MAY 2005
 

Derrick Joseph Lutters - 24

National Guard Specialist
170th Maintenance Company, 891st Engineer Brigade
Burlington, Colorado
05-01-2005
 South Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb


John E. McGee - 36

National Guard Sergeant
2101st Transportation Company
Columbus, Georgia
05-02-2005
Near Diwaniyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Tommy S. Little - 47

National Guard Staff Sergeant
2nd Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment
Aliceville, Alabama
05-02-2005
Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


John C. Spahr - 42

Major
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, MAG 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
05-02-2005
15 Miles Southwest Of Karbala, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Jet Crash


Kelly C. Hinz - 30

Captain
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, MAG 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Woodbury, Minnesota
05-02-2005
15 Miles Southwest Of Karbala, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Jet Crash


Stephen P. Saxton - 24

Sergeant
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Temecula, California
05-03-2005
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


William J. Brooks - 30

Staff Sergeant
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Birmingham, Alabama
05-03-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Michael V. Postal - 21

Lance Corporal
3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Glen Oaks, New York
05-07-2005
Karmah, Iraq (Near Fallujah)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Jeffery L. Wiener - 32

Petty Officer Third Class
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Louisville, Kentucky
05-07-2005
 Hadithah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb


Lance Tanner Graham - 26

Reserve Lance Corporal
3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
San Antonio, Texas
 05-07-2005
 Hadithah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb


Aaron N. Cepeda Sr - 22

Reserve Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
San Antonio, Texas
05-07-2005
Hadithah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb


Michael A. Marzano - 28

Reserve Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Greenville, Pennsylvania
 05-07-2005
 Hadithah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb


Gary A. "Andy" Eckert Jr - 24

Reserve Sergeant
983rd Engineer Battalion
Sylvania, Ohio
05-08-2005
 Balad, Iraq (Military Hospital)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Nicolas E. Messmer - 20

Private First Class
1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
Gahanna/Franklin, Ohio
05-08-2005
Near Khaldiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Thor H. Ingraham - 24

Staff Sergeant
1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
Murrysville, Pennsylvania
 05-08-2005
Near Khaldiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Steven Ray Givens - 26

Specialist
1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division
Mobile, Alabama
05-08-2005
 Near Samarra, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Dustin A. Derga - 24

Reserve Corporal
3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Columbus, Ohio
 05-08-2005
 Al Ubaydi, Iraq (Near Al Qaim, Syrian Border)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Lawrence R. Philippon - 22

Lance Corporal
3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Hartford, Connecticut
05-08-2005
Al Qaim, Iraq (Near Syrian Border)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Anthony L. Goodwin - 33

Staff Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Mount Holly, New Jersey
 05-09-2005
Al Qaim, Iraq (Near Syrian Border)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Stephen P. Baldwyn - 19

Private First Class
3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Saltillo, Mississippi
 05-09-2005
 Nasser Wa Salaam, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Taylor B. Prazynski - 20

Lance Corporal
3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Fairfield, Ohio
 05-09-2005
 Fallujah, Iraq (Military Hospital)
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack


Marcus Mahdee - 20

Lance Corporal
3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
 05-09-2005
 Karmah, Iraq (Near Fallujah)
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack


Michael J. Bordelon - 37

First Sergeant
1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Morgan City, Louisiana
 05-10-2005
Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Kendall H. Ivy II - 28

Staff Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Galion/Crawford, Ohio
 05-11-2005
Karabilah, Iraq (Near Qaim, Syrian border)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Wesley G. Davids - 20

Reserve Lance Corporal
3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Dublin, Ohio
05-11-2005
Karabilah, Iraq (Near Qaim, Syrian border)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Christopher R. Dixon - 18

Reserve Private First Class
3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Columbus, Ohio
05-11-2005
 Karabilah, Iraq (Near Qaim, Syrian border)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Nicholas B. Erdy - 21

Reserve Lance Corporal
3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Williamsburg, Ohio
 05-11-2005
 Karabilah, Iraq (Near Qaim, Syrian border)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Jonathan Walter Grant - 23

