YEAR  2002
 
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Nathan R Chapman - 31

Special Forces Sergeant First Class
Company C, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)
San Antonio, Texas
01-04-2002
 (Near Pakistan Border) Khost, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire
 Sergeant Chapman Was The First American
Killed By Enemy Fire In Afghanistan
  
Matthew W Bancroft - 29
Captain
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Shasta, California
01-09-2002
Near Shamsi, Pakistan
Non -  Hostile - MC-130 Refueling Tanker Plane Crashed Into Mountain
Bryan P Bertrand - 23
Lance Corporal
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Coos Bay, Oregon
01-09-2002
Near Shamsi, Pakistan
Non -  Hostile - MC-130 Refueling Tanker Plane Crashed Into Mountain

 
Stephen L Bryson - 35
Gunnery Sergeant
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
 Montgomery, Alabama
01-09-2002
Near Shamsi, Pakistan
Non -  Hostile - MC-130 Refueling Tanker Plane Crashed Into Mountain

The possibility that a hostile fire caused a Marine Corps MC-130 refueling plane to crash into a mountainside in western Pakistan. All seven Marines aboard the plane died as the aircraft prepared to land  at a forward operating base in Shamsi, Pakistan.


Daniel G McCollum - 29
Captain
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Richland, South Carolina
01-09-2002
Near Shamsi, Pakistan
Non -  Hostile - MC-130 Refueling Tanker Plane Crashed Into Mountain

 
 Scott N Germosen - 37
Staff Sergeant
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Queens, New York - United States
01-09-2002
Near Shamsi, Pakistan
Non -  Hostile - MC-130 Refueling Tanker Plane Crashed Into Mountain

 
 Jeannette L Winters - 25
Sergeant
Wing Communications Squadron 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Du Page, Illinois
01-09-2002
Near Shamsi, Pakistan
Non -  Hostile - MC-130 Refueling Tanker Plane Crashed Into Mountain

 
 Nathan P Hays - 21
Sergeant
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Lincoln, Washington
01-09-2002
Near Shamsi, Pakistan
Non -  Hostile - MC-130 Refueling Tanker Plane Crashed Into Mountain
 
 Dwight J Morgan - 24
Staff Sergeant
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Mendocino, California
01-20-2002
South Of Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - Marine CH-53E Crashed In Northern Afghanistan

 
Walter F Cohee III - 26
Staff Sergeant
 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
 Wicomico, Maryland
01-20-2002
South Of Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - Marine CH-53E Crashed In Northern Afghanistan
  
 Jason A Disney - 21

Specialist
 58th Maintenance Company, 7th Transportation Battalion, 507th Corps Support Group
 Fallon, Nevada
02-13-2002
 Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - Died From Injuries Sustained When
Heavy Equipment Fell On Him At Bagram Air Base
  
IN THE SOUTH OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

On February 21, 2002 ten soldiers perished when the HM-47E helicopter they were riding in crashed.  into the Bohol Sea north of Zamboanga.  The crash site was a gulf about 120 miles north-northeast of the city of Zamboanga, off the coast of the southern island of Mindanao. The Army Chinook helicopter that crashed into the sea while taking part in a counter-terrorism training exercise. There were no initial indications that the helicopter was brought down by hostile  fire The bodies of three of the 10 servicemen on the MH-47E helicopter were recovered shortly after it crashed before dawn. A second U.S. military helicopter remained on the scene searching for survivors, but none were found. Below are the names of those who perished.

 
Bruce A. Rushforth Jr - 35
Staff Sergeant
Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
02-21-2002
Philippines
 Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Helicopter Crash At Sea

  
 Curtis D Feistner - 34

Major
 Company E 160TH Special Operations Aviation Regiment
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
02-21-2002
Southern Philippines
 Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Helicopter Crash At Sea

 
 Bartt D Owens - 29

Captain
Company E 160TH Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Middleton, Ohio
02-21-2002
Southern Philippines
 Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Helicopter Crash At Sea

 
 Jody L Egnor - 32

Chief Warrant Officer
Company E 160TH Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Middleton, Ohio
02-21-2002
Southern Philippines
 Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Helicopter Crash At Sea


MH-47 HELICOPTER
SERVICE FOR PHILIPPINES ACCIDENT
 
 James P Dorrity - 37

Staff Sergeant
Company E 160TH Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Goldsboro, North Carolina
02-21-2002
Southern Philippines
 Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Helicopter Crash At Sea

