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Age: 40
Hometown: New
Bedford, Mass.
Unit: Army's 115th Military Police Company, U.S. Army
National Guard, Cranston, R.I.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 1 when an
improvised explosive device struck his vehicle on Main Supply Route Tampa,
south of Baghdad, Iraq.
Age: 38
Hometown: North
Providence, R.I.
Unit: Army's 115th Military Police Company, U.S. Army
National Guard, Cranston, R.I.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 1 when an
improvised explosive device struck his vehicle on Main Supply Route Tampa,
south of Baghdad, Iraq.
Age: 43
Hometown:
Waipahu, Hawaii
Unit: Army's 257th Transportation Company, U.S. Army
Reserve, Las Vegas, Nev.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 1 in Kuwait City,
Kuwait. Sarno was hit by a truck while changing his vehicle's tire.
Age: 20
Hometown: Oak
Park, Ill.
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 2 in Baghdad,
Iraq, in a UH-60 helicopter participating in an air assault mission. The
helicopter flipped and crashed on takeoff.
Age: 32
Hometown: Coatopa,
Ala.
Unit: Air Force fuels supervisor assigned to the 78th Logistics
Readiness Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
Circumstances: Died
Sept. 4 near Al Udeid, Qatar, in a motor vehicle accident.
Age: 27
Hometown: Dover, Del.
Unit: Army's 946th Transportation Company, U.S. Army Reserve, Lewes, Del.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 7 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in
Washington, D.C. Thompson was in a convoy on Aug. 30 when a civilian
vehicle passed the convoy and cut in front of the lead military vehicle
and an approaching Iraqi truck. The driver of the civilian vehicle hit
Thompson's truck.
Age: 25
Hometown: Macomb, Ill.
Unit: Army's 416th Transportation Company, 260th Quartermaster Battalion
(Petroleum Support), Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.
Circumstances: Died
Sept. 9 northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, when his fuel truck was attacked by
the enemy.
Age: 31
Hometown:
Elizaville, N.Y.
Unit: Army's 759th Ordnance Company, Fort Irwin, Calif.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 10 in Baghdad, Iraq. Robsky was on call to
neutralize an improvised explosive device after the initial attempt
failed. When he returned to the site to render it safe, the device
detonated.
Age: 32
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Unit: Army's D Troop, 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry, Illesheim, Germany.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 11 in Balad, Iraq. Ybarra was changing the tire
on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck when the tire exploded.
Age: 33
Hometown:
Little Rock, Ark.
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group,
Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 12 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq,
when his unit executed a raid on enemy forces.
Age: 35
Hometown:
Seymour, Tenn.
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group,
Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 12 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq,
when his unit executed a raid on enemy forces.
Age: 22
Hometown: Canton,
Mich.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 14
while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, when two improvised explosive devices
struck his vehicle.
Age: 31
Hometown: North
Creek, N.Y.
Unit: Army's B Battery, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery
Regiment, based in Baumholder, Germany.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 15
while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, when his vehicle was hit by a
rocket-propelled grenade.
Age: 27
Hometown: Flagstaff,
Ariz.
Unit: Army's C Company, 311th Military Intelligence Battalion,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 15 in Telafar, Iraq, from a non-combat weapons
discharge.
Age: 26
Hometown:
Orangeburg, S.C.
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,
4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 18 during an ambush in Tikrit, Iraq, from small
arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade.
Age: 20
Hometown: Ganado, Texas
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field
Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 18
during an ambush in Tikrit, Iraq, from small arms fire and a
rocket-propelled grenade.
Age: 27
Hometown: Morgan, Texas
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field
Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 18
during an ambush in Tikrit, Iraq, when struck by small arms fire and a
rocket-propelled grenade.
Age: 28
Hometown: Philadelphia,
Pa.
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 18 in Al
Asad, Iraq. Faunce was in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle when it crossed under
some low-hanging power lines. The soldier reached up and grabbed the lines
and was fatally injured.
Age: 27
Hometown:
Hagerstown, Ind.
Unit: Army's Troop K, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored
Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 20 while
conducting a security patrol in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised
explosive device hit his vehicle.
Age: 27
Hometown:
Creedmore, N.C.
Unit: Army's A Company, 302nd Military Intelligence
Battalion, Patton Barracks, Germany.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 20
during a mortar attack in Abu Gareeb, Iraq.
Age: 26
Hometown: Hammond,
N.Y.
Unit: Army's B Company, 325th Military Intelligence Battalion,
U.S. Army Reserve, Waterbury, Conn.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 20 during
a mortar attack in Abu Gareeb, Iraq.
Age: 21
Hometown: Rice Lake, Wis.
Unit: Army's B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort
Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 22 in Quest, Iraq, from a
non-combat weapons discharge.
Age: 28
Hometown: Bristol, R.I.
Unit: Army's 115th Military Police Company, U.S. Army National Guard,
Cranston, R.I.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 24 in Balad, Iraq. Andrade was
a passenger in a high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) when
a 5-ton truck struck the side of his vehicle.
Age: 43
Hometown:
Nashua, N.H.
Unit: Army's 379th Engineer Company, U.S. Army National
Guard, based in Bourne, Mass.
Circumstances: Died Sep. 25 at Shuabai
Port, Kuwait, after he was struck by a forklift.
Age: 23
Hometown: Topeka, Kan.
Unit: Army's 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne
Brigade, based in Caserma Ederle, Italy.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 25
while on patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device
exploded.
Age: 34
Hometown: Casper, Wyo.
Unit: Army's 4th Infantry Division Rear Area Operation Center, U.S. Army
National Guard, Casper, Wyo.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 25 in Tikrit,
Iraq, when he was struck by an improvised explosive device.
Age: 30
Hometown:
McConnellsburg, Pa.
Unit: Army's Delta Troop, 4th Cavalry, Fort Riley,
Kan.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 29 while traveling in a convoy west of
Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated as his
vehicle passed by.
Age: 24
Hometown: Louisville,
Ky.
Unit: Army's 223rd Military Police Company, U.S. Army National
Guard, Louisville, Ky.
Circumstances: Drowned Sept. 29 near Abu Ghraib
prison, Iraq. Potter was a member of a Military Police team searching the
prison area when his vehicle left the road and went into a canal. He died
in the vehicle.
Age: 26
Hometown: Jim
Thorpe, Pa.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Circumstances:
Drowned Sept. 29 as he tried to rescue another soldier whose vehicle had
entered a canal near Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq.
Age: 23
Hometown: Slidell, La.
Unit: Army's 205th Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard, Slidell, La.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 29 at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, from
non-combat-related injuries.
Age: 20
Hometown: Derby, Kan.
Unit: Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery
Brigade, Fort Sill, Okla.
Circumstances: Died Sept. 30 in Balad, Iraq,
from a non-hostile gunshot wound.
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