AUGUST  2003

 
   Justin W. Hebert - 20
Specialist
 319th Field Artillery, 173rd Airborne Brigade
 Arlington, Washington
08-01-2003
Kirkuk, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPG) Attack 

 
   David L. Lloyd - 44
National Guard  Staff Sergeant
 1175th Transportation Company
 Brownsville, Tennessee
08-05-2003
Kuwait
 Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Heart Attack

  
   Farao K. Letufuga - 20
Specialist
 Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
Pago Pago, American Samoa
08-05-2003
 Mosul, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Fall From Top Of Building While On Guard Duty

 
Kyle C. Gilbert - 20
Private
 C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Para. Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
 Brattleboro, Vermont
 08-06-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

 
Zeferino E. Colunga - 20
Specialist
4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment
 Bellville, Texas
 08-06-2003
Homburg Hospital, Germany
 Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Acute Leukemia  

 
Leonard D. Simmons - 33
Sergeant
 C Company, 3rd Battalion, 512th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
 New Bern, North Carolina
 08-06-2003
 Mosul, Iraq
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Cardiac Arrest

 
Brian R. Hellerman - 35
Staff Sergeant
 C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Para. Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Freeport, Minnesota
08-06-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire



  
Duane E. Longstreth -19
Private First Class
 B Company, 307th Engineer Battalion
Green Acres, Washington
08-07-2003
Bayji, Iraq 
Non-Hostile -  Accidental Weapon Discharge

 
Matthew D. Bush - 20
Private
 F Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry
 Alton, Illinois
08-08-2003
 Camp Caldwell, Iraq
 Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Found In Bed Of Heat-related Illness

 
Brandon Ramsey - 21
Private First Class
933rd Military Police Company
Calumet City, Illinois
08-08-2003
Tall Afar, Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident - Vehicle Rolled Over During Chase Of Suspicious Vehicle

 
Floyd G. Knighten Jr - 55
National Guard Sergeant
 1087th Transportation Support Company
 Olla, Louisiana
08-09-2003
 North Of Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq
 Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Heat Related Death

 
Levi B. Kinchen - 21
Specialist
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
 Tickfaw, Louisiana
 08-09-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
 Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Passed Away In His Sleep

 
David S. Perry - 36
Military Police Staff Sergeant
 649th Military Police Company
 Bakersfield, California
 08-10-2003
 Ba'qubah, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - A package He Was Inspecting Exploded

 
Daniel R. Parker - 18
Private  First Class
 B Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Regiment, 101st
 Lake Ellsinore, California
08-12-2003
 Mosul, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident - Thrown From Vehicle Swerving To Avoid Oncoming Vehicle

 
Richard S. Eaton Jr - 37
Staff Sergeant
 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion
 Guilford, Connecticut
08-12-2003
 Ramadi, Iraq
 Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Found In Bed Of Heat-related Illness
Taft V. Williams - 29
Sergeant
 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
New Orleans, Louisiana
 08-12-2003
Taji, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Timmy R. Brown Jr - 21
Private First Class
 D Company, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion
Conway, Pennsylvania
08-12-2003
Taji, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Steven W. White - 29
Sergeant
 Headquarters & Headquarters Battalion, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment
Lawton, Oklahoma
 08-14-2003
 Tikrit, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - M113 Armored Personnel Carrier Hit An Antitank Mine

 
David M. Kirchhoff - 31
Iowa National Guard Private First Class
 2133rd Transportation Company
 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
 08-14-2003
 Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Died after suffering a heat
stroke in Iraq, where temperatures had reached 125 to 130 degrees



 
Craig S. Ivory - 26
Specialist
 501st Forward Support Company, 173rd Airborne
 Port Matilda, Pennsylvania
08-17-2003
 Homburg University Hospital, Germany
 Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Died of heat stroke after
he was medically evacuated from Kuwait

 
Eric R. Hull - 23
Specialist
 307th Military Police Company
 Uniontown, Pennsylvania
08-20-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Kenneth W. Harris Jr - 23
Reserve Specialist
 212th Transportation Company
 Charlotte, North Carolina
08-20-2003
 Scania - Qadisiyah, Iraq
 Hostile - Vehicle Accident - Killed in two-vehicle accident on
the main supply route near Scania

  
Bobby C. Franklin - 38
National Guard Staff Sergeant
 210th Military Police Company
Mineral Bluff,  Georgia
08-20-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

   
David M. Tapper - 32

Petty Officer First Class
Camden County, New Jersey - United States
 08-20-2003
Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero
 
Michael S. Adams - 20
Private First Class
 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division
  Spartanburg, South Carolina
08-21-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Accident - Adams was participating in a small-arms-fire
exercise on the range when a bullet ricocheted and ignited
a fire in the building. He died as a result of injuries sustained during the fire

 
Kylan A. Jones-Huffman - 31
Lieutenant
 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Temporary Duty)
Aptos, California
 08-21-2003
Al Hillah - Babil, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

  
Vorn J. Mack - 19
Private First Class
 Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Orangeburg, South Carolina
 08-23-2003
Ramadi, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Accident - Mack jumped into the Euphrates River
near the Hadithah Dam,  to take a swim and did not resurface.
A search party found his body downstream.