 
 Kerry W Frith - 37

Staff Sergeant
Company E 160TH Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Las Vegas, Nevada
02-21-2002
Southern Philippines
 Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Helicopter Crash At Sea

 
 Thomas F Allison - 22

Specialist
Company E 160TH Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Roy, Washington
02-21-2002
Southern Philippines
 Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Helicopter Crash At Sea

 
 William L McDaniel II - 36 or 29 (?)
Master Sergeant
353rd Special Operations Group
 Greenville, Ohio
02-21-2002
Southern Philippines
 Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Helicopter Crash At Sea

 
 Juan M Ridout - 36
Staff Sergeant
353rd Special Operations Group
 Maple Tree, Washington
02-21-2002
Southern Philippines
 Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Helicopter Crash At Sea

 
 Curtis A. Carter - 25

Specialist
Headquarters Company 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division
Lafayette, Louisiana
02-27-2002
Kuwait
Non -  Hostile - Gunshot Wound
Stanley L Harriman - 34

Chief Warrant Officer 2
3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Wade, North Carolina
03-02-2002
Eastern Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Fire

 
 Jason Dean Cunningham - 26
Senior Airman
 38th Rescue Squadron
 Camarillo, California
03-04-2002
Gardez, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Chinook Helicopter Crash
SA Jason Cunningham was awarded the Air Force Cross posthumously October 3, 2005
 
 John A Chapman - 36
Technician Sergeant
 24th Special Tactics Squadron
 Waco, Texas
03-04-2002
Gardez, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Chinook Helicopter Crash

  
Bradley S. Crose - 22
Sergeant
 Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Orange Park, Florida
03-04-2002
Gardez, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Chinook Helicopter Crash

  
 Marc A Anderson - 30

Specialist
Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Brandon, Florida
03-04-2002
Gardez, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Chinook Helicopter Crash



 
 Matthew A Commons - 21

Private First Class
Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Boulder City, Nevada
03-04-2002
Gardez, Afghanistan
 Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Chinook Helicopter Crash

 
 Neil C Roberts - 32
Aviation Petty Officer  First Class
Naval Special Warfare Development Group
Woodland, California
03-04-2002
Gardez, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Chinook Helicopter Crash

 
 Philip J Svitak - 31

Sergeant
 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Joplin, Missouri
03-04-2002
Gardez, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - MH-47 Chinook Helicopter Crash
 
 Matthew J Bourgeois - 35
Chief Petty Officer Seal
Naval Special Warfare Development Group
Tallahassee, Florida
03-27-2002
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - Killed While Conducting Small Unit Training
 
 Brian T Craig - 27

Staff Sergeant
 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment
 Houston, Texas
04-15-2002
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - Result Of  Ordinance Explosion During Clearing Operations



 
 Daniel A Romero - 30

Sergeant First Class
 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Colorado Army National Guard
 Lafayette, Colorado
04-15-2002
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - Result Of  Ordinance Explosion During Clearing Operations

 
Jamie O Maugans - 27

Sergeant
 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment
 Wichita, Kansas
04-15-2002
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - Result Of  Ordinance Explosion During Clearing Operations

 
Justin J Galewski - 28

Staff Sergeant
 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment
 Olathe, Kansas
04-15-2002
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - Result Of  Ordinance Explosion During Clearing Operations
 
Gene A Vance Jr - 38

Sergeant
Support Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), West Virginia Army National Guard
 Morgantown, West Virginia
04-19-2002
Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero
  
Anissa A Shero - 31
Staff Sergeant
 15th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing
 Grafton, West Virginia
06-12-2002
 Bande Sardeh Dam In Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - An MC-130H Combat Talon II Aircraft Crash



 
Sean M Corlew - 37
Technician Sergeant
 15th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing
 Thousand Oaks, California
06-12-2002
 Bande Sardeh Dam In Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - An MC-130H Combat Talon II Aircraft Crash

 
Peter P Tycz II - 32

Sergeant First Class
 Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
 Tonawanda, New York
06-12-2002
 Bande Sardeh Dam In Afghanistan
Non -  Hostile - An MC-130H Combat Talon II Aircraft Crash
 
Christopher J Speer - 28

Sergeant First Class Special Forces Medic
 Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command
 Albuquerque, New Mexico
08-07-2002
Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Head Wound July 27th And Died On August 7, 2002
  
  
Ryan D Foraker - 31

Sergeant
 342nd Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve
 Logan, Ohio
09-24-2002
 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Non -  Hostile - Drowned - Body Never Recovered
 
