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Military personnel killed in Iraq war: March 2005
Spc. Lizbeth Robles
Age: 31
Hometown: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry, McComb, Miss.
Circumstances: Died March 1 at the 228th Command Support Hospital in Tikirt, Iraq, from injuries sustained Feb. 28 in a military vehicle accident in Bayji, Iraq.
Spc. Robert S. Pugh
Age: 25
Hometown: Meridian, Miss.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry, McComb, Miss.
Circumstances: Died March 2 in Iskandariyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.
Spc. Azhar Ali
Age: 27
Hometown: Flushing, N.Y.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, Manhattan, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died March 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.
Spc. Wai P. Lwin
Age: 27
Hometown: Queens, N.Y.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, Manhattan, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died March 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Jones
Age: 43
Hometown: Unity, Maine
Unit: Army National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion, Belfast, Maine.
Circumstances: Died March 3 in Syracuse, N.Y., of a non-combat related illness. He had just returned from duty in Iraq.
Staff Sgt. Juan M. Solorio
Age: 32
Hometown: Dallas
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle as his unit was being attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire.
Spc. Adriana N. Salem
Age: 21
Hometown: Elk Grove Village, Ill.
Unit: Army's 3rd Forward Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Remagen, Iraq, when her military vehicle rolled over.
Capt. Sean Grimes
Age: 31
Hometown: Southfield, Mich.
Unit: Army's 1st Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol.
Sgt. 1st Class Donald W. Eacho
Age: 38
Hometown: Black Creek, Wis.
Unit: Army's 1st Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol.
Cpl. Stephen M. McGowan
Age: 26
Hometown: Newark, Del.
Unit: Army's 1st Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol.
Spc. Wade Michael Twyman
Age: 27
Hometown: Vista, Calif.
Unit: Army's 1st Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol.
Sgt. Seth K. Garceau
Age: 27
Hometown: Oelwein, Iowa
Unit: Army National Guard's 224th Engineer Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team, Fairfield, Iowa.
Circumstances: Died March 4 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle on Feb. 27.
Sgt. Andrew L. Bossert
Age: 24
Hometown: Fountain City, Wis.
Unit: Army's 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Howze, Korea.
Circumstances: Died March 7 in Ramadi, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his screening area.
Pfc. Michael W. Franklin
Age: 22
Hometown: Coudersport, Pa.
Unit: Army's 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Howze, Korea.
Circumstances: Died March 7 in Ramadi, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his screening area.
Spc. Matthew A. Koch
Age: 23
Hometown: West Henrietta, N.Y.
Unit: Army's 70th Engineer Battalion, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died March 9 in Taji, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Spc. Nicholas E. Wilson
Age: 21
Hometown: Glendale, Ariz.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea.
Circumstances: Died March 11 while conducting a roving patrol in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his military vehicle rolled into a water-filled ditch after the shoulder of the road he was on collapsed.
Staff Sgt. Donald D. Griffith Jr.
Age: 29
Hometown: Mechanicsville, Iowa
Unit: Army's 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died March 11 as a result of hostile action in Tal Afar, Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Joshua L. Torrence
Age: 20
Hometown: Lexington, S.C.
Unit: 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 14 of wounds received as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Kieffer
Age: 36
Hometown: Ovid, Mich.
Unit: Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 182nd Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket System), Detroit, Mich.
Circumstances: Died March 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, when enemy forces using small-arms fire attacked his unit.
Spc. Paul M. Heltzel
Age: 39
Hometown: Baton Rouge, La.
Unit: Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, Eunice, La.
Circumstances: Died March 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, while conducting a mounted patrol when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated.
Spc. Rocky D. Payne
Age: 26
Hometown: Howell, Utah
Unit: Army's 497th Transportation Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion, 1st Corps Support Command, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died March 16 in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV.
Staff Sgt. Shane M. Koele
Age: 25
Hometown: Wayne, Neb.
Unit: Army's 212th Military Police Company, Kitzingen, Germany
Circumstances: Died March 16 at Shindand Airfield, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained March 15 in Shindand, Afghanistan, when a land mine exploded near his HMMWV.