 
Stephen M. Scott - 21
Specialist
 Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Lawton, Oklahoma
 08-23-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Accidental Weapon Discharge

 
Ronald D. Allen Jr - 22
Specialist
 502nd Personnel Service Battalion, 43rd Area Support Group
Mitchell, Indiana
 08-25-2003
Balad - Salah ad Din, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident - Allen was conducting convoy operations when
he was involved in a vehicular accident near Balad

 
Pablo Manzano - 19
Private First Class
 B Company, 54th Engineer Battalion, V Corps
Heber, California
08-25-2003
15 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Accident -  Died of a non-combat weapons
discharge in Logistical Support Area Dogwood, Iraq
 
 
Darryl T. Dent - 21
National Guard Specialist
 547th Transportation Company
 District Of Columbia, Washington
08-26-2003
 Hamamiyat (15 Miles North of Baghdad), Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

  
Rafael L. Navea - 34
Specialist
 C Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
08-27-2003
Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Gregory A. Belanger - 24
Sergeant
 Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 325th Military Intelligence Battalion
  Narragansett, Rhode Island
08-27-2003
 Fallujah, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Anthony L. Sherman - 43
Lieutenant Colonel
 304th Civil Affairs Brigade
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
08-27-2003
Camp Arifjan South of Kuwait City, Kuwait
Non-Hostile - Mysterious Pneumonia-like -  Illnesses - and
breathing problems appear to be cause of death

 
Mark A. Lawton - 41
Staff Sergeant
 244th Engineer Battalion
Hayden, Colorado
08-29-2003
As Suaydat (Near Ba'qubah), Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPG) Attack

 
Mitchell A. Lane - 34

Sergeant First Class
Lompoc, California - United States
 08-29-2003
Deh Chopan (near), Zabul Province, Afghanistan
Non Hostile  - Accident - Fall

 
Sean K. Cataudella - 28
Sergeant
 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
 Tucson, Arizona
 08-30-2003
 Near Tikrit Salah ad Din, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident - was driving a military vehicle when
vehicle hit an embankment and rolled into
a canal causing him to drowned
 
Chad C. Fuller - 24

Specialist
Potsdam, New York - United States
 08-31-2003
Shkin (Northwest Of) Paktika Province, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

  
Adam L. Thomas - 21

Private First Class
Palos Hills, Illinois - United States
 08-31-2003
Shkin (NW of), Paktika Province, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero

THE FINAL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CASUALTY COUNT FOR AUGUST 2003
 --- 39 ---
x
Iraq - 35
Afghanistan - 04
United States - 00





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TOTAL SUMMARY FOR AUGUST  2003
1 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
3 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
6 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
6 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
39 - American Deaths (2)
19 - Hostile Fire Death
20 - Non-Hostile Death
3 - No Explanation Given For Hostile or Non Hostile Cause Of Death This Month
8 - Total American IED Deaths
10 - Total American Small Arms Fire Deaths
10 - Total American RPG Deaths
6 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
10 - Total American Listed As Illness Deaths
0 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
0 - Total American Car Bomb Deaths
226 - Wounded In Action (3)
   

TOTAL SUMMARY TO DATE (4)
4 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
17 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
28 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
24 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
254 - American Deaths (2)
142 - Hostile Fire Death
92 - Non-Hostile Death
0 - No Explanation Given For Hostile or Non Hostile Cause Of Death Total (1)
4 - Total American IED Deaths
x - Total American Small Arms Fire Deaths
27 - Total American RPG Deaths
41 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
25 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
13 - Total American Car Bomb Deaths
971 - Wounded In Action In (3)
  (1) = Started Tracking This In 2007 - Will Take Some Time To Get To All Pages.
  (2) = Include 18 - 21 Years Of Age 
  (3)= Includes Soldiers Who May Have Returned To Combat 
  (4) = All Conflict Totals To End Of This Month
DOD Began Counting IED Deaths July 2003