Reserve Lance Corporal
4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division
Santa Fe, New Mexico
 05-11-2005
Karabilah, Iraq (Near Qaim, Syrian border)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Jourdan L. Grez - 24

Reserve Lance Corporal
4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division
Harrisonburg, Virginia
 05-11-2005
 Karabilah, Iraq (Near Qaim, Syrian border)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack




John T. Schmidt III - 21

Lance Corporal
3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Brookfield, Connecticut
 05-11-2005
Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Explosion


Samuel Tyrone Castle - 26

Staff Sergeant
327th Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade
Naples, Texas
 05-11-2005
Al Asad, Iraq (Near Haditha)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


John M. Smith - 22

Sergeant
2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Wilmington, North Carolina
 05-12-2005
9 Miles East Of Musayyib, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Andrew R. Jodon - 27

Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Karthaus, Pennsylvania
 05-12-2005
Near Samarra, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Kenneth E. Zeigler II - 22

Private First Class
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania
 05-12-2005
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Travis W. Anderson - 28

Private First Class
2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Hooper, Colorado
 05-13-2005
Near Bayji, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb


Charles C. Gillican III - 35

National Guard Sergeant
1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade
Brunswick, Georgia
05-14-2005
Camp Arifjan, Kuwait [Camden Yards]
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident


Jacob M. Simpson - 24

Sergeant
2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Hood River/Ashland, Oregon
05-16-2005
 Tall Afar, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack


Wesley R. Riggs - 19

Private First Class
2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Baytown, Texas
05-17-2005
30 Miles South Of Tikrit, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Antwan L. "Twan" Walker - 22

Sergeant
2nd Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division
Tampa, Florida
05-18-2005
 FOB Ramadi, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Attack


Wyatt D. Eisenhauer - 26

Private First Class
2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division
Pinckneyville, Illinois
 05-19-2005
Mahmudiyah, Iraq (South Of Baghdad)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Bernard L. Sembly - 25

National Guard Specialist
1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team
Bossier City, Louisiana
05-19-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Robin V. Fell - 22

National Guard Sergeant
1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team
Shreveport, Louisiana
 05-19-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Kurt D. Schamberg - 26

Sergeant
2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division
Euclid, Ohio
 05-20-2005
(Abu Ghuraib Prison) Near Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Brad A. Wentz - 21

Reserve Sergeant
180th Transportation Company
Gladwin, Michigan
05-20-2005
332ND EMDG, BALAD, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero


Carl J. Morgain - 40

National Guard Sergeant
1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment
Butler, Pennsylvania
 05-22-2005
 Balad, Iraq (Military Hospital)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb


John B. Ogburn III - 45

National Guard Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 116th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Fruitland, Idaho
05-22-2005
Near Kirkuk, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident


Benjamin C. Morton - 24

Sergeant
1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Wright, Kansas
05-22-2005
 Mosul, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Tyler L. Creamean - 21

Specialist
73rd Engineer Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Jacksonville, Arkansas
05-22-2005
Mosul, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Aaron N. Seesan - 25

First Lieutenant
73rd Engineer Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Massillon, Ohio
05-22-2005
 Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Kenneth J. Schall - 22

Sergeant
2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division
Peoria, Arizona
05-22-2005
Yusufiyah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident


Charles T. Wilkerson - 30

Sergeant
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Kansas City, Missouri
05-22-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Explosion


Saburant "Sabe" Parker - 43

National Guard Staff Sergeant
C Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment
Foxworth, Mississippi
 05-23-2005
Al Haswah, Iraq (50 Kilometers South Of Baghdad)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Audrey Daron Lunsford - 29

National Guard Specialist
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment
Sardis, Mississippi
 05-23-2005
Al Haswah, Iraq (50 Kilometers South Of Baghdad)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Bryan Edward Barron - 26

National Guard Specialist
C Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment
Biloxi, Mississippi
05-23-2005
Al Haswah, Iraq (50 Kilometers South Of Baghdad)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Daniel Ryan Varnado - 23

