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Killed in action -
August 2003
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| Army Sgt. Sean K. Cataudella, 28, of Tucson, Ariz.; assigned
to the 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas; died Aug. 30 when the military vehicle he was
driving hit an embankment and rolled into a canal in Ba’qubah,
Iraq. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Mark A. Lawton, 41, of Hayden, Colo.; assigned
to the 244th Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, Grand Junction,
Colo.; killed Aug. 29 when his convoy was hit by a rocket-propelled
grenade north of Suaydat, Iraq. |
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| Army Sgt. Gregory A. Belanger, 24, of Narragansett, R.I.;
assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Service Company, 325th
Military Intelligence Battalion, Army Reserve, based at Ayer, Mass.;
killed Aug. 27 when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle
in Hallia, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Rafael L. Navea, 34, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; assigned
to C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, based
at Fort Sill, Okla.; killed Aug. 27 when an improvised explosive
device struck his vehicle in Fallujah, Iraq. |
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| Army Lt. Col. Anthony L. Sherman, 43, of Pottstown, Pa.;
assigned to the 304th Civil Affairs Brigade, Army Reserve, based
in Philadelphia, Pa.; died Aug. 27 of non-combat-related injury
in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. |
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| Army Spc. Darryl T. Dent, 21, of Washington, D.C.; assigned
to the 547th Transportation Company, U.S. Army National Guard, based
in Washington, D.C.; killed Aug. 26 in southeast Arimadi, Iraq.
Dent was in a convoy when an improvised explosive device struck
his vehicle. |
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| Army Pfc. Pablo Manzano, 19, of Heber, Calif.; assigned
to B Company, 54th Engineer Battalion, V Corps, Bamberg, Germany;
died Aug. 25 of a non-combat weapons discharge in Logistical Support
Area Dogwood, Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. Vorn J. Mack, 19, of Orangeburg, S.C.; assigned
to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; died on
Aug. 23 near the Hadithah Dam, west of Ramadi, Iraq. Mack jumped
into the Euphrates River to take a swim and did not resurface. A
search party found his body downstream on Aug. 24. |
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| Army Spc. Stephen M. Scott, 21, of Lawton, Okla.; assigned
to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored
Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; died on Aug. 23 near Fallujah,
Iraq, from non-combat injuries. |
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| Army Pfc. Michael S. Adams, 20, of Spartanburg, S.C.; assigned
to 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder,
Germany; died on Aug. 21 in Baghdad, Iraq. Adams was participating
in a small-arms-fire exercise on the range when a bullet ricocheted
and ignited a fire in the building. He died as a result of injuries
sustained during the fire. |
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| Navy Lt. Kylan A. Jones-Huffman, 31, of Aptos, Calif.;
on temporary duty with the I Marine Expeditionary Force; killed
Aug. 21 in Hillah, Iraq, by an unidentified gunman. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Bobby C. Franklin, 38, of Mineral
Bluff, Ga.; assigned to the 210th Military Police Company, Army
National Guard, Murphy N.C.; killed by an improvised explosive device
Aug. 20 in Baghdad, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Kenneth W. Harris Jr., 23, of Charlotte, Tenn.;
assigned to the 212th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; killed in two-vehicle accident Aug. 20 on the main supply
route near Scania, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Eric R. Hull, 23, of Uniontown, Pa.; assigned
to the 307th Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve, New Kensington,
Pa.; killed when a military vehicle he was riding in hit an improvised
explosive device Aug. 18 in Baghdad. |
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| Army Spc. Craig S. Ivory, 26, of Port Matilda, Pa.; assigned
to the 501st Forward Support Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Southern
European Task Force, Vicenza, Italy; died of a non-combat-related
cause Aug. 17 in Homberg University Hospital, Germany. Ivory had
been medically evacuated from Kuwait on Aug. 12. |
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| Army Pfc. David M. Kirchhoff, 31, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
assigned to the 2133rd Transportation Company, Army National Guard,
Centerville, Iowa; died Aug. 14 in Landstuhl, Germany, of a non-hostile
injury he received Aug. 8. |
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| Army Sgt. Steven W. White, 29, of Lawton, Okla.; assigned
to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field
Artillery Regiment, based at Fort Hood, Texas; killed when his M113
armored personnel carrier hit an antitank mine on Aug. 13 in Tikrit,
Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. Timmy R. Brown Jr., 21, of Conway, Pa.; assigned
to D Company, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg,
N.C.; killed by an explosive device while traveling in a convoy
in Taji, Iraq, on Aug. 12. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr., 37, of Guilford,
Conn.; assigned to the 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion, Army
Reserve, based at Fort Meade, Md.; died Aug. 12 in Ramadi, Iraq.
