MARCH  2008
 


Robert T. Rapp - 22

Sergeant
 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
 Sonora, California
 03-03-2008
Sabari District (Khost Province), Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb
"Let the world know I died doing what I love," he wrote,
"and dying for my country is the greatest honor I could ever receive."

Services for Sergeant Robert Rapp will be Friday,  March 14, 2008.
Service will be at the Terzich & Wilson Funeral Home,
225 East Rose at Lyons Street, Sonora, California 95370




Steven R. Koch - 23

Specialist
 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
 Milltown, New Jersey
 03-03-2008
Sabari District (Khost Province), Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday at Our Lady of Lourdes R.C. Church,
233 N. Main St., Milltown. Burial will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday in
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Visitation will be on Tuesday and
Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Selover Funeral Home, 555 Georges Rd., North Brunswick.





 
Christopher S. Frost - 24
Staff Sergeant
377th Air Base Wing
Waukesha , Wisconsin
 03-03-2008
Bayji, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash
 
Jose A. Paniagua-Morales - 22
Corporal
4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
Bell Gardens, California
03-07-2008
Samarra, Iraq (Died in Balad)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Explosion

Gabriel Guzman - 25

Sergeant
2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Hornbrook, California
03-08-2008
Orgun-E [Paktika Province], Afghanistan
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
  
Scott A. McIntosh - 26
Corporal
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Houston, Texas
03-10-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Bomber

 
Robert T. McDavid - 28
Corporal
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Starkville, Mississippi
03-10-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Bomber

 
David D. Julian - 31
Staff Sergeant
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Evanston, Wyoming
03-10-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Bomber

 
Ernesto G. Cimarrusti - 25
Staff Sergeant
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Douglas, Arizona
03-10-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Bomber

 
Shawn M. Suzch - 32
Sergeant First Class
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Hilltown, Pennsylvania
03-10-2008
Diyala Province, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Bomber

 
Torre R. Mallard - 27
Captain
2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Not reported yet, Oklahoma
03-10-2008
Balad Ruz, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Donald A. Burkett - 24
Specialist
2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Comanche, Texas
03-10-2008
Balad Ruz, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
Phillip R. Anderson - 28
Sergeant
2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Everett, Washington
03-10-2008
Balad Ruz, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
 
Laurent J. West - 32
Staff Sergeant
3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Raleigh, North Carolina
03-11-2008
Kaskaskia, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Tenzin L. Samten - 33
Private First Class
7th Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, (Light Infantry) 10th Mountain Division
Prescott, Arizona
03-12-2008
Tallil, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Attack

Dustin C. Jackson - 21
Specialist
350th Adjutant General Company
Arlington, Texas
03-12-2008
Tallil, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Attack

Juantrea T. Bradley - 28
Staff Sergeant
7th Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, (Light Infantry) 10th Mountain Division
Greenville, North Carolina
03-12-2008
Tallil, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Attack

Collin J. Bowen - 38

National Guard Staff Sergeant
 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard
 Millersville, Maryland
 03-14-2008
 Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
William D. O'Brien - 19
Specialist
1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
 Rice, Texas
03-15-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire
Lerando J. Brown - 27
National Guard Specialist
288th Sapper Company, 223rd Engineer Battalion
Gulfport, Mississippi
03-15-2008
Balad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero
 
Christopher C. Simpson - 23
Specialist
1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
Hampton, Virginia
03-17-2008
North Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Michael D. Elledge - 41
Staff Sergeant
1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
Brownsburg, Indiana
03-17-2008
North Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
Alexander Prezioso - 23

Second Lieutenant
Naval Air Station Whiting Field
Lake Worth, Florida
 03-17-2008
Ashville, Alabama
 Non-Hostile - Military Plane Crash During Routine Training Flight


Gregory D. Unruh - 28
Sergeant
2nd Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Dickinson, Texas
03-19-2008
Mandali, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Rollover
Antione V. Robinson - 20
Private First Class
 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
 Detroit, North Carolina
 03-19-2008
 Nawa District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
 Non-Hostile - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero - Accident
 
Tyler J. Smith - 22
Private First Class
3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Bethel, Maine
03-21-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Indirect Fire
William R. Neil - 38

