MARCH  2003
 

   
Spence A. McNeil - 19
Army Private First Class
Bennettsville, South Carolina
 03-08-2003
Near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Non Hostile  - Accident - Died From Injuries Sustained
When The Vehicle He Was Traveling In Rolled Over March 3, 2003

  
Darrell Jones - 22
Navy Petty Officer Second Class
Wellston, Ohio
 03-08-2003
Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates
Non Hostile  - Accident - Died Of Non-Combat Related Injuries

   
James R. Dillon Jr - 19
Marine Private First Class
Grove City, Pennsylvania
 03-13-2003
Kuwait
Non Hostile  - Accident - Self-Inflicted Gunshot

   
Jason Profitt - 23
Navy Navy Petty Officer Third Class
Charlestown, Indiana
 03-17-2003
Red Sea
Non Hostile  - Accident - Injury

 
Therrel Shane Childers - 30

Second Lieutenant
1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
Powell, Wyoming
03-21-2003
Ramalla Oil Fields Pumping Station, Iraq (Southern)
Hostile - Hostile Fire

 
Ryan Anthony Beaupre - 30

Captain
Marine Aircraft Wing & Training Support
(MAW&TS) - 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
St. Anne, Illinois
03-21-2003
Near Umm Qasr In Kuwaiti Desert
Non-Hostile - U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter Crash

 
Jay Thomas Aubin - 36

Major
Marine Aircraft Wing & Training Support
(MAW&TS) - 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Waterville, Maine
03-21-2003
Near Umm Qasr In Kuwaiti Desert
Non-Hostile - U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter Crash

 
Kendall Damon Waters-Bey - 29
 
Staff Sergeant
Marine Aircraft Wing & Training Support
(MAW&TS) - 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Baltimore, Maryland
03-21-2003
Near Umm Qasr In Kuwaiti Desert
Non-Hostile - U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter Crash

 
Jose Antonio Gutierrez - 22

Lance Corporal
2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
Lomita,  California
03-21-2003
Near Umm Qasr In Kuwaiti Desert
Non-Hostile - U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter Crash

Brian Matthew Kennedy - 25

Corporal
Marine Aircraft Wing & Training Support
(MAW&TS) - 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Houston, Texas
03-21-2003
Near Umm Qasr In Kuwaiti Desert
Non-Hostile - U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter Crash

 
Eric James Orlowski - 26

Lance Corporal
2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division
Buffalo, New York
03-22-2003
Southern Iraq
Non-Hostile - Accidental Weapon Discharge 50 Caliber Machine Gun

 
 Brandon Scott Tobler - 19

Specialist
671st Engineering Brigade
Portland , Oregon
03-22-2003
Southern Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident

 
Thomas Mullen Adams - 27

Lieutenant
On exchange with Royal Navy 849 Squadron
La Mesa, California
03-22-2003
Persian Gulf
Non-Hostile - British Sea King Helicopters Collided




    
John Mike Teal - 29
Air Force Staff Sergeant
Dallas, Texas - United States
 03-23-2003
Near Ghazni, Afghanistan
Non Hostile  - Accident - Helicopter

  
John Stein - 39
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel
Bardolph, Illinois - United States
 03-23-2003
Near Ghazni, Afghanistan
Non Hostile  - Accident - Helicopter

  
Jason Thomas Plite - 21
Air Force Senior Airman
Lansing, Michigan - United States
 03-23-2003
Near Ghazni, Afghanistan
Non Hostile  - Accident - Helicopter

  
Tamara Long Archuleta - 23
Air Force First Lieutenant
Belen, New Mexico - United States
 03-23-2003
Near Ghazni, Afghanistan
Non Hostile  - Accident - Helicopter

  
Jason Carlyle Hicks - 25
Air Force Staff Sergeant
Jefferson, South Carolina - United States
 03-23-2003
Near Ghazni, Afghanistan
Non Hostile  - Accident - Helicopter

  
Micahel Maltz - 42
Air Force Master Sergeant
Saint Petersburg, Florida - United States
 03-23-2003
Near Ghazni, Afghanistan
Non Hostile  - Accident - Helicopter

 
Nicolas Michael Hodson - 22

Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Smithville, Missouri
03-23-2003
Southern Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident

 
Christopher Scott Seifert - 27

Captain
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
Williams Township, Pennsylvania
03-23-2003
Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Non-Hostile - Homicide - Grenade
 Thrown Into Tent By An American Soldier

