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Military personnel killed in Iraq war: July 2004

12:36 PM CST on Wednesday, November 1, 2006


KILLED IN ACTION: July 2004

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:
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• 2005 casualties:
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• 2006 casualties:
January February March April May June July August September October November December
• 2007 casualties:
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• U.S. military casualties in Afghanistan:
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Sgt. Kenneth Conde Jr.
Age: 23
Hometown: Orlando, Fla.
Unit: Marine's 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 1 due to injuries received from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Sgt. Christopher A. Wagener
Age: 24
Hometown: Fairview Heights, Ill.
Unit: Army's 10th Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died July 1, in Mosul, Iraq, when his convoy vehicle hit a land mine

Lance Cpl. Timothy R. Creager
Age: 21
Hometown: Millington, Tenn.
Unit: Marine's 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died July 1 due to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Stephen G. Martin
Age: 39
Hometown: Rhinelander, Wis.
Unit: Army Reserve's 330th Military Police Detachment, Sheboygan, Wis.
Circumstances: Died July 1 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., from injuries sustained in Mosul, Iraq, on June 24 when a car bomb exploded near his guard post.

Lance Cpl. James B. Huston Jr.
Age: 22
Hometown: Umatilla, Ore.
Unit: Marine's 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 2 in a vehicle accident while his unit was responding to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

2nd Lt. Brian D. Smith
Age: 30
Hometown: McKinney, Texas
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 34th Armor, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Circumstances: Died July 2 in Habbaniyah, Iraq when he was shot while conducting combat operations.

Spc. Julie R. Hickey
Age: 20
Hometown: Galloway, Ohio
Unit: Army Reserve’s 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, Whitehall, Ohio.
Circumstances: Evacuated from Bagram, Afghanistan, on June 30 and died in Landstuhl, Germany, on July 4 of complications from a non-combat related illness.

Lance Cpl. Michael S. Torres
Age: 21
Hometown: El Paso, Texas
Unit: Marine's 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 5 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Lance Cpl. John J. Vangyzen IV
Age: 21
Hometown: Bristol, Mass.
Unit: Marine's 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 5 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Cpl. Dallas L. Kerns
Age: 21
Hometown: Mountain Grove, Mo.
Unit: Marine's 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 5 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Lance Cpl. Justin T. Hunt
Age: 22
Hometown: Riverside, Calif.
Unit: Marine's 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died July 6 as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Cpl. Jeffrey D. Lawrence
Age: 22
Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
Unit: Marine's 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died July 6 as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Lance Cpl. Scott E. Dougherty
Age: 20
Hometown: Bradenton Fla.
Unit: Marine's 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died July 6 as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Pfc. Rodricka A. Youmans
Age: 22
Hometown: Allendale, S.C.
Unit: Marine's 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died July 6 as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Sgt. Michael C. Barkey
Age: 22
Hometown: Canal Fulton, Ohio
Unit: Army National Guard's 1484th Transportation Company, Akron, Ohio
Circumstances: Died July 7 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a tire on his military vehicle blew out, the driver lost control and the vehicle turned over.

Pfc. Samuel R. Bowen
Age: 38
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Unit: Army National Guard's 216th Engineer Battalion, Akron, Ohio
Circumstances: Died July 7 in Samarra, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded near his vehicle.

Spc. Shawn M. Davies
Age: 22
Hometown: Aliquippa, Pa.
Unit: Army's 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Circumstances: Died July 8 in Baghdad, Iraq, of a non-combat related illness.

Sgt. Robert E. Colvill Jr.
Age: 31
Hometown: Anderson, Ind.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Circumstances: Died July 8 in Baghdad, Iraq. All were in the Iraqi National Guard Headquarters when it came under a mortar attack.

Spc. William R. Emanuel IV
Age: 19
Hometown: Stockton, Calif.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Circumstances: Died July 8 in Baghdad, Iraq. All were in the Iraqi National Guard Headquarters when it came under a mortar attack.

Spc. Joseph M. Garmback Jr.
Age: 24
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Circumstances: Died July 8 in Baghdad, Iraq. All were in the Iraqi National Guard Headquarters when it came under a mortar attack.

Spc. Sonny G. Sampler
Age: 23
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Okla.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Circumstances: Died July 8 in Baghdad, Iraq. All were in the Iraqi National Guard Headquarters when it came under a mortar attack.

Pfc. Collier E. Barcus
Age: 21
Hometown: McHenry, Ill.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Circumstances: Died July 8 in Baghdad, Iraq. All were in the Iraqi National Guard Headquarters when it came under a mortar attack.

Spc. Jeremiah W. Schmunk
Age: 21
Hometown: Richland, Wash.
Unit: Company C, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, 1st Calvalry, Washington National Guard, Moses Lake, Wash.
Circumstances: Died July 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his vehicle came under attack by rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire.

Cpl. Terry Holmes
Age: 22
Hometown: Hollywood, Fla.
Unit: Marine's 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 10 due a non-combat related vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Sgt. Krisna Nachampassak
Age: 27
Hometown: Burke, Va.
Unit: Marine's 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 10 due a non-combat related vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Pfc. Christopher J. Reed
Age: 20
Hometown: Craigmont, Idaho
Unit: Marine's 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 10 due a non-combat related vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Trevor Spink
Age: 36
Hometown: Farmington, Mo.
Unit: Marine's 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 10 due a non-combat related vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Dustin W. Peters
Age: 25
Hometown: El Dorado, Kan.
Unit: Air Force's 314th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.
Circumstances: Died July 11 as result of enemy action near the Forward Operating Base Summerall in Iraq.

