PM CST on Friday, March 11, 2005
KILLED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
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Age: 28
Hometown: Newsite,
Miss.
Unit: Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died June 1 at Landstuhl Regional
Medical Center, Germany, as a result of injuries he suffered when his High
Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) rolled over on May 26 in
Iraq.
Age: 27
Hometown: Baldwin
Park, Calif.
Unit: Army's Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field
Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died June 3 south
of Balad, Iraq. Haromarin was manning a checkpoint when his unit came
under attack from rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire.
Age: 20
Hometown:
Worthington, Ohio
Unit: Army's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry
Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died June 5 in Al Fallujah,
Iraq. Oberleitner was returning from a dismounted patrol when he was
attacked with a rifle-propelled grenade.
Age: 21
Hometown: Poteau, Okla.
Unit: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133,
Gulfport, Miss.
Circumstances: Died June 6 in Iraq when a piece of
unexploded ordnance accidentally detonated where he was working.
Age: 26
Hometown: Edina, Mo.
Unit: Army's 170th Military Police Company, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died June 6 in Baghdad, Iraq. Burkhardt was part of an
escort mission when the vehicle he was in hit a curb along the road and
rolled over.
Age: 19
Hometown: Indianapolis,
Ind.
Unit: Army's 401st Military Police Company, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died June 7 in Tikrit, Iraq. Halling was at a military
police station when his section was attacked with rocket-propelled
grenades and small arms fire.
Age: 23
Hometown: Pulaski, Va.
Unit: Army's 1st Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died June 8 in Al Asad, Iraq. Dooley was manning a traffic
control point when a vehicle came up to the checkpoint and two individuals
got out, requesting a medic for their sick friend. Immediately following
the request for help, they opened fire on Dooley.
Age: 20
Hometown: Somerset,
Ohio
Unit: Army's Company C, 3rd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died June 10 in
Baghdad, Iraq. Neighbor was off work from guard duty and resting in a bus
when a rocket-propelled grenade round was fired from a nearby house.
Age: 25
Hometown:
Stockbridge, Ga.
Unit: Army's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry
Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died
June 12 in Al Fallujah, Iraq. Klinesmith was last seen wading in the lake
on the palace compound in Al Fallujah on June 12. A search was launched
and Klinesmith's body was discovered at the lake.
Age: 30
Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.
Unit: Army's 3rd Air Defense Artillery, 3rd Armor
Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died June 13 in Al
Asad, Iraq. On the way back from patrol, Pokorny's M113 armored personnel
carrier threw a track, causing the vehicle to roll over.
Age: 19
Hometown: Derby, Kan.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine
Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Circumstances:
Died June 15 from a non-combat weapon discharge near An Najaf, Iraq.
Age: 25
Hometown: Shelbyville,
Ind.
Unit: Army's Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st
Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
Circumstances: Died June 16 while
on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, when he received a fatal gunshot wound.
Age: 24
Hometown: Lufkin, Texas
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Battery, 5th Battalion,
3rd Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.
Circumstances: Died June
16 in Todjie, Iraq, from a non-combat related cause.
Age: 24
Hometown: Apex, N.C.
Unit: Army's Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored
Division, Smith Barracks, Germany.
Circumstances: Died June 17, at Camp
Wolf, Kuwait, from a non-combat related cause.
Age: 19
Hometown: San Antonio,
Texas
Unit: Army's Company B, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment,
1st Armored Division, Ray Barracks, Germany.
Circumstances: Killed June
17 in Baghdad, Iraq. Frantz was on guard duty when a local resident threw
a grenade over the wall.
Age: 21
Hometown: Nemo, S.D.
Unit: Army's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed June 18 in
Baghdad, Iraq. Deuel received fatal gunshot wounds while on guard duty at
a propane distribution center.
Age: 29
Hometown:
Kingman, Ariz.
Unit: Army's Troop E, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry
Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died June 18 at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Latham was participating in a raid
at a suspected arms market in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on May 19 when he was hit
with shrapnel.
Age: 21
Hometown: Santa Fe
Springs, Calif.
Unit: Army's 437th Medical Company, based in Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Circumstances: Died June 19 in Al Iskandariyah, Iraq.
Nakamura was part of an ambulance crew transporting an injured soldier
when the vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Age: 21
Hometown: Allendale,
S.C.
Unit: Army's Company A, 123rd Main Support Battalion, Dexheim,
Germany.
Circumstances: Died June 22 in Baghdad, Iraq. Smith was in a
convoy that was ambushed by small-arms fire.
Age: 32
Hometown: West Blocton,
Ala.
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Armored
Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.
Circumstances: Died June 24 in
Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-combat related cause.
Age: 29
Hometown:
Washington, D.C.
Unit: Marine's Bravo Company, 4th Light Armored
Reconnaissance Battalion, Frederick, Md.
Circumstances: Killed June 25
in Iraq when the light armored vehicle he was traveling in rolled over.
Age: 25
Hometown: California
Unit: Army's Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning,
Ga.
Circumstances: Killed June 25 in Iraq. Chris was fatally wounded in
combat operations in hostile enemy territory.
Age: 37
Hometown:
Linden, N.J.
Unit: Army's Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field
Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.
Circumstances: Failed to respond
on June 25 to a radio check south of Balad, Iraq. Philippe's remains were
found June 28 in Taji, Iraq.
Age: 27
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Unit: Army's Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort
Sill, Okla.
Circumstances: Failed to respond on June 25 to a radio
check south of Balad, Iraq. Ott's remains were found June 28 in Taji, Iraq.
Age: 20
Hometown: Urbana, Ill.
Unit: Army's Company B, 46th Engineer Battalion, Fort Rucker, Ala.
Circumstances: Died June 26 in Camden Yards, Kuwait, from a non-combat
related cause.
Age: 32
Hometown: Puerto Rico
Unit: Army's 755th Military Police Company, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Circumstances: Killed June 26 in An Najif, Iraq. Orengo was shot and died
of injuries he received.
Age: 20
Hometown: Houston
Unit: Army's Headquarters Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk,
La.
Circumstances: Killed June 27 in Baghdad, Iraq. Sotelo was
traveling in a convoy when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle.
Age: 22
Hometown:
Enterprise, Ala.
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort
Benning, Ga.
Circumstances: Died June 28 of wounds received June 26 in
Baghdad, Iraq. Conneway was traveling in a government vehicle when an
explosive device detonated and struck the vehicle.
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