JUNE 2003

   
 Jonathan W. Lambert - 28

 Sergeant
Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division
 Newsite, Mississippi
 06-01-2003
 Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl & Kirchberg, Germany
As A Result Of Injuries He Suffered When His
Humvee Rolled Over On May 26, 2003 In Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident

 
Atanasio Haro-Marin Jr - 27

Sergeant
Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment
 Baldwin Park, California
 06-03-2003
 Balad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack
And Small Arms Fire
 
Branden F. Oberleitner - 20

Private First Class
Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment
 Worthington, Ohio
 06-05-2003
 Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack

                           

 
Doyle W. Bollinger Jr - 21

Seabee Petty Officer Third Class
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133
 Poteau, Oklahoma
 06-06-2003
 Al Kut, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Ordnance Accident When A Piece Of Unexploded Ordnance
Accidentally Detonated In The Area He Was Working

 
Travis L. Burkhardt - 26

Military Police Sergeant
170th Military Police Company
 Edina, Missouri
 06-06-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident

   
 David Sisung - 21

 Petty Officer Third Class
USS Nimitz
 Phoenix, Arizona
 06-06-2003
 Persian Gulf, International Waters
Non-Hostile - Illness - Died Of Cardiac Arrest On Board His Ship
 
Jesse M. Halling - 19

Military Police Private
401ST Military Police Company
Indianapolis, Indiana
06-07-2003
Tikrit, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - A Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack And Small Arms Fire

The Navy League of the U.S. and the Headquarters of the Naval Sea Cadet Corps have tested a group of individuals and have found them worthy to be established as a unit of the Naval League Cadet Corps and that establishment is today.

The name of the newly commissioned unit is to be the Private First Class  Jesse M. Halling division, in memory of a young soldier who gave his life heroically in the war on terror in Iraq and whose sacrifice will be remembered thereby.


 
Michael E. Dooley - 23

 Sergeant
1st Squadron 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
 Pulaski, Virginia
 06-08-2003
 Al Asad, Iraq - Near The Syrian Border
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

 
Gavin L. Neighbor - 20

 Corporal
Company C, 3rd Battalion 325th Infantry, 82nd Airborne
 Somerset, Ohio
 06-10-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire -  A Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack
 
John K. Klinesmith Jr - 25

 Specialist
Company C, 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division
 Stockbridge, Georgia
 06-12-2003
 Fallujah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Drowning - Last Seen Wading In The Lake On
The Palace Compound. A Search Was Launched
And Searchers Found His Clothes And Gear On
The Lake Shore And Recovered His Body The Next Day

 
Andrew R. Pokorny - 30

 Staff Sergeant
3rd Air Defense Artillery, 3rd Armored Cavalry
 Naperville, Illinois
 06-13-2003
 Al Asad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident
 
Ryan R. Cox - 19

 Private First Class
1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
 Derby, Kansas
 06-15-2003
 Najaf, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Accidental Weapon Discharge
 
Joseph D. Suell - 24

 Sergeant
5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
 Lufkin, Texas
 06-16-2003
 Taji, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Sadly, Specialist Suell Took His Life By
Ingesting A Bottle Of Tylenol.

 
Shawn D. Pahnke - 25

 Private
Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment
 Shelbyville, Indiana
 06-16-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Sniper Fire
 
Robert L. Frantz - 19

 Private First Class
1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division
 San Antonio, Texas
 06-17-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - He Was On Guard Duty
When A Local Resident Threw A Grenade Over The Wall

 
Michael L. Tosto - 24

 Sergeant
1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division
 Apex, North Carolina
 06-17-2003
 Camp Wolf, Kuwait - Iraq
Non-Hostile - Illness - Pneumonia That Developed Rapidly
And Took His Life Before He Could Be Helped
 
Michael R. Deuel - 21

Private First Class
 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Nemo, South Dakota
06-18-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Received Fatal Gun Shot Wounds While
On Guard Duty At A Propane Distribution Center - Small Arms Fire

 
William T. Latham - 29

 Staff Sergeant
Troop E, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry
 Kingman, Arizona
 06-18-2003
 Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Northern Washington, D.C.
From A Shrapnel Wound Received While In Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Was participating in a raid at a suspected arms
market in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He ordered his troops to fire
a grenade at the door, and a piece of shrapnel flew under
his helmet and lodged in his head  
 
Paul T. Nakamura - 21

 Medical Specialist
437th Medical Company
 Santa Fe Springs, California
 06-19-2003
 Al Iskandariyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire -  A Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack
 
Orenthial Javon Smith - 21

 Sergeant
Company A, 123rd Main Support Battalion
 Allendale, North Carolina
 06-22-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - He was a petroleum supply specialist
serving with the Army's First Armored Division when
his convoy was ambushed by small arms fire