National Guard Sergeant
C Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment
Saucier, Mississippi
05-23-2005
Al Haswah, Iraq (50 Kilometers South Of Baghdad)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Christopher S. Perez - 30

Sergeant
Headquarters & Service Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Hutchinson, Kansas
05-23-2005
Camp Blue Diamond (Ramadi, Iraq)
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack


Joshua T. Brazee - 25

Specialist
1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Sand Creek, Michigan
05-23-2005
Al Qaim, Iraq (Near Syrian border)
Non-Hostile - Unspecified Injury - Under Investigation - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero


Russell J. Verdugo - 34

Staff Sergeant
767th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordinance Group
Phoenix, Arizona
05-23-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Charles A. "Chuck" Drier - 28

Sergeant
1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Tuscola County, Michigan
 05-24-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb


Dustin C. Fisher - 22

Specialist
1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Fort Smith, Arkansas
05-24-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb


Jeffrey R. Wallace - 20

Private First Class
1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Hoopeston, Illinois
05-24-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Suicide Car Bomb


Peter J. Hahn - 31

National Guard Sergeant First Class
2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team
Metairie, Louisiana
05-24-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Randy D. Collins - 36

Sergeant First Class
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Long Beach, California
05-24-2005
Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack


Alfred Barton Siler - 33

National Guard Sergeant
Support Squadron, 278th Regimental Combat Team
Duff, Tennessee
05-25-2005
Near Tuz, Iraq (Near Tikrit, Iraq)
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident


David Neil Wimberg - 24

Reserve Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Louisville, Kentucky
 05-25-2005
Hadithah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Ricardo A. Crocker - 39

Reserve Major
3rd Civil Affairs Group
Mission Viejo, California
 05-26-2005
Hadithah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack


Matthew Scott Lourey - 40

Chief Warrant Officer (CW4)
1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
East Bethel, Minnesota
05-27-2005
Near Ba'qubah, Iraq
Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Joshua Michael Scott - 28

Chief Warrant Officer (CW2)
1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
 05-27-2005
Near Ba'qubah, Iraq
Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Mark A. Maida - 22

Sergeant
2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Madison, Wisconsin
05-27-2005
Baghdad, Iraq (Military Hospital)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Michael S. Barnhill - 39

Reserve First Sergeant
6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group
Folsom, California
 05-28-2005
6 Miles From Haqlaniyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Phillip N. Sayles - 26

Specialist
1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Jacksonville, Arkansas
05-28-2005
Mosul, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Attack


Albert E. Smart - 41

Reserve Lieutenant Colonel
321st Civil Affairs Brigade
San Antonio, Texas
 05-28-2005
Doha, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Illness - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero


Victor M. Cortes III - 29

Staff Sergeant
703rd Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division
Erie, Pennsylvania
05-29-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Unspecified Injury - Under Investigation - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero


William Downs - 40

Major
6th Special Operations Squadron
Winchester, Virginia
 05-30-2005
Near Jalawlah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Airplane Crash


Jeremy Fresques - 26

Captain
23rd Special Tactics Squadron
Clarkdale, Arizona
 05-30-2005
Near Jalawlah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Airplane Crash


Derek Argel - 28

Captain
23rd Special Tactics Squadron
Lompoc, California
05-30-2005
Near Jalawlah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Airplane Crash


Casey Crate - 26

Staff Sergeant
23rd Special Tactics Squadron
Spanaway, Washington
05-30-2005
Near Jalawlah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Airplane Crash


Jeffrey B. Starr - 22

Corporal
1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Snohomish, Washington
05-30-2005
Near Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Steven M. Langmack - 33

Sergeant First Class
Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command
Seattle, Washington
05-31-2005
Al Qaim, Iraq (Near Syrian border)
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Explanation Given For The Death Of This Hero


Miguel A. Ramos - 39

Reserve Sergeant
807th Signal Company, 35th Signal Battalion
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
05-31-2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Attack
 

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