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Military personnel killed in Iraq war: March 2003
09:01 PM CST on Saturday, January 27, 2007
KILLED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
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U.S. military casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom are listed in chronological order. Contact us with questions.
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• U.S. military casualties in Afghanistan:
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Age: 36
Hometown: Waterville, Maine.
Unit: Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron - 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.
Circumstances: Killed March 20 in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait.
Age: 30
Hometown: Bloomington, Ill.
Unit: Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron - 268, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed March 20 in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait.
Age: 25
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Unit: Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron - 268, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed March 20 in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait.
Age: 29
Hometown: Baltimore, Md.
Unit: Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron - 268, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed March 20 in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait.
Age: 30
Hometown: Harrison County, Miss.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 21 in southern Iraq.
Age: 22
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 21 in southern Iraq.
Age: 27
Hometown: La Mesa, Calif.
Unit: U.S. Navy exchange officer with the Royal Navy's 849 Squadron since October 2002. He was serving aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.
Circumstances: Killed March 22 when two Royal Navy Sea King helicopters collided over international waters in the Persian Gulf.
Age: 27
Hometown: Easton, Pa.
Unit: Army's 1-101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Killed March 22 by a grenade while he was sleeping in a tent at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait.
Age: 26
Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.
Unit: 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed March 22 by an accidental discharge of a .50-caliber machine gun in Iraq.
Age: 19
Hometown: Portland, Ore.
Unit: 671st Engineer Brigade, Portland, Ore.
Circumstances: Died March 22 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Iraq.
Age: 31
Hometown: Ventura, Calif.
Unit: 2nd Assault Amphibious Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 23 in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Age: 26
Hometown: Lee, Fla.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 23 in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Age: 21
Hometown: Orange, Calif.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 23 in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Age: 20
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 23 in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Age: 42
Hometown: Brazoria, Texas.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 23 in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Age: 31
Hometown: Nye, Nev.
Unit: Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 23 in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Age: 22
Hometown: Adams, Colo.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 23 in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Age: 20
Hometown: Cedar Key, Fla.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 23 in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Age: 21
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 23 in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Age: 22
Hometown: Roswell, Ga.
Unit: Army's 3rd Division Support Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 in a convoy that was ambushed near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. On March 26, Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown was changed to killed in action.
Age: 21
Hometown: Mobile, Ala.
Unit: Army's 3rd Division Support Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 in a convoy that was ambushed near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. On March 26, Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown was changed to killed in action.
Age: 31
Hometown: Barnwell, S.C.
Unit: Army's 3rd Division Support Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 in a convoy that was ambushed near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. On April 1, Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown was changed to killed in action.
Age: 38
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio.
Unit: Army's 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 in a convoy that was ambushed near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. On April 5, Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown was changed to killed in action.
Age: 18
Hometown: El Paso, Texas.
Unit: Army's 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 in a convoy that was ambushed near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. On April 5, Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown was changed to killed in action.
Age: 22
Hometown: Comfort, Texas.
Unit: Army's 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 in a convoy that was ambushed near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. On April 5, Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown was changed to killed in action.
Age: 35
Hometown: Amarillo, Texas.
Unit: Army's 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 in a convoy that was ambushed near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. On April 5, Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown was changed to killed in action.
Age: 23
Hometown: Tuba City, Ariz.
Unit: Army's 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 in a convoy that was ambushed near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. On April 5, Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown was changed to killed in action.
Age: 19
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio.
Unit: Army's 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 in a convoy that was ambushed near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. On April 5, Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown was changed to killed in action.
Age: 33
Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
Unit: Army's 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 in a convoy that was ambushed near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. On April 5, Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown was changed to killed in action.
Age: 31
Hometown: Yuma, Ariz.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed March 23 while his unit was engaged in operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah in Iraq. His remains were recovered on March 28.
Age: 23
Hometown: Casper, Wyo.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 23 during operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. His remains were identified on April 11.
Age: 21
Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 23 during operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. He had previously been listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown through April 13.
Age: 21
Hometown: Sparks, Nev.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 23 during operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. He had previously been listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown through April 13.
Age: 19
Hometown: Boiling Springs, S.C.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 23 during operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. He had previously been listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown through April 13.
Age: 30
Hometown: Macon, Ill.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 23 during operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. He had previously been listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown through April 14.
Age: 22
Hometown: Waterford, Conn.
Unit: 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 23 during operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. He had previously been listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown through April 16.
