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Military personnel killed in Iraq war: May 2003
Pfc. Jesse A. Givens
Age: 34
Hometown: Springfield, Mo.
Unit: Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died May 1 in Al Habbaniyah, Iraq. Givens was parked in an M-1 main battle tank along the bank of the Euphrates River when the riverbank gave way and the tank fell into the river.
Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds
Age: 25
Hometown: East Lansing, Mich.
Unit: Army's 74th Long-Range Surveillance Detachment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, in Camp Ederle, Italy.
Circumstances: Died May 3 in Iraq. Reynolds was climbing a ladder when he fell, causing his M4 rifle to accidentally discharge.
Pvt. Jason L. Deibler
Age: 20
Hometown: Coeburn, Va.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, based at Smith Barracks, Baumholder, Germany.
Circumstances: Died May 4 from a non-combat weapon discharge in Kuwait.
Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold
Age: 23
Hometown: Hamilton, Ohio
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Died May 8 when he was struck by a sniper's bullet while directing traffic in Baghdad.
Chief Warrant Officer Brian K. Van Dusen
Age: 39
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Unit: Army's 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died May 9 in a non-hostile accident near Samarrah, Iraq. He was aboard a UH-60 air medical helicopter that crashed in the Tigris River.
Chief Warrant Officer Hans N. Gukeisen
Age: 31
Hometown: Lead, S.D.
Unit: Army's 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died May 9 in a non-hostile accident near Samarrah, Iraq. He was aboard a UH-60 air medical helicopter that crashed in the Tigris River.
Cpl. Richard P. Carl
Age: 26
Hometown: King Hill, Idaho
Unit: Army's 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died May 9 in a non-hostile accident near Samarrah, Iraq. He was aboard a UH-60 air medical helicopter that crashed in the Tigris River.
Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns
Age: 22
Hometown: Vancouver, Wash.
Unit: Marine reservist assigned to the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Eugene, Ore.
Circumstances: Died May 9 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait. Bruns was driving a pickup truck that was struck on the driver's side by a logistics vehicle system.
Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Smith
Age: 20
Hometown: Anderson, Ind.
Unit: Marine reservist assigned to Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Peru, Ind.
Circumstances: Died May 10 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait. Smith was driving a High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as part of a convoy to Camp Coyote in Kuwait when his vehicle struck a parked trailer.
Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik
Age: 21
Hometown: Schaumburg, Ill.
Unit: Marine's 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died May 12 in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Pfc. Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez
Age: 19
Hometown: Norwalk, Calif.
Unit: Marine's 1st Supply Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died May 12 in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr.
Age: 19
Hometown: Irvington, Ill.
Unit: Air Force data systems technician assigned to the 728th Air Control Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Circumstances: Died May 13 near Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his convoy was ambushed en route to Baghdad.
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker
Age: 19
Hometown: Irvington, Ill.
Unit: Marine's 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died May 13 near Al Hillah, Iraq, when the munitions bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded.
Spc. David T. Nutt
Age: 22
Hometown: Blackshear, Ga.
Unit: Army's 494th Transportation Company, based at Ft. Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died May 14 in Mosul, Iraq, when an Iraqi civilian vehicle cut off Nutt's loaded 5-ton truck on the road. When Nutt swerved, his truck hit the median and overturned.
Master Sgt. William L. Payne
Age: 46
Hometown: Michigan
Unit: Army's 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died May 16 in Haswah, Iraq. Payne was examining unexploded ordnance when it detonated.
Spc. Rasheed Sahib
Age: 22
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Unit: Army's 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died May 18 in Balad, Iraq. Sahib and another soldier were cleaning their weapons when the other soldier's weapon discharged, striking Sahib in the chest.
Cpl. Douglas Jose Marencoreyes
Age: 28
Hometown: Chino, Calif.
Unit: Marine Reserve's Light Armored Vehicle - Air Defense Battery, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died May 18 when the large transport truck he was riding in rolled over about 30 kilometers (19 miles) southeast of Al Samawah, Iraq.
Lt. Col. Dominic R. Baragona
Age: 42
Hometown: Ohio
Unit: Army's 19th Maintenance Battalion, Fort Sill, Okla.
Circumstances: Died May 19 when a tractor-trailer jackknifed on the road and collided with his High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) in Iraq.
Sgt. Kirk Allen Straseskie
Age: 23
Hometown: Beaver Dam, Wis.
Unit: Marine's 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Drowned May 19 when he attempted to rescue the crew members of a Marine CH-46 helicopter that went down in a canal near Al Hillah, Iraq.
Capt. Andrew David La Mont
Age: 31
Hometown: Eureka, Calif.