Jeremy D. Foshee - 25

Sergeant
Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Jackson, Alabama
10-02-2002
Philippines
Non -  Hostile - Helicopter Crash At Sea


Mark Wayne Jackson - 40

Sergeant First Class
Company A, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Glennie, Michigan
10-02-2002
Zamboanga, Philippines
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack
 

Antonio J. Sledd - 20
Lance Corporal
Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Tampa, Florida
10-08-2002
Kuwait
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Shot by militants while setting up a makeshift
baseball field during a break in an urban exercise in Kuwait

Jerry O. Pope II,  35
Ensign  Seal
Navy SEAL assigned to the U.S. Embassy, Yemen
Tallahassee, Florida
10/17/2002
Between Sanaa And Hodeidah Yemen
Non -  Hostile - Traffic Accident


Thomas L. Robinson - 38
Lieutenant Commander
Executive officer, guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton
Kingston, Massachusetts
10-23-2002
Bahrain
Non -  Hostile - Sadly Died From Self-Inflicted Gunshot


Pedro Pena - 35

Specialist
Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Miami, Florida
11-07-2002
Kuwait
Non -  Hostile - Incident - Sadly Died From Gunshot Wound To The Head

 James H  Ebbers - 19

Private
 551st Military Police Company
 Tinley Park, Illinois
10-14-2002
Djibouti
Non -  Hostile - Sadly Died From Self-Inflicted Gunshot
  
 Steven Checo - 22

Sergeant
Company D, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
 New York, New York
12-20-2002
Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

THE FINAL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CASUALTY COUNT FOR  2002
  --- 49 ---

 Iraq - 00
Afghanistan - 49
United States - 00





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TOTAL SUMMARY FOR YEAR  2002
0 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
1 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
1 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
3 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
49 - American Deaths (2)
22 - Hostile Fire Death
27 - Non-Hostile Death
2 - No Explanation Given For Hostile or Non Hostile Cause Of Death This Month
4 - Total American IED Deaths
4 - Total American Small Arms Fire Deaths
1 - Total American RPG Deaths
2 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
0 - Total American Listed As Illness Deaths
22 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
2 - Total American Bomb Deaths
5 - California Deaths
   

TOTAL SUMMARY TO DATE (4)
0 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
2 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
4 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
4 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
61 - American Deaths (2)
25 - Hostile Fire Death
36 - Non-Hostile Death
2 - No Explanation Given For Hostile or Non Hostile Cause Of Death Total
4 - Total American IED Deaths
8 - Total American Small Arms Fire Deaths
1 - Total American RPG Deaths
4 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
0 - Total American Listed As Illness
24 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
2 - Total American Bomb Deaths
6 - California Deaths
  (1) = Not In Use At This Time
  (2) = Include 18 - 21 Years Of Age  In Iraq & Afghanistan
  (3)=  Not In Use At This Time
  (4) = All Conflict Totals To End Of This Month
DOD Began Counting IED Deaths July 2003





Numbers will be posted as soon as I can get to them.

TOTAL SUMMARY FOR 2002

0 -

Operation Enduring Freedom 18 Year Old Deaths
1 - Operation Enduring Freedom 19 Year Old Deaths
1 - Operation Enduring Freedom 20 Year Old Deaths
3 - Operation Enduring Freedom 21 Year Old Deaths
68 - Operation Enduring Freedom Deaths (2)
59 - Hostile Fire Death In Operation Enduring Freedom
9 - Non-Hostile Death In Operation Enduring Freedom
72 - Wounded In Action In Operation Enduring Freedom (3)
0 - Total Operation Enduring Freedom IED Deaths
   
TOTAL SUMMARY TO DATE (4)

0 -

 Operation Enduring Freedom 18 Year Old Deaths

2 -

 Operation Enduring Freedom 19 Year Old Deaths

4 -

 Operation Enduring Freedom 20 Year Old Deaths

4 -

 Operation Enduring Freedom 21 Year Old Deaths

80 -

 Deaths In Operation Enduring Freedom (2)

60 -

 Hostile Fire Death In Operation Enduring Freedom

20 -

 Non-Hostile Death In Operation Enduring Freedom

107 -

 Wounded In Action In Operation Enduring Freedom (3)

0 -

 Total Operation Enduring Freedom IED Deaths
  (1)=
  (2) = Include 18 - 21 Years Of Age 
  (3)= Includes Soldiers Who May Have Returned To Combat  (United States Only)
Other Coalition Countries Have Not Provided These Statistics.
 

(4) = All Totals To End Of This Month From The Beginning Of Operation