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Age: 20
Hometown: Arlington,
Wash.
Unit: Army's 319th Field Artillery, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp
Ederle, Italy.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 1 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Hebert was
on patrol when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Age: 44
Hometown: Jackson,
Tenn.
Unit: Army's 1175th Transportation Company, Army National Guard,
Brownsville, Tenn.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 5 in Kuwait. Loyd was on a
mission when he experienced severe chest pains. The soldier was sent to
the Kuwait hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Age: 20
Hometown: Pago Pago,
American Samoa
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd
Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault),
Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 5 in Mosul, Iraq, when he
fell from the top of a building while he was performing guard duty.
Age: 20
Hometown: Bellville,
Texas
Unit: Army's 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort
Polk, La.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 6 at Homburg University Hospital in
Germany. Colunga was initially evacuated to the 28th Combat Support
Hospital in Iraq on Aug. 4. He was then evacuated to Landstuhl Army
Regional Medical Center and later to Homburg hospital for further
evaluation. He remained at Homburg until his death, which was unrelated to
the recent cases of pneumonia in Southwest Asia.
Age: 35
Hometown:
Freeport, Minn.
Unit: Army's C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an Iraqi vehicle opened
fire and ambushed his unit.
Age: 20
Hometown: Brattleboro,
Vt.
Unit: Army's C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died
Aug. 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an Iraqi vehicle opened fire and ambushed
his unit.
Age: 33
Hometown: New Bern,
N.C.
Unit: Army's C Company, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 6 in Mosul, Iraq, of a non-combat-related cause.
Age: 19
Hometown: Tacoma,
Wash.
Unit: Army's Company B, 307th Engineer Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, as a result of non-combat-related
injuries.
Age: 20
Hometown: East Alton,
Ill.
Unit: Army's F Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 8 in Camp Caldwell, Iraq. A
fellow soldier tried to wake Bush and noticed he was not breathing.
Age: 21
Hometown: Calumet City,
Ill.
Unit: 933rd Military Police Company, U.S. Army National Guard,
Chicago, Ill.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 8 in Tallil, Iraq. Ramsey was
part of a convoy escort mission when the vehicle he was in rolled over
during a chase of a suspicious vehicle.
Age: 21
Hometown: Tickfaw, La.
Unit: Army's 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.
Circumstances:
Died Aug. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq. A fellow soldier tried to wake Kinchen and
noticed he was not breathing.
Age: 55
Hometown: Olla, La.
Unit: 1087th Transportation Support Company, Army National Guard, Fort Polk,
La.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 9 in Iraq as a result of a
non-combat-related cause while in a convoy from Camp Bilad heading to Camp
Pennsylvania.
Age: 36
Hometown:
Bakersfield, Calif.
Unit: 649th Military Police Company, U.S. Army
National Guard, Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Circumstances: Died Aug.
10 in Baquabah, Iraq. Perry was inspecting a suspicious package when it
exploded.
Age: 37
Hometown:
Guilford, Conn.
Unit: 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion, U.S. Army
Reserves, based at Fort Meade, Md.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 12 in Ar
Ramadi, Iraq. A fellow soldier tried to wake Eaton and noticed he was not
breathing.
Age: 18
Hometown: Lake
Elsinore, Calif.
Unit: Army's B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air
Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort
Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 12 in Mosul, Iraq. Parker was
thrown from his vehicle when the driver swerved to avoid an oncoming
vehicle in another lane.
Age: 21
Hometown: Conway, Pa.
Unit: Army's D Company, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 12 while in a convoy in Taji, Iraq, when he was
struck by an explosive device.
Age: 29
Hometown: New Orleans,
La.
Unit: Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 12 while in a convoy near Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when
his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.
Age: 29
Hometown: Lawton, Okla.
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field
Artillery Regiment, based at Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Aug.
13 in Tikrit, Iraq, when his M113 armored personnel carrier hit an
antitank mine.