Staff Sergeant
 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group
 Holmdel, New Jersey
 03-21-2008
Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

David J. Stelmat - 27
National Guard Medic
1132nd Military Police
Centerville, New Hampshire
03-22-2008
Northwest Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
David B. Williams - 26
National Guard Sergeant
1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard
Tarboro, North Carolina
03-22-2008
Northwest Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Thomas C. Ray II - 40
National Guard Sergeant
1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard
Weaverville, North Carolina
03-22-2008
Northwest Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
William H. Jefferson Jr - 34

 Technical Sergeant
 21st Special Tactics Squadron
 Norfolk, Virginia
 03-22-2008
Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Andrew J. Habsieger - 22

Private First Class
4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Festus, Missouri
03-23-2008
Southern Part Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
Jose A. Rubio Hernandez - 24
Specialist
4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Mission, Texas
03-23-2008
Southern Part Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
Christopher M. Hake - 26

Staff Sergeant
4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Enid, Oklahoma
03-23-2008
Southern Part Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
George Delgado - 21
Private
4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Palmdale, California
03-23-2008
Southern Part Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack
Dustin L. Canham - 21

 Lance Corporal
 Marine Forces Reserve’s 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group
 Lake Stevens, Washington
 03-23-2008
Djibouti, Djibouti
Non-Hostile - No Explanation Given For This Heroes Death

  
Joseph D. Gamboa - 34
Staff Sergeant
1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany
Yigo, Guam
03-25-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Indirect Fire
 
Steven I. Candelo - 26
Corporal
1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Houston, Texas
03-26-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack

 
Gregory B. Rundell - 21
Specialist
1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
St. Paul, Minnesota
03-26-2008
Taji, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire
 
Joshua A. Molina - 20

Specialist
1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Houston, Texas
 03-27-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Charles A. Jankowski - 24

Not reported yet
3rd Brigade Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Panama City, Florida
 03-28-2008
Arab Jabour, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Patrick J. Miller - 23

Private First Class
2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
New Port Richey, Florida
 03-29-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Durrell L. Bennett - 22

Specialist
2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
Spanaway, Washington
 03-29-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Jevon K. Jordan - 32

Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Norfolk, Virginia
 03-29-2008
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Terrell W. Gilmore - 38

National Guard Sergeant
769th Engineer Battalion - Louisiana Army National Guard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 03-30-2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


William G. Hall - 38

Major
3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Seattle, Washington
 03-30-2008
Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Dayne D. Dhanoolal - 26

Sergeant
2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Brooklyn, New York
 03-31-2008
Northeastern Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


 THE FINAL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CASUALTY COUNT FOR MARCH 2008
 --- 38 ---






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TOTAL SUMMARY FOR  MARCH  2008
0 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
1 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
1 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
3 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
38 - American Deaths In IRAQ (2)
35 - Hostile Fire Death In IRAQ
3 - Non-Hostile Death In IRAQ
1 - No Explanation Given For Hostile or Non Hostile Cause Of Death This Month
21 - Total American IED Deaths
2 - Total American Small Arms Fire Deaths
4 - Total American RPG Deaths
1 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
1 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
10 - Total American Bomb Deaths
0 - Wounded In Action In IRAQ (3)
2 - California Deaths In IRAQ
   

TOTAL SUMMARY TO DATE (4)
0 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
0 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
0 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
0 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
0 - American Deaths In IRAQ (2)
0 - Hostile Fire Death In IRAQ
0 - Non-Hostile Death In IRAQ
0 - No Explanation Given For Hostile or Non Hostile Cause Of Death Total
0 - Total American IED Deaths
0 - Total American Small Arms Fire Deaths
0 - Total American RPG Deaths
0 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
0 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
0 - Total American Bomb Deaths
0 - Wounded In Action In IRAQ (3)
0 - California Deaths In IRAQ
   
  (2) = Include 18 - 21 Years Of Age 
  (3)= Includes Soldiers Who May Have Returned To Combat 
  (4) = All Conflict Totals From March 2003 Up To The End Of This Month
DOD Began Counting IED Deaths July 2003