Unit: Marine's Medium Helicopter Squadron - 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died on May 19 in the CH-46 Sea-Knight helicopter that went down shortly after take-off in the Shatt Al Hillah Canal, in Iraq. The helicopter was conducting a resupply mission in support of civil military operations.
Lance Cpl. Jason William Moore
Age: 21
Hometown: San Marcos, Calif.
Unit: Marine's Medium Helicopter Squadron - 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died on May 19 in the CH-46 Sea-Knight helicopter that went down shortly after take-off in the Shatt Al Hillah Canal, in Iraq. The helicopter was conducting a resupply mission in support of civil military operations.
1st Lt. Timothy Louis Ryan
Age: 30
Hometown: Aurora, Ill.
Unit: Marine's Medium Helicopter Squadron - 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died on May 19 in the CH-46 Sea-Knight helicopter that went down shortly after take-off in the Shatt Al Hillah Canal, in Iraq. The helicopter was conducting a resupply mission in support of civil military operations.
Staff Sgt. Aaron Dean White
Age: 27
Hometown: Shawnee, Okla.
Unit: Marine's Medium Helicopter Squadron - 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died on May 19 in the CH-46 Sea-Knight helicopter that went down shortly after take-off in the Shatt Al Hillah Canal, in Iraq. The helicopter was conducting a resupply mission in support of civil military operations.
Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell
Age: 27
Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
Unit: Army's 404th Air Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died on May 21 in Baghdad, Iraq, while responding to a civilian call when his vehicle rolled over.
Pvt. David Evans Jr.
Age: 18
Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.
Unit: Army's 977th Military Police Company, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died May 25 in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. Evans was killed in an explosion at a facility which contained Iraqi ammunition. Evans and another soldier were performing security at the site when their steel shelter collapsed during the initial explosion. The rest of the squad returned after the first explosion and extracted the other soldier, but Evans' remains could not be located until several hours later.
Maj. Mathew E. Schram
Age: 36
Hometown: Wisconsin
Unit: Army's HHT Support Squadron 3rd ACR, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died on May 26, in Hadithah, Iraq, while traveling in a military convoy on a resupply mission when they encountered enemy fire.
Pvt. Kenneth A. Nalley
Age: 19
Hometown: Hamburg, Iowa
Unit: Army's 501st Military Police Company, Wiesbaden, Germany
Circumstances: Died on May 26 in As Samawah, Iraq when a heavy equipment transporter crossed the median and struck his vehicle, while he was escorting a convoy.
Staff Sgt. Brett J. Petriken
Age: 30
Hometown: Hamburg, Iowa
Unit: Army's 501st Military Police Company, Wiesbaden, Germany
Circumstances: Died on May 26 in As Samawah, Iraq when a heavy equipment transporter crossed the median and struck his vehicle, while he was escorting a convoy.
Pfc. Jeremiah D. Smith
Age: 25
Hometown: Odessa, Mo.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died on May 26 in Baghdad, Iraq. Smith was escorting heavy equipment transporters when his vehicle hit unexploded ordnance.
Sgt. Keman L. Mitchell
Age: 24
Hometown: Hilliard, Fla.
Unit: Army's Company C, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died May 26, 2003, in Kirkuk, Iraq, after he jumped into 7-foot-deep body of water. When he failed to surface, members of his squad retrieved him and medical personnel attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Sgt. Thomas F. Broomhead
Age: 34
Hometown: Cannon City, Colo.
Unit: Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died on May 27 in Al Fallujah, Iraq. Broomhead was on guard at a checkpoint when a vehicle pulled up and assailants fired on him.
Staff Sgt. Michael B. Quinn
Age: 37
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
Unit: Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died on May 27 in Al-Fallujah, Iraq. Quinn was on guard duty at a checkpoint when a vehicle pulled up and assailants fired on him.
Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Bradley
Age: 39
Hometown: Utica, Miss.
Unit: Army's 588th Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died May 28 in Baqubah, Iraq, of a non-combat-related cause.
Spc. Jose A. Perez III
Age: 22
Hometown: San Diego, Texas
Unit: Army's 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.
Circumstances: Died May 28 in Taji, Iraq, after his convoy was ambushed.
Spc. Zachariah W. Long
Age: 20
Hometown: Milton, Pa.
Unit: Army's 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died May 30 in Mosul, Iraq, when a civilian vehicle dodged a pothole, causing the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) he was riding in to swerve off the road and turn over.
Spc. Michael T. Gleason
Age: 25
Hometown: Warren, Pa.
Unit: Army's 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died May 30 in Mosul, Iraq, when a civilian vehicle dodged a pothole, causing the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) he was riding in to swerve off the road and turn over.