Age: 31
Hometown: Cedar
Rapids, Iowa
Unit: Army's 2133rd Transportation Company, U.S. Army
National Guard, Centerville, Iowa.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 14 in
Landstuhl, Germany, after suffering a non-hostile injury on Aug. 8.
Age: 26
Hometown: Port Matilda,
Pa.
Unit: Army's 501st Forward Support Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade,
Southern European Task Force, Vicenza, Italy.
Circumstances: Died Aug.
17 in Homberg University Hospital, Germany, of a non-combat related cause.
Ivory was medically evacuated from Kuwait on Aug. 12.
Age: 23
Hometown: Uniontown, Pa.
Unit: Army's 307th Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserves, New
Kensington, Pa.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq. Hull was
in a military vehicle returning from the airport when his vehicle hit an
improvised explosive device.
Age: 23
Hometown:
Charlotte, Tenn.
Unit: Army's 212th Transportation Company, U.S. Army
Reserve, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 20 in Scania,
Iraq. Harris was fatally injured in a two-vehicle accident while driving
south on the main supply route.
Age: 38
Hometown:
Mineral Bluff, Ga.
Unit: Army's 210th Military Police Company, U.S.
Army National Guard, Murphy, N.C.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 20 in
Baghdad, Iraq, when struck by an improvised explosive device.
Age: 31
Hometown: Aptos,
Calif.
Unit: Navy officer on temporary duty with the I Marine
Expeditionary Force.
Circumstances: Killed Aug. 21 in Al Hillah, Iraq,
by an unidentified gunman.
Age: 20
Hometown: Spartanburg,
S.C.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored
Division, Baumholder, Germany.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 21 in Baghdad,
Iraq. 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.
Age: 21
Hometown: Lawton, Okla.
Unit: Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, as a result of non-combat
injuries.
Age: 19
Hometown: Orangeburg, S.C.
Unit: Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 23 near the Hadithah Dam, west of Ar Ramadi,
Iraq. Mack jumped into the Euphrates River to take a swim and did not
resurface. A search party found Mack's body downstream on Aug. 24.
Age: 22
Hometown: Mitchell,
Ind.
Unit: Army's 502nd Personnel Service Battalion, 43rd Area Support
Group, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 25 while conducting
convoy operations near Balad, Iraq, when he was involved in a vehicular
accident.
Age: 19
Hometown: Heber, Calif.
Unit: Army's B Company, 54th Engineer Battalion, V Corps, Bamberg, Germany.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 25 as a result of a non-combat weapons discharge in
Logistical Support Area Dogwood, Iraq.
Age: 21
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Unit: Army's 547th Transportation Company, U.S. Army National Guard, based in
Washington, D.C.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 26 in southeast Arimadi,
Iraq, when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle in a convoy.
Age: 34
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Unit: Army's C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, based at
Fort Sill, Okla.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 27 in Al Fallujah, Iraq, when
an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle.
Age: 24
Hometown:
Narragansett, R.I.
Unit: Headquarters and Headquarters Service Company,
325th Military Intelligence Battalion, U.S. Army Reserves, based at Ayer,
Mass.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 27 in Al Hallia, Iraq, when an
improvised explosive device struck his vehicle.
Age: 43
Hometown:
Pottstown, Pa.
Unit: Army's 304th Civil Affairs Brigade, U.S. Army
Reserves, based in Philadelphia, Pa.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 27 in
Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as a result of a non-combat related injury (medical).
Age: 41
Hometown: Hayden,
Colo.
Unit: Army's 244th Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, Grand
Junction, Colo.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 29 north of As Suaydat, Iraq.
Lawton was in a convoy that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Age: 28
Hometown: Tucson,
Ariz.
Unit: Army's 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Aug. 30 in Ba'qubah,
Iraq. Cataudella was driving a military vehicle that hit an embankment and
rolled into a canal.
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