OCTOBER  2003THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY!
 


Simeon Hunte - 23

 Specialist
13th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team
Essex, New Jersey
10-01-2003
Baghdad (Al Mansour), Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

 
Analaura Esparza Gutierrez - 21

 Private First Class
4th Forward Support Battalion
Houston, Texas
10-01-2003
Samarra Vicinity, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Grenade

 
James D. Blankenbecler - 40

 Command Sergeant
1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
Alexandria, Virginia
10-01-2003
Near Tikrit, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Tamarra J. Ramos - 24

 Specialist
3rd Armored Medical Company, Medical Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry
Quakertown, Pennsylvania
10-01-2003
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington D. C.
Non-Hostile -  Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero
Was Serving In Egypt In Support Of United States Efforts In Iraq


Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington D. C.

 
Charles M. Sims - 18

 Private First Class
549th Military Police Company
Miami, Florida
10-03-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Drowning


Paul W. Kimbrough - 44

 Reserve Lieutenant Colonel
416th Engineering Command, Team 28
Little Rock, Arkansas
10-03-2003
Incirlik, Turkey
Non-Hostile - Illness - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero
 - Died In Turkey From Injuries Sustained During A Non-Combat-Related Incident In Afghanistan.

 
James Heath Pirtle - 27

 Specialist
2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment
La Mesa, New Mexico
10-03-2003
Sadiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Grenade

 
Kerry D. Scott - 21

 Private First Class
1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division
Mount Vernon, Washington
10-06-2003
Al Haswah (South Of Baghdad), Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Spencer Timothy Karol - 20

 Specialist
165th Military Intelligence, V Corps
Woodruff, Arizona
10-06-2003
Al Haswah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Richard Torres - 25

 Second Lieutenant
32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division
Clarksville, Tennessee
10-06-2003
West Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
 
  
Darrell Jones - 22

Petty Officer Second Class
Guided Missile Destroyer Higgins
Wellston, Ohio
 10-08-2003
Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates
Non Hostile  - Accident - Died Of Non-Combat Related Injuries


Joseph Carl Norquist - 26

 Specialist
588th Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
 San Antonio, Texas
10-09-2003
Ba'qubah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack

 
Christopher W. Swisher - 26

 Staff Sergeant
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Lincoln, Nebraska
10-09-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Ambush



 
Sean A. Silva - 23

 Private
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Roseville, California
 10-09-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Ambush

 
James E. Powell - 26

 Specialist
B Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Radcliff, Kentucky
10-12-2003
Northwest Of Bayji, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mine
 

Jose Casanova - 23

 Private First Class
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
El Monte, California
10-13-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident

 
Stephen E. Wyatt - 19

 Private First Class
C Battalion, 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment
Kilgore, Texas
10-13-2003
Southeast Of Jalyula, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Donald L. Wheeler - 22

 Specialist
A Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Concord, Michigan
10-13-2003
Tikrit, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack

 
Douglas J. Weismantle - 28

 Specialist
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
10-13-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident

 
Benjamin L. Freeman - 19

 Private
K Troop, 3rd Squad, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Valdosta, Georgia
10-13-2003
Near Al Asad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Drowning

 
Kim S. Orlando - 43

 Lieutenant Colonel
716th Military Police Battalion, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
Nashville, Tennessee
10-16-2003
Karbala, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

 
Joseph P. Bellavia - 28

 Staff Sergeant
716th Military Police Battalion, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
Wakefield, Massachusetts
10-16-2003
Karbala, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

 
Sean R. Grilley - 24

 Corporal
716th Military Police Battalion, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
San Bernardino, California
10-16-2003
Karbala, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire
 

Michael L. Williams - 46

 National Guard Specialist
105th Military Police Company
Buffalo, New York
10-17-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
David R. Bernstein - 24

 First Lieutenant
1st Battalion (AB), 508th Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
10-18-2003
Taza (West Of Kirkuk), Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Ambush


John D. Hart - 20

 Private First Class
1st Battalion (AB), 508th Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade
Bedford, Massachusetts
10-18-2003
Taza (West Of Kirkuk), Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Ambush

 
Paul J. Johnson - 29

 Staff Sergeant
1st Battalion, 505th Para Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Calumet, Michigan
10-20-2003
Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Ambush

 
Paul J. Bueche - 19

 National Guard Private First Class
131st Aviation Regiment
Daphne, Alabama
10-21-2003
Balad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Maintenance Accident
 

Jason M. Ward - 25

 Private
2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division
Tulsa, Oklahoma
10-22-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Illness - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero

 
John P. Johnson - 24

 Specialist
2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division
Houston, Texas
10-22-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Illness - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero
 

John R. Teal - 31

 Captain
2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division
Mechanicsville, Virginia
10-23-2003
Ba'qubah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
 

Artimus D. Brassfield - 22

 Specialist
B Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Flint, Michigan
10-24-2003
Near Samarra, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack

 
Jose L. Mora - 26

 Specialist
C Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Bell Garden, California
10-24-2003
Near Samarra, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack

 
Michael S. Hancock - 29

 Sergeant
1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment
Yreka, California
10-24-2003
Mosul, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire
 

Jakia Sheree Cannon - 20

Seaman
USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65)
Baltimore, Maryland
10-25-2003
Unknown, Iraq
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) out of Norfolk, VA 
Non-Hostile - Illness -Died Of A Blood Vessel Obstruction In Her Lung.




William Carlson - 43
CIA Civilian contractor
Directorate of Operations
Southern Pines, North Carolina
10-25-2003
Near Shkin In Paktika Province, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero

 
Christopher Glenn Mueller - 32
CIA Civilian contractor
Directorate of Operations
San Diego, California
10-25-2003
Near Shkin In Paktika Province, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero

 

Joseph R. Guerrera - 20

 Private
C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Dunn, North Carolina
10-26-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Rachel K. Bosveld - 19

 Private First Class
527th Military Police Company, V Corps
Waupun, Wisconsin
10-26-2003
(Abu Ghuraib Prison) Abu Ghuraib Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack

 
Charles H. Buehring - 40

 Lieutenant Colonel
Army Central Command Headquarters (Forward)
Fayetteville, North Carolina
10-26-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack

 
Jamie L. Huggins - 26

 Staff Sergeant
C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Hume, Missouri
10-26-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Steven Acosta - 19

 Private First Class
C Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Calexico, California
10-26-2003
Ba'qubah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Weapon Discharge
 

Aubrey D. Bell - 33

 National Guard Sergeant
214th Military Police Company
Tuskegee, Alabama
10-27-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Jonathan I. Falaniko - 20

 Private
A Company, 70th Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Division
Pago Pago, American Samoa
10-27-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Car Bomb / Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack
 

Algernon Adams - 36

 National Guard Private
122nd Engineer Battalion
Aiken, South Carolina
10-28-2003
Fallujah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Weapon Discharge

 
Michael Paul Barrera - 26

 Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Von Ormy, Texas
10-28-2003
Near Balad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Isaac Campoy - 21

 Specialist
3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Douglas, Arizona
10-28-2003
Near Balad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
 
 
Paul A. Sweeney - 32

 Staff Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group
Lakeville, Pennsylvania
10-30-2003
Musa Qaleh, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero

Todd J. Bryant - 23

Second Lieutenant
1st Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Riverside, California
10-31-2003
Khaldiyah (Near Fallujah), Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

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