Spc. Kyle A. Griffin
Age: 20
Hometown: Emerson, N.J.
Unit: Army's 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died May 30 in Mosul, Iraq, when a civilian vehicle dodged a pothole, causing the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) he was riding in to swerve off the road and turn over.
04:23 PM CST on Thursday, March 17, 2005
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.
• 2003 casualties:
March April May June July August September October November December
• 2004 casualties:
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• 2005 casualties:
January February March April May June July August September October November December
• 2006 casualties:
January February March April May June July August September October November December
• 2007 casualties:
January February March April May June July
• U.S. military casualties in Afghanistan:
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
• 2003 casualties:
March April May June July August September October November December
• 2004 casualties:
January February March April May June July August September October November December
• 2005 casualties:
January February March April May June July August September October November December
• 2006 casualties:
January February March April May June July August September October November December
• 2007 casualties:
January February March April May June July
• U.S. military casualties in Afghanistan:
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Age: 34
Hometown: Springfield, Mo.
Unit: Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died May 1 in Al Habbaniyah, Iraq. Givens was parked in an M-1 main battle tank along the bank of the Euphrates River when the riverbank gave way and the tank fell into the river.
Age: 25
Hometown: East Lansing, Mich.
Unit: Army's 74th Long-Range Surveillance Detachment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, in Camp Ederle, Italy.
Circumstances: Died May 3 in Iraq. Reynolds was climbing a ladder when he fell, causing his M4 rifle to accidentally discharge.
Age: 20
Hometown: Coeburn, Va.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, based at Smith Barracks, Baumholder, Germany.
Circumstances: Died May 4 from a non-combat weapon discharge in Kuwait.
Age: 23
Hometown: Hamilton, Ohio
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Died May 8 when he was struck by a sniper's bullet while directing traffic in Baghdad.
Age: 39
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Unit: Army's 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died May 9 in a non-hostile accident near Samarrah, Iraq. He was aboard a UH-60 air medical helicopter that crashed in the Tigris River.
Age: 31
Hometown: Lead, S.D.
Unit: Army's 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died May 9 in a non-hostile accident near Samarrah, Iraq. He was aboard a UH-60 air medical helicopter that crashed in the Tigris River.
Age: 26
Hometown: King Hill, Idaho
Unit: Army's 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died May 9 in a non-hostile accident near Samarrah, Iraq. He was aboard a UH-60 air medical helicopter that crashed in the Tigris River.
Age: 22
Hometown: Vancouver, Wash.
Unit: Marine reservist assigned to the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Eugene, Ore.
Circumstances: Died May 9 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait. Bruns was driving a pickup truck that was struck on the driver's side by a logistics vehicle system.
Age: 20
Hometown: Anderson, Ind.
Unit: Marine reservist assigned to Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Peru, Ind.
Circumstances: Died May 10 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait. Smith was driving a High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as part of a convoy to Camp Coyote in Kuwait when his vehicle struck a parked trailer.
Age: 21
Hometown: Schaumburg, Ill.
Unit: Marine's 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died May 12 in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Age: 19
Hometown: Norwalk, Calif.
Unit: Marine's 1st Supply Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died May 12 in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Age: 19
Hometown: Irvington, Ill.
Unit: Air Force data systems technician assigned to the 728th Air Control Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Circumstances: Died May 13 near Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his convoy was ambushed en route to Baghdad.
Age: 19
Hometown: Irvington, Ill.
Unit: Marine's 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died May 13 near Al Hillah, Iraq, when the munitions bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded.
Age: 22
Hometown: Blackshear, Ga.
Unit: Army's 494th Transportation Company, based at Ft. Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died May 14 in Mosul, Iraq, when an Iraqi civilian vehicle cut off Nutt's loaded 5-ton truck on the road. When Nutt swerved, his truck hit the median and overturned.
Age: 46
Hometown: Michigan
Unit: Army's 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died May 16 in Haswah, Iraq. Payne was examining unexploded ordnance when it detonated.
Age: 22
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Unit: Army's 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died May 18 in Balad, Iraq. Sahib and another soldier were cleaning their weapons when the other soldier's weapon discharged, striking Sahib in the chest.
Age: 28
Hometown: Chino, Calif.
Unit: Marine Reserve's Light Armored Vehicle - Air Defense Battery, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died May 18 when the large transport truck he was riding in rolled over about 30 kilometers (19 miles) southeast of Al Samawah, Iraq.
Age: 42
Hometown: Ohio
Unit: Army's 19th Maintenance Battalion, Fort Sill, Okla.
