Iraq
05:34 PM CST on Thursday, March 17, 2005
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Age: 40
Hometown: Alexandria, Va.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense
Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 1 in
Samarra, Iraq, when his convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device
and rocket-propelled grenades.
Age: 21
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
Unit: Army's A Company, 4th Forward Support Battalion,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 1 in Tikrit, Iraq, when her
convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled
grenades.
Age: 23
Hometown: Essex, N.J.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 1
while on patrol in Al Khadra, Iraq, when an Iraqi citizen approached and
shot him.
Age: 18
Hometown: Miami, Fla.
Unit: Army's 549th Military Police Company, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Drowned Oct. 3 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Age: 27
Hometown: La Mesa, N.M.
Unit: Army's C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 4 in Assadah, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade
struck his Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
Age: 20
Hometown: Woodruff,
Ariz.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 6 in Ar Ramadi,
Iraq. Karol was on a mission to observe enemy activity when a
command-detonated device exploded and overturned his vehicle.
Age: 25
Hometown: Clarksville,
Tenn.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 6 in Baghdad, Iraq.
While on combat patrol, Torres' convoy was hit by an improvised explosive
device.
Age: 21
Hometown: Mount Vernon,
Wash.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 6 while on a comat
patrol in Iskandariyah, Iraq, when his convoy was hit by an improvised
explosive device.
Age: 26
Hometown: San
Antonio, Texas
Unit: Army's 588th Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 9 in Baqubah. Norquist was in a convoy that came
under attack from rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire.
Age: 26
Hometown:
Lincoln, Neb.
Unit: Army's 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq. Swisher was on patrol when his
unit was ambushed by individuals using small arms fire and
rocket-propelled grenades.
Age: 23
Hometown: Roseville, Calif.
Unit: Army's 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.
Circumstances:
Died Oct. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq. Silva was on patrol when his unit was
ambushed by individuals using small arms fire and rocket-propelled
grenades.
Age: 26
Hometown: Radcliff, Ky.
Unit: Army's B Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 12 in
Baji, Iraq, when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck an enemy antitank
mine.
Age: 19
Hometown: Kilgore, Texas
Unit: Army's C Battery, 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort
Sill, Okla.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 13 in Balad, Iraq. Wyatt was in a
convoy that was hit by an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.
Age: 22
Hometown: Concord,
Mich.
Unit: Army's A Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 13 in
Tikrit, Iraq. Wheeler was searching for a possible improvised explosive
device when his unit came under attack from a rocket-propelled grenade.
Age: 19
Hometown: Valdosta,
Ga.
Unit: Army's K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment,
based in Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Drowned Oct. 13 near Al
Asad, Iraq. Soldiers from his unit had been searching for Freeman when
they discovered him floating on the surface of the water near Haditha dam.
Attempts made to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
Age: 28
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st
Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne, Fort Bragg,
N.C.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 13 in Baghdad, Iraq. Weismantle was
driving a high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) when an
Iraqi dump truck swerved and rolled over on top of his vehicle.
Age: 23
Hometown: El Monte, Calif.
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th
Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg,
N.C.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 13 in Baghdad, Iraq. Casanova was in a
high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) when an Iraqi dump
truck swerved and rolled over on top of his vehicle.
Age: 28
Hometown:
Wakefield, Mass.
Unit: Army's 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 16 in Karbala, Iraq. The soldiers were attempting
to negotiate with armed men who were congregating on a road near a mosque
after curfew. The Iraqis opened fire, killing three soldiers and wounding
seven others.
Age: 43
Hometown: Tennessee
Unit: Commanding officer of the Army's 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 16 in Karbala, Iraq. The soldiers were attempting
to negotiate with armed men who were congregating on a road near a mosque
after curfew. The Iraqis opened fire, killing three soldiers and wounding
seven others.
Age: 24
Hometown: San
Bernardino, Calif.
Unit: Army's 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 16 in Karbala, Iraq. The soldiers were attempting
to negotiate with armed men who were congregating on a road near a mosque
after curfew. The Iraqis opened fire, killing three soldiers and wounding
seven others.
Age: 46
Hometown: Buffalo,
N.Y.