Sgt. 1st Class Linda Ann Tarango-Griess
Age: 33
Hometown: Sutton, Neb.
Unit: Army's 267th Ordnance Company, Nebraska National Guard, Lincoln, Neb.
Circumstances: Died July 11 in Samarra, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near her convoy vehicle.

Sgt. Jeremy J. Fischer
Age: 26
Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.
Unit: Army's 267th Ordnance Company, Nebraska National Guard, Lincoln, Neb.
Circumstances: Died July 11 in Samarra, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle.

Sgt. James G. West
Age: 34
Hometown: Watertown, N.Y.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Brigade, Baumholder, Germany
Circumstances: Died July 11 near Al Hillah, Iraq, when the vehicle he was riding in was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle.

Spc. Dana N. Wilson
Age: 26
Hometown: Fountain, Colo.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Brigade, Baumholder, Germany
Circumstances: Died July 11 near Al Hillah, Iraq, when the vehicle she was riding in was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle.

Spc. Juan M. Torres
Age: 25
Hometown: Houston, Texas.
Unit: Army Reserve's 453rd Transportation Company, Houston, Texas.
Circumstances: Died July 12 in Bagram, Afghanistan, of non-combat related injuries.

Pfc. Torry D. Harris
Age: 21
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Unit: Army's 12th Chemical Company, Kitzingen, Germany.
Circumstances: Died July 13 in Tikrit, Iraq, of non-combat related injuries.

Cpl. Demetrius L. Rice
Age: 24
Hometown: Ortonville, Minn.
Unit: Army's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died July 14 in Talafar, Iraq, when their vehicle rolled over as the driver tried to avoid another vehicle.

Pfc. Jesse J. Martinez
Age: 20
Hometown: Tracy, Calif.
Unit: Army's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash.
Circumstances: Died July 14 in Talafar, Iraq, when their vehicle rolled over as the driver tried to avoid another vehicle.

Staff Sgt. Paul C. Mardis Jr.
Age: 25
Hometown: Palmetto, Fla.
Unit: Army's 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, from Fort Campbell, Ky.
Circumstances: Died July 15 in Washington, D.C., from injuries sustained on May 20 in Mosul, Iraq, when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device.

Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Kelly
Age: 21
Hometown: Klamath, Ore.
Unit: Marine's 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 16 due to injuries received from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Sgt. 1st Class David A. Hartman
Age: 41
Hometown: Akron, Mich.
Unit: Army Reserve's 401st Transportation Company from Battle Creek, Mich.
Circumstances: Died July 17 in Bayji, Iraq, when the vehicle he was driving was hit by an improvised explosive device.

Spc. Craig S. Frank
Age: 24
Hometown: Lincoln Park, Mich.
Unit: Army National Guard's 1775th Military Police Company from Pontiac, Mich.
Circumstances: Died July 17 near Baghdad, Iraq, when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.

Pfc. Charles C. Persing
Age: 20
Hometown: Albany, La.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died July 19 in Scandaria, Iraq, when multiple mortar rounds hit their forward operating base.

Sgt. Dale T. Lloyd
Age: 22
Hometown: Watsontown, Penn.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Circumstances: Died July 19 in Scandaria, Iraq, when multiple mortar rounds hit their forward operating base.

Cpl. Todd J. Godwin
Age: 21
Hometown: Muskingum County, Ohio
Unit: Marine's 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died July 20 due to injuries received from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Michael J. Clark
Age: 29
Hometown: Leesburg Lake, Fla.
Unit: Marine's Combat Service Support Battalion 1, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 20 due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Spc. Danny B. Daniels II
Age: 23
Hometown: Varney, W.V.
Unit: Army's 630th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Bamberg, Germany
Circumstances: Died July 20 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his patrol vehicle came under attack by small-arms fire and hit an improvised explosive device.

Lance Cpl. Mark E. Engel
Age: 21
Hometown: Grand Junction, Col.
Unit: Marine's 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died July 21 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds he received as result of enemy action on July 6 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Pfc. Nicholas H. Blodgett
Age: 21
Hometown: Wyoming, Mich.
Unit: Army's 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, Schweinfurt, Germany
Circumstances: Died July 21 in Abdalluyah, Iraq, when his patrol vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.

Pvt. 1st Class Torey J. Dantzler
Age: 22
Hometown: Columbia, La.
Unit: Army's 66th Transportation Company from Kaiserslautern, Germany
Circumstances: Died July 22 in Samarra, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated on the side of the road near his convoy vehicle.

Sgt. Tatjana Reed
Age: 34
Hometown: Fort Campbell, Ky.
Unit: Army's 66th Transportation Company from Kaiserslautern, Germany
Circumstances: Died July 22 in Samarra, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near her convoy vehicle.

Lance Cpl. Vincent M. Sullivan
Age: 23
Hometown: Chatham, N.J.
Unit: Marine's 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Circumstances: Died July 23 due to injuries received from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Spc. Nicholas J. Zangara
Age: 21
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division from Schweinfurt, Germany
Circumstances: Died July 24 in Tikrit, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle.

Lt. Col. David S. Greene
Age: 39
Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
Unit: Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3D Marine Air Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 28 due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Pfc. Ken W. Leisten
Age: 20
Hometown: Cornelius, Ore.
Unit: Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Corvallis, Ore.
Circumstances: Died July 28, in Taji, Iraq, when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.

Gunnery Sgt. Shawn A. Lane
Age: 33
Hometown: Corning, N.Y.
Unit: Marine's Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Circumstances: Died July 28 due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Spc. Joseph F. Herndon II
Age: 21
Hometown: Derby, Kan.
Unit: Army's 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Circumstances: Died July 29, in Hawijah, Iraq, when he was shot while on guard duty.