Circumstances: Died May 19 when a tractor-trailer jackknifed on the road and collided with his High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) in Iraq.
Age: 23
Hometown: Beaver Dam, Wis.
Unit: Marine's 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Drowned May 19 when he attempted to rescue the crew members of a Marine CH-46 helicopter that went down in a canal near Al Hillah, Iraq.
Age: 31
Hometown: Eureka, Calif.
Unit: Marine's Medium Helicopter Squadron - 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died on May 19 in the CH-46 Sea-Knight helicopter that went down shortly after take-off in the Shatt Al Hillah Canal, in Iraq. The helicopter was conducting a resupply mission in support of civil military operations.
Age: 21
Hometown: San Marcos, Calif.
Unit: Marine's Medium Helicopter Squadron - 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died on May 19 in the CH-46 Sea-Knight helicopter that went down shortly after take-off in the Shatt Al Hillah Canal, in Iraq. The helicopter was conducting a resupply mission in support of civil military operations.
Age: 30
Hometown: Aurora, Ill.
Unit: Marine's Medium Helicopter Squadron - 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died on May 19 in the CH-46 Sea-Knight helicopter that went down shortly after take-off in the Shatt Al Hillah Canal, in Iraq. The helicopter was conducting a resupply mission in support of civil military operations.
Age: 27
Hometown: Shawnee, Okla.
Unit: Marine's Medium Helicopter Squadron - 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died on May 19 in the CH-46 Sea-Knight helicopter that went down shortly after take-off in the Shatt Al Hillah Canal, in Iraq. The helicopter was conducting a resupply mission in support of civil military operations.
Age: 27
Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
Unit: Army's 404th Air Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died on May 21 in Baghdad, Iraq, while responding to a civilian call when his vehicle rolled over.
Age: 18
Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.
Unit: Army's 977th Military Police Company, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died May 25 in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. Evans was killed in an explosion at a facility which contained Iraqi ammunition. Evans and another soldier were performing security at the site when their steel shelter collapsed during the initial explosion. The rest of the squad returned after the first explosion and extracted the other soldier, but Evans' remains could not be located until several hours later.
Age: 36
Hometown: Wisconsin
Unit: Army's HHT Support Squadron 3rd ACR, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died on May 26, in Hadithah, Iraq, while traveling in a military convoy on a resupply mission when they encountered enemy fire.
Age: 19
Hometown: Hamburg, Iowa
Unit: Army's 501st Military Police Company, Wiesbaden, Germany
Circumstances: Died on May 26 in As Samawah, Iraq when a heavy equipment transporter crossed the median and struck his vehicle, while he was escorting a convoy.
Age: 30
Hometown: Hamburg, Iowa
Unit: Army's 501st Military Police Company, Wiesbaden, Germany
Circumstances: Died on May 26 in As Samawah, Iraq when a heavy equipment transporter crossed the median and struck his vehicle, while he was escorting a convoy.
Age: 25
Hometown: Odessa, Mo.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died on May 26 in Baghdad, Iraq. Smith was escorting heavy equipment transporters when his vehicle hit unexploded ordnance.
Age: 24
Hometown: Hilliard, Fla.
Unit: Army's Company C, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died May 26, 2003, in Kirkuk, Iraq, after he jumped into 7-foot-deep body of water. When he failed to surface, members of his squad retrieved him and medical personnel attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Age: 34
Hometown: Cannon City, Colo.
Unit: Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died on May 27 in Al Fallujah, Iraq. Broomhead was on guard at a checkpoint when a vehicle pulled up and assailants fired on him.
Age: 37
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
Unit: Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died on May 27 in Al-Fallujah, Iraq. Quinn was on guard duty at a checkpoint when a vehicle pulled up and assailants fired on him.
Age: 39
Hometown: Utica, Miss.
Unit: Army's 588th Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died May 28 in Baqubah, Iraq, of a non-combat-related cause.
Age: 22
Hometown: San Diego, Texas
Unit: Army's 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.
Circumstances: Died May 28 in Taji, Iraq, after his convoy was ambushed.
Age: 20
Hometown: Milton, Pa.
Unit: Army's 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died May 30 in Mosul, Iraq, when a civilian vehicle dodged a pothole, causing the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) he was riding in to swerve off the road and turn over.
Age: 25
Hometown: Warren, Pa.
Unit: Army's 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died May 30 in Mosul, Iraq, when a civilian vehicle dodged a pothole, causing the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) he was riding in to swerve off the road and turn over.
Age: 20
Hometown: Emerson, N.J.
Unit: Army's 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died May 30 in Mosul, Iraq, when a civilian vehicle dodged a pothole, causing the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) he was riding in to swerve off the road and turn over.
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