 
Jamaal Rashard Addison - 22

Specialist
507th Maintenance Company
Decatur, Georgia
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Predawn Convoy Ambushed

 
Frederick Eben Pokorney Jr - 31

Second Lieutenant
1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Tonopah, Nevada
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Predawn Convoy Ambushed

 
George Edward Buggs III - 31

Sergeant
3rd Forward. Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division
Barnwell, South Carolina
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Predawn Convoy Ambushed


Robert John Dowdy - 38

First Sergeant
507th Maintenance Company
Cleveland, Ohio
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Predawn Convoy Ambushed

 
Ruben Estrella-Soto - 18

Private
507th Maintenance Company
El Paso, Texas
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Predawn Convoy Ambushed

 
Howard Johnson II - 21

Private First Class
507th Maintenance Company
Mobile, Alabama
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Predawn Convoy Ambushed

 
James Michael Kiehl - 22

Specialist
507th Maintenance Company
Roswell, Texas
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Predawn Convoy Ambushed

 
Johnny Villareal Mata - 35

Chief Warrant Officer
507th Maintenance Company
Pecos, Texas
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Predawn Convoy Ambushed

 
Lori Ann Piestewa - 23

Private First Class
507th Maintenance Company
Tuba City, Arizona
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Predawn Convoy Ambushed

 
Brandon Ulysses Sloan - 19

Private
507th Maintenance Company
Cleveland, Ohio
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Predawn Convoy Ambushed


Donald Ralph Walters - 33

Sergeant
507th Maintenance Company
Kansas City, Missouri -- Salem, Oregon
03-23-2003
Hostile
Location Unknown
- Murder -
Unknown Captors Prisoner of War
- Murder -




( POW RIBBON )

 
Edward John Anguiano - 24

Specialist
3rd Combat Support Battalion
Brownsville, Texas
03-23-2003
Somewhere Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile
Location Unknown
- Murder -
Last MIA (At That Time)
- Murder -

                 


Michael Edward Bitz - 31

Sergeant
2nd Assault Amphibious, 2nd Marine Division
Ventura, California
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
David Keith Fribley - 26

Lance Corporal
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Fort Myers, Florida
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
Jose Angel Garibay - 21

Corporal
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Costa Mesa, California
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
Jorge Alonso Gonzalez - 20

Corporal
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Rialto, California
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

Phillip Andrew Jordan - 42

Staff Sergeant
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Enfield, Connecticut
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
Thomas Jonathan Slocum - 22

Lance Corporal
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Thornton, Colorado
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

Brian Rory Buesing - 20

Lance Corporal
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Cedar Key, Florida
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
Randal Kent Rosacker - 21

Corporal
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
San Diego, California
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
Michael Jason Williams - 31

Lance Corporal
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Yuma, Arizona
03-23-2003
Near Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero



 
Patrick Ray Nixon - 21

Lance Corporal
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade
Nashville - Gallatin, Tennessee
03-23-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire
He was recovered on March 30

 
Brendon Curtis Reiss - 23

Sergeant
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Casper, Wyoming
03-23-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
Tamario Demetrice Burkett - 21

Private First Class
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Buffalo, New York
03-23-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
Donald John Cline Jr - 21

Lance Corporal
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Sparks, Nevada
03-23-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Grenade Blast


Nolen Ryan Hutchings - 19

Private
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Boiling Springs, South Carolina
03-23-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire  - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero


Jonathan Lee Gifford - 30

Private
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Macon, Illinois
03-23-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire  - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
Kemaphoom Chanawongse - 22

Corporal
2nd Assault Amphibious, 2nd Marine Division
Waterford, Connecticut
03-23-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 

 
 
Evan Tyler James - 20

Corporal
6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Group
La Harpe, Illinois
03-24-2003
Baghdad Saddam Canal
Hostile - Drowning

 
Bradley Steven Korthaus - 28

Sergeant
6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Group
Davenport, Iowa
03-24-2003
Baghdad Saddam Canal
Hostile - Drowning

 
Gregory Paul Sanders - 19

Specialist
3rd Battalion, 69th Armor
Hobart, Illinois
03-24-2003
60 miles South Of Baghdad
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Sniper

 
Thomas Alan Blair - 24

Lance Corporal
Marine Air Control Group - 28, 2nd Marine Air Wing
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
03-24-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
Gregory Lewis Stone - 40

National Guard Major
124th Air Support Operations Squadron - Idaho
Boise, Idaho
03-24-2003
Camp Pennsylvania In Kuwait
Non-Hostile - Homicide

 
Michael Vann Johnson Jr - 25

Hospital Corpsman Third Class
1st Marine Division, Attach., Naval Medical Center
Little Rock, Arkansas
03-24-2003
Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Killed in combat when shrapnel from a grenade
hit him in the head.  while tending to injured colleagues.

