YEAR  2001

Evander E. Andrews - 36

Master Sergeant
366th Civil Engineering Squad
Solon, Maine
10-10-2001
Northern Arabian Peninsula Emirate Qatar
 Non-Hostile - Was killed in a forklift accident while
helping in the construction of an airstrip
( First Military casualty in the GWOT)
Global War on Terrorism
 




Master Sergeant Andrews's Son Ethan Age 9
 

Kristofor T. Stonesifer - 28

Private First Class
3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Missoula, Montana
10-19-2001
 Southwest Of Kandahar, Pakistan
Non-Hostile - A passenger in the crash of a Black Hawk
helicopter accident in Pakistan during operation
Rhino. This operation parachuted about 200 Training
Rangers into a small airfield. The chopper was
preparing for search-and-rescue duty in neighboring
Afghanistan, where Rangers have led the
ground war against Taliban and terrorist targets


John J. Edmunds - 20

Specialist
3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Cheyenne, Wyoming
10-19-2001
 Southwest Of Kandahar, Pakistan
Non-Hostile - A passenger in the crash of a Black Hawk
helicopter accident in Pakistan during operation
Rhino. This operation parachuted about 200 Training
Rangers into a small airfield. The chopper was
preparing for search-and-rescue duty in neighboring
Afghanistan, where Rangers have led the
ground war against Taliban and terrorist targets

 
Bryant L. Davis - 20

Machinist’s Mate Fireman Apprentice
USS Kitty Hawk
Chicago, Illinois
11-07-2001
Arabian Sea
Non-Hostile - Fell overboard from the USS Kitty Hawk into the Arabian
Sea. Search and rescue efforts continued for more than two
days. Declared deceased on November 10th

 
Benjamin Johnson - 21

Electronics Technician Third Class
USS Peterson
Rochester, New York
11-18-2001
Persian Gulf
Non-Hostile - Johnson was part of an eight-man security team
that boarded an Iraqi freighter suspected of smuggling oil.
He and another sailor drowned when the freighter sank
on November 18, 2001, in the northern Persian Gulf

 
Vincent Parker - 38

Engineman First Class
USS Peterson
Preston, Mississippi
11-18-2001
Persian Gulf
Non-Hostile - Parker  was part of an eight-man security team
that boarded an Iraqi freighter suspected of smuggling oil.
He and another sailor drowned when the freighter sank
on November 18, 2001, in the northern Persian Gulf

 
Johnny Michael Spann - 32

CIA
Former Captain in US Marines
Winfield, Alabama
11-25-2001
Near Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Killed during a deadly four-day prison riot.


CIA operative was the first U.S. combat death in Afghanistan.

 
Maria Giovanny - 19

Private
10th Mountain Division
New York, New York
11-29-2001
Uzbekistan
Non-Hostile - From a gunshot wound unrelated to enemy action
went straight through the private's forehead and
was self-inflicted.

 
Michael J. Jakes Jr - 20

Electrician’s Mate Fireman Apprentice
USS Kitty Hawk
Brooklyn, New York
12-04-2001
Northern Arabian Sea
Non-Hostile - Head injuries sustained in a fall from his bunk
on the carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the Arabian Sea

 
Brian Cody Prosser - 28

Staff Sergeant Green Bret
Headquarters S2, 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group
Frazier Park, California
12-05-2001
Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Sadly Killed By Friendly Fire










 

 
Daniel H. Petithory - 32

Sergeant First Class Green Bret
3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group
Cheshire, Massachusetts
12-05-2001
Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Sadly Killed By Friendly Fire

 
Jefferson Donald Davis - 39

Master Sergeant Green Bret
3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group
Clarksville, Tennessee
12-05-2001
Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Sadly Killed By Friendly Fire





Master Sergeant Davis's son Jesse, 10

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