    
Seth Robert Michaud - 27

Captain
Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Hudson, Massachusetts
 06-22-2003
Godoria Range, Djibouti
 Godoria Range, Afghanistan
Non Hostile  - Accident - Friendly Fire

                       

 
Cedric Lamont Lennon - 32

Specialist Fourth Class
Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
West Bloc ton, Alabama
06-24-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero
 
Gregory E. MacDonald - 29

 Lance Corporal
B Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
 Washington, District Of Columbia
 06-25-2003
 Al Hillah, Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident as light armored vehicle
he was traveling in rolled over

 
Andrew F. Chris - 25

 Corporal
 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Huntsville, Alabama
06-25-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
 Hostile Fire - When A Vehicle Packed With Explosives
On The Side Of A Baghdad Road Detonated

    
Thomas E. Retzer - 30

First Class Petty Officer
SEAL Team 2, Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
San Diego, California
 06-25-2003
 Near Gardez, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

 
Gladimir Philippe - 32

 Sergeant First Class
Battalion B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment
 Linden, New Jersey
06-25-2003
 Balad, Iraq
Hostile - Sergeant First Class Philippe had been
listed as missing in action after failing to respond
to a radio check south of Balad, Iraq. A
search party was sent to the location of last radio
transmission, but was unable to find the soldier.
His remains were located in Taji, Iraq

   
 Kevin C. Ott - 27

Private First Class
Battalion B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment
 Columbus, Ohio
06-25-2003
 Balad, Iraq
 Hostile - Private First Class Ott had been
listed as missing in action after failing to respond
to a radio check south of Balad, Iraq. A
search party was sent to the location of last radio
transmission, but was unable to find the soldier.
His remains were located in Taji, Iraq
 
Richard P. Orengo - 32

Puerto Rico National Guard Specialist
755th Military Police Company
Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
06-26-2003
Najaf, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Died In A Gun Battle While Investigating A Car Theft
In Najaf, Iraq, About 100 Miles Southwest Of Baghdad
 Puerto Rico National Guard Buries First Combat Casualty Since Korean War

 
Corey A. Hubbell - 20

 Specialist
Company B, 46th Engineer Battalion
 Urbana, Illinois
06-26-2003
 Camden Yards, Kuwait - Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Illness - Died after being hospitalized
in Kuwait with breathing difficulties

 
Joshua McIntosh - 22

Hospital Corpsman
Seventh Marine Regiment
Kingman, Arizona
06-26-2003
Karbala, Iraq
Non-Hostile - On Duty Accidental Weapon Discharge

 
Tomas Sotelo Jr - 20

 Corporal
Headquarters Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry
 Houston, Texas
 06-27-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Was traveling in a convoy when
a Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) struck his vehicle.

    
Kelvin Feliciano Gutierrez - 21

Specialist
Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Anasco, Puerto Rico
 06-28-2003
Orgun-E, Afghanistan
Non Hostile  - Accident - Vehicular

 
Timothy M. Conneway - 22

Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Enterprise, Alabama
06-28-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
 Sergeant Conneway Died Two Days After Device Exploded.

THE TOTAL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CASUALTY COUNT FOR JUNE 2003
 --- 33 ---
 
Iraq - 30
Afghanistan - 03
United States - 01
 


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TOTAL SUMMARY FOR JUNE  2003
1 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
5 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
7 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
8 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
77 - American Deaths (2)
60 - Hostile Fire Death
17 - Non-Hostile Death
24 - No Explanation Given For Hostile or Non Hostile Cause Of Death This Month
0 - Total American IED Deaths
3 - Total American Small Arms Fire Deaths
0 - Total American RPG Deaths
11 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
1 - Total American Listed As Illness
14 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
5 - Total American Bomb Deaths
208 - Wounded In Action In Iraq Only (1)
9 - California Deaths
   

TOTAL SUMMARY TO DATE (4)
1 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
10 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
11 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
13 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
149 - American Deaths (2)
85 - Hostile Fire Death
64 - Non-Hostile Death
26 - No Explanation Given For Hostile or Non Hostile Cause Of Death Total
4 - Total American IED Deaths
11 - Total American Small Arms Fire Deaths
1 - Total American RPG Deaths
15 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
1 - Total American Listed As Illness
49 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
7 - Total American Bomb Deaths
208 - Wounded In Action In Iraq Only (1)
16 - California Deaths
  (1) = Afghanistan Wounded Are Not Separated Into Months And Have Other Locations Added
  (2) = Include 18 - 21 Years Of Age 
  (3)=  Not In Use At This Time
  (4) = All Conflict Totals To End Of This Month
* DOD Began Counting IED Deaths July 2003