 
Kevin Gerard Nave - 36

Major
3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
Union Lake, Michigan
03-24-2003
Southern Part Of Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident

 
Donald Charles May Jr - 31

Staff Sergeant
1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division
Richmond, Virginia
03-24-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident

 
Patrick Terence O'Day - 20

Lance Corporal
1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division
Sonoma,  California
03-27-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident

Francisco Abraham Martinez-Flores - 21

Private First Class
1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division
Los Angeles , California
03-27-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident

 
Robert Marcus Rodriguez - 21

Corporal
1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division
Maspeth, Queens , New York
03-27-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident

 
Joseph Menusa - 33

Gunnery Sergeant
1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division
San Jose, California
03-27-2003
 Near Iraq Kuwait Boarder
Hostile - Ambush

 
Jesus Alberto Suarez del Solar - 20

Lance Corporal
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance, 1st Marine Division
Escondido, California
03-27-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Friendly Fire - Stepped On Cluster Bomb

 
Fernando Padilla-Ramirez - 26

Sergeant
Marine Wing Support Group - 37, Marine Corp. Air Station
San Luis, Arizona
03-28-2003
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Sergeant Ramirez's convoy was attacked near the town of Nasiriyah,
and he was reported missing. His remains were identified April 10, 2003

 
Roderic Antoine Solomon - 32

Sergeant
2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Fayetteville, North Carolina
03-28-2003
Central Part Of Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident 

   
Orlando Morales - 33
Army Sergeant
Manati, Puerto Rico
 03-29-2003
Geresk, Afghanistan
Hostile Fire - Ambush

  
Jacob L. Frazier - 24
Air National Guard Staff Sergeant
Saint Charles, Illinois
 03-29-2003
Geresk, Afghanistan
Hostile Fire - Ambush

 
James Wilford Cawley - 41

Staff Sergeant
23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Roy, Utah
03-29-2003
Najaf, Iraq
Hostile Fire - Suicide Bomber

 
Michael Russell Creighton-Weldon - 20

Private First Class
2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Conyers, Georgia
03-29-2003
Najaf, Iraq
Hostile Fire - Suicide Bomber

Michael Edward Curtin - 23

Corporal
2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
South Plains, Howell, New Jersey
03-29-2003
Najaf, Iraq
Hostile Fire - Suicide Bomber

 
Diego Fernando Rincon - 19

Private First Class
2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Conyers, Georgia
03-29-2003
Najaf, Iraq
Hostile Fire - Suicide Bomber

 
Eugene Williams - 24

Sergeant
2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Highland, New York
03-29-2003
Najaf, Iraq
Hostile Fire - Suicide Bomber

 
William Wayne White - 24

Lance Corporal
3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine Division
Brooklyn, New York
03-29-2003
South Central Part Of Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident

 
Michael Vernon Lalush - 23
 
Sergeant
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) - 169, Marine Corps Air Station
Troutville, Virginia
03-30-2003
South Central Part Of Iraq
Hostile - Helicopter Crash

 
Brian Daniel McGinnis - 23

Sergeant
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) - 169, Marine Corps Air Station
HMLA means - Marine light/attack helicopter squadron (Per US DOD)
St. Georges, Delaware
03-30-2003
South Central Part Of Iraq
Hostile - Helicopter Crash

 
Aaron Joseph Contreras - 31

Captain
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) - 169, Marine Corps Air Station
Sherwood, Oregon
03-30-2003
South Central Part Of Iraq
Hostile - Helicopter Crash

 
William Andrew Jeffries - 39

Specialist
1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, Indiana National Guard
Evansville, Indiana
03-31-2003
Evacuated To Kuwait
Non-Hostile - Illness - Passed Away From A Pulmonary Embolism — A Blood Clot In His Lungs

 
Brandon Jacob Rowe - 20

Specialist
1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
Roscoe, Indiana
03-31-2003
Ayyub, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Killed In Action When His Unit Was Ambushed By The Enemy

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