Pfc. Lee A. Lewis Jr.
Age: 28
Hometown: Norfolk, Va.
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Died March 18 in Sadr City, Iraq, when his patrol was attacked by enemy small-arms fire.
Spc. Jonathan A. Hughes
Age: 21
Hometown: Lebanon, Ky.
Unit: Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, Campbellsville, Ky.
Circumstances: Died March 19 in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV.
Sgt. Paul W. Thomason III
Age: 37
Hometown: Talbot, Tenn.
Unit: Army National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 278th Regimental Combat Team, Greeneville, Tenn.
Circumstances: Died March 20 in Kirkuk, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Spc. Francisco G. Martinez
Age: 20
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Korea
Circumstances: Died March 20 in Tamin, Iraq, as a result of enemy small-arms fire.
Lance Cpl. Kevin S. Smith
Age: 20
Hometown: Springfield, Ohio
Unit: Marines' 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 21 as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Spc. Travis R. Bruce
Age: 22
Hometown: Byron, Minn.
Unit: Army's 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died March 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an enemy mortar round detonated near his guard position.
Cpl. Bryan J. Richardson
Age: 23
Hometown: Summersville, W.Va.
Unit: Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Moundsville, W.Va.
Circumstances: Died March 25 as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Sgt. Lee M. Godbolt
Age: 23
Hometown: New Orleans
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, New Orleans
Circumstances: Died March 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee while on patrol.
Sgt. Isiah J. Sinclair
Age: 31
Hometown: Natchitoches, La.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 156th Armored Regiment, Shreveport, La.
Circumstances: Died March 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee while on patrol.
Pfc. Samuel S. Lee
Age: 19
Hometown: Anaheim, Calif.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Greaves, Korea.
Circumstances: Died March 28 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from non-combat related injuries.
Sgt. Kelly S. Morris
Age: 24
Hometown: Boise, Idaho
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Died March 30, in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained from enemy small-arms fire.
Warrant Officer Charles G. Wells Jr.
Age: 32
Hometown: Montgomery, Ala.
Unit: Marine Forces Reserve's 6th Motor Transport Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Orlando, Fla.
Circumstances: Died March 30 as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Spc. Eric L. Toth
Age: 21
Hometown: Edmonton, Ky.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, Tompkinsville, Ky.
Circumstances: Died March 30 on a supply route when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee.
Sgt. 1st Class Robbie D. McNary
Age: 42
Hometown: Lewistown, Mont.
Unit: Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 163rd Mechanized Infantry Regiment, Missoula, Mont.
Circumstances: Died March 31 in Hawijah, Iraq, from injuries sustained while performing combat operations.
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KILLED IN ACTION: March 2005
Note:
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:
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: 31
Hometown: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry, McComb, Miss.
Circumstances: Died March 1 at the 228th Command Support Hospital in Tikirt, Iraq, from injuries sustained Feb. 28 in a military vehicle accident in Bayji, Iraq.
Age: 25
Hometown: Meridian, Miss.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry, McComb, Miss.
Circumstances: Died March 2 in Iskandariyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.
Age: 27
Hometown: Flushing, N.Y.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, Manhattan, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died March 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.
Age: 27
Hometown: Queens, N.Y.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, Manhattan, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died March 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.
Age: 43
Hometown: Unity, Maine
Unit: Army National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion, Belfast, Maine.
Circumstances: Died March 3 in Syracuse, N.Y., of a non-combat related illness. He had just returned from duty in Iraq.
Age: 32
Hometown: Dallas
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle as his unit was being attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire.
Age: 21
Hometown: Elk Grove Village, Ill.
Unit: Army's 3rd Forward Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Remagen, Iraq, when her military vehicle rolled over.
Age: 31
Hometown: Southfield, Mich.
Unit: Army's 1st Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol.
Age: 38
Hometown: Black Creek, Wis.
Unit: Army's 1st Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol.
Age: 26
Hometown: Newark, Del.
Unit: Army's 1st Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol.
Age: 27
Hometown: Vista, Calif.