Unit: Army's 105th Military Police Company, Army National Guard,
based in New York.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 17 along MSR (Main Supply
Road) Jackson, near Baghdad, Iraq, when his vehicle ran over an improvised
explosive device.
Age: 24
Hometown:
Phoenixville, Pa.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry
Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy.
Circumstances:
Died Oct. 18 in Taza, Iraq, when enemy forces ambushed a patrol using
rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire.
Age: 20
Hometown: Bedford, Mass.
Unit: Army 1st Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry Regiment, 173rd
Infantry Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 18 in
Taza, Iraq, when enemy forces ambushed a patrol using rocket-propelled
grenades and small arms fire.
Age: 29
Hometown: Calumet,
Mich.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 20 in
Al Fallujah, Iraq. Johnson was on a mounted patrol when the vehicle he was
riding in hit an improvised explosive device and later came under small
arms fire by enemy forces.
Age: 19
Hometown: Daphne, Ala.
Unit: Army's 131st Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, Birmingham, Ala.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 21 in Balad, Iraq. Bueche was changing a tire on a
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when the tire exploded.
Age: 25
Hometown: Tulsa, Okla.
Unit: Army's 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division,
Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
non-combat-related injuries.
Age: 24
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Unit: Army's 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division,
Baumholder, Germany.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
non-combat-related injuries.
Age: 31
Hometown: Mechanicsville,
Va.
Unit: Army's 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 23 in a convoy in Baqubah, Iraq, when an improvised
explosive device exploded.
Age: 29
Hometown: Yreka,
Calif.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort
Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 24 in Mosul, Iraq. Hancock was
on guard duty when he was shot.
Age: 22
Hometown: Flint,
Mich.
Unit: Army's B Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 4th
Infantry Division, based in Ft. Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Oct.
24 in Samaria, Iraq, during an enemy mortar attack.
Age: 26
Hometown: Bell Gardens,
Calif.
Unit: Army's C Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division, based in Ft. Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died
Oct. 24 in Samaria, Iraq, during an enemy mortar attack.
Age: 19
Hometown: Calexico, Calif.
Unit: Army's C Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 26 in Baqubah,
Iraq, from a non-hostile gunshot wound.
Age: 40
Hometown:
Fayetteville, N.C.
Unit: Army's Army Central Command Headquarters
(Forward), Fort McPherson, Ga.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 26 in Baghdad,
Iraq, during a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Al-Rasheed Hotel.
Age: 20
Hometown: Dunn, N.C.
Unit: Army's C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 26 on patrol in
Baghdad, Iraq, when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device.
Age: 26
Hometown: Hume,
Mo.
Unit: Army's C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry
Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died
Oct. 26 on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, when his vehicle was hit by an
improvised explosive device.
Age: 19
Hometown: Waupun, Wis.
Unit: Army's 527th Military Police Company, V Corps, Giesen, Germany
Circumstances: Died Oct. 26 in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, during a mortar attack on
the Abu Ghraib police station.
Age: 20
Hometown: Pago
Pago, American Samoa
Unit: Army's A Company, 70th Engineer Battalion,
1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 27 near
the Al Khadra police station in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle
containing an improvised explosive device detonated.
Age: 33
Hometown: Tuskegee, Ala.
Unit: Army's 214th Military Police Company, Alabama National Guard.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 27 at the Al Bayra Police Station in Baghdad,
Iraq, when his unit came under small arms fire and an improvised explosive
device detonated.
Age: 26
Hometown: Von Ormy,
Texas
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Circumstances: Died Oct. 28 in Baqubah, Iraq, when his tank was hit with an
improvised explosive device.
Age: 21
Hometown: Douglas, Ariz.
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Circumstances: Died Oct. 28 in Baqubah, Iraq, when his tank was hit with
an improvised explosive device.
Age: 36
Hometown: Aiken, S.C.
Unit: Army's 122nd Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard, Edgefield, S.C.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 28 of non-combat-related injuries at Forward
Operating Base St. Mere, Iraq.
Age: 23
Hometown: Riverside,
Calif.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry
Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died Oct. 31 on patrol in Al
Fallujah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device exploded.
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