Age: 21
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 23 during operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. His remains were recovered on March 30.
Age: 24
Hometown: Brownsville, Texas
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died after his six-vehicle convoy was ambushed March 23 on Highway 7 in Iraq. His remains were recovered on April 24.
Age: 22
Hometown: Smithville, Mo.
Unit: 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed March 24 in a vehicle accident in Iraq.
Age: 19
Hometown: Indiana
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 24 in Iraq.
Age: 20
Hometown: Hancock, Ill.
Unit: Marine Engineering Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, based in Peoria, Ill.
Circumstances: Drowned March 24 while trying to cross the Saddam Canal in southeastern Iraq. His remains were recovered on March 25.
Age: 28
Hometown: Scott, Iowa
Unit: Marine Engineering Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, based in Peoria, Ill.
Circumstances: Drowned March 24 while trying to cross the Saddam Canal in southeastern Iraq. His remains were recovered on March 25.
Age: 24
Hometown: Wagoner, Okla.
Unit: Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group-28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point, N.C.
Circumstances: Killed March 24 while his unit was engaged in operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah in Iraq. His remains were recovered on March 28.
Age: 40
Hometown: Boise, Idaho
Unit: 124th Air Support Operations Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, Boise, Idaho.
Circumstances: Died March 25 from wounds received from a grenade that exploded March 22 in a tent at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait.
Age: 25
Hometown: Little Rock, Ark.
Unit: Naval Medical Center San Diego, First Marine Division Detachment, San Diego.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 25 while treating a wounded Marine in Iraq.
Age: 31
Hometown: Richmond, Va.
Unit: 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed March 25 while conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River. His remains were recovered on March 28.
Age: 20
Hometown: Sonoma, Calif.
Unit: 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed March 25 while conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River. His remains were recovered on March 28.
Age: 21
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Unit: 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed March 25 while conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River. His remains were recovered on March 28.
Age: 36
Hometown: Union Lake, Mich.
Unit: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed March 26 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Iraq.
Age: 33
Hometown: San Jose, Calif.
Unit: 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 27.
Age: 20
Hometown: Escondido, Calif.
Unit: Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 27.
Age: 21
Hometown: Queens, N.Y.
Unit: 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Circumstances: Died March 27 when the tank he was riding in fell into the Euphrates River during combat operations northwest of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. His remains were recovered on March 30.
Age: 32
Hometown: Fayetteville, N.C.
Unit: Army's 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Killed March 28 when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled off a cliff in a non-hostile accident in Iraq.
Age: 26
Hometown: San Luis, Ariz.
Unit: Marine Wing Support Squadron-371, Marine Wing Support Group-37, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz.
Circumstances: Padilla-Ramirez was last seen conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of Al Nasiriyah, Iraq, on March 28. His remains were identified on April 10.
Age: 24
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Unit: 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Killed March 29 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Iraq.
Age: 20
Hometown: Palm Bay, Fla.
Unit: Army's 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 29 when a suicide bomber drove a taxi to a checkpoint in Najaf, Iraq, and the car exploded.
Age: 23
Hometown: Howell, N.J.
Unit: Army's 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 29 when a suicide bomber drove a taxi to a checkpoint in Najaf, Iraq, and the car exploded.
Age: 19
Hometown: Conyers, Ga.
Unit: Army's 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 29 when a suicide bomber drove a taxi to a checkpoint in Najaf, Iraq, and the car exploded.
Age: 24
Hometown: Highland, N.Y.
Unit: Army's 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Killed in action on March 29 when a suicide bomber drove a taxi to a checkpoint in Najaf, Iraq, and the car exploded.
Age: 41
Hometown: Roy, Utah
Unit: F Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Circumstances: Killed March 29 during a firefight with enemy forces.
Age: 23
Hometown: Troutville, Va.
Unit: Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died March 30 in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in southern Iraq.
Age: 23
Hometown: St. George, Del.
Unit: Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died March 30 in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in southern Iraq.
Age: 31
Hometown: Sherwood, Ore.
Unit: Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died March 30 in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in southern Iraq.
Age: 39
Hometown: Evansville, Ill.
Unit: Army's D Company, 1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard.
Circumstances: Died March 31 in Rota, Spain. Jeffries was evacuated from Kuwait, where he was with his unit supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, and died as a result of a sudden illness.
Age: 20
Hometown: Roscoe, Ill.
Unit: Army's C Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Killed March 31 in Ayyub, Iraq, by enemy small-arms fire.
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