Unit: Army's 1st Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Circumstances: Died March 4 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol.
Age: 27
Hometown: Oelwein, Iowa
Unit: Army National Guard's 224th Engineer Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team, Fairfield, Iowa.
Circumstances: Died March 4 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle on Feb. 27.
Age: 24
Hometown: Fountain City, Wis.
Unit: Army's 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Howze, Korea.
Circumstances: Died March 7 in Ramadi, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his screening area.
Age: 22
Hometown: Coudersport, Pa.
Unit: Army's 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Howze, Korea.
Circumstances: Died March 7 in Ramadi, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his screening area.
Age: 23
Hometown: West Henrietta, N.Y.
Unit: Army's 70th Engineer Battalion, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died March 9 in Taji, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Age: 21
Hometown: Glendale, Ariz.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea.
Circumstances: Died March 11 while conducting a roving patrol in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his military vehicle rolled into a water-filled ditch after the shoulder of the road he was on collapsed.
Age: 29
Hometown: Mechanicsville, Iowa
Unit: Army's 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died March 11 as a result of hostile action in Tal Afar, Iraq.
Age: 20
Hometown: Lexington, S.C.
Unit: 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 14 of wounds received as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Age: 36
Hometown: Ovid, Mich.
Unit: Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 182nd Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket System), Detroit, Mich.
Circumstances: Died March 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, when enemy forces using small-arms fire attacked his unit.
Age: 39
Hometown: Baton Rouge, La.
Unit: Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, Eunice, La.
Circumstances: Died March 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, while conducting a mounted patrol when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated.
Age: 26
Hometown: Howell, Utah
Unit: Army's 497th Transportation Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion, 1st Corps Support Command, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died March 16 in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV.
Age: 25
Hometown: Wayne, Neb.
Unit: Army's 212th Military Police Company, Kitzingen, Germany
Circumstances: Died March 16 at Shindand Airfield, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained March 15 in Shindand, Afghanistan, when a land mine exploded near his HMMWV.
Age: 28
Hometown: Norfolk, Va.
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Died March 18 in Sadr City, Iraq, when his patrol was attacked by enemy small-arms fire.
Age: 21
Hometown: Lebanon, Ky.
Unit: Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, Campbellsville, Ky.
Circumstances: Died March 19 in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV.
Age: 37
Hometown: Talbot, Tenn.
Unit: Army National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 278th Regimental Combat Team, Greeneville, Tenn.
Circumstances: Died March 20 in Kirkuk, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Age: 20
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Korea
Circumstances: Died March 20 in Tamin, Iraq, as a result of enemy small-arms fire.
Age: 20
Hometown: Springfield, Ohio
Unit: Marines' 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died March 21 as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Age: 22
Hometown: Byron, Minn.
Unit: Army's 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died March 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an enemy mortar round detonated near his guard position.
Age: 23
Hometown: Summersville, W.Va.
Unit: Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Moundsville, W.Va.
Circumstances: Died March 25 as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Age: 23
Hometown: New Orleans
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, New Orleans
Circumstances: Died March 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee while on patrol.
Age: 31
Hometown: Natchitoches, La.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 156th Armored Regiment, Shreveport, La.
Circumstances: Died March 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee while on patrol.
Age: 19
Hometown: Anaheim, Calif.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Greaves, Korea.
Circumstances: Died March 28 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from non-combat related injuries.
Age: 24
Hometown: Boise, Idaho
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Stewart, Ga.
Circumstances: Died March 30, in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained from enemy small-arms fire.
Age: 32
Hometown: Montgomery, Ala.
Unit: Marine Forces Reserve's 6th Motor Transport Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Orlando, Fla.
Circumstances: Died March 30 as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Age: 21
Hometown: Edmonton, Ky.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, Tompkinsville, Ky.
Circumstances: Died March 30 on a supply route when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee.
Age: 42
Hometown: Lewistown, Mont.
Unit: Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 163rd Mechanized Infantry Regiment, Missoula, Mont.
Circumstances: Died March 31 in Hawijah, Iraq, from injuries sustained while performing combat operations.
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