A fellow soldier tried to wake Eaton and noticed he was not breathing. |
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| Army Pfc. Daniel R. Parker, 18, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.;
assigned to B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery
Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell,
Ky.; killed when he was thrown from a military vehicle as the driver
swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle Aug. 12 in Mosul, Iraq. |
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| Army Sgt. Taft V. Williams, 29, of New Orleans; assigned
to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed
when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device on Aug. 12 near
Ramadi, Iraq. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. David S. Perry, 36, of Bakersfield, Calif.;
assigned to 649th Military Police Company, Army National Guard,
Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif.; killed when a suspicious package he
was inspecting exploded Aug. 10 in Baquabah, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Levi B. Kinchen, 21, of Tickfaw, La.; assigned
to 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.; died in his sleep
in Baghdad. A fellow soldier tried to wake Kinchen on Aug. 9 and
discovered he was not breathing. |
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| Army Sgt. Floyd G. Knighten Jr., 55, of Olla, La.; assigned
to the 1087th Transportation Support Company, Army National Guard,
Fort Polk, La.; died Aug. 9 from a non-combat-related cause while
in a convoy from Camp Bilad to Camp Pennsylvania in Iraq. |
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| Army Pvt. Matthew D. Bush, 20, of East Alton, Ill.; assigned
to F Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood,
Texas; died Aug. 8 in Camp Caldwell, Iraq. A fellow soldier tried
to wake Bush and noticed he was not breathing. |
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| Army Pfc. Brandon Ramsey, 21, of Calumet City, Ill.; assigned
to the 933rd Military Police Company, Army National Guard, Chicago;
killed in a vehicle accident Aug. 8 in Tallil, Iraq. Ramsey was
part of a convoy escort mission when the vehicle in which he was
riding rolled over during the chase of a suspicious vehicle.
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| Army Pfc. Duane E. Longstreth, 19, of Tacoma, Wash.; assigned
to Company B, 307th Engineer Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died of
non-combat related injuries on Aug. 7 in Baghdad. |
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| Army Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga, 20, of Bellville, Texas;
assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Polk,
La.; died Aug. 6 at Homburg University Hospital after he was evacuated
from the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq. |
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| Army Pvt. Kyle C. Gilbert, 20, of Brattleboro, Vt.; assigned
to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed when Iraqi gunmen
in a vehicle opened fire on Gilbert’s unit Aug. 6 in Baghdad.
Gilbert died of injuries received during the ambush. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Brian R. Hellermann, 35, of Freeport, Minn.;
assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died of injuries received
when an Iraqi vehicle fired upon his unit during an ambush Aug.
6 in Baghdad. |
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| Army Sgt. Leonard D. Simmons, 33, of New Bern, N.C.; assigned
to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died of a non-combat
related cause on Aug. 6 in Mosul, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Ronald D. Allen Jr., 22, of Mitchell, Ind.; assigned
to the 502nd Personnel Service Battalion, 43rd Area Support Group,
Fort Carson, Colo.; died in a vehicle accident while conducting
convoy operations near Balad, Iraq, on Aug. 5. |
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| Army Spc. Farao K. Letufuga, 20, of Pago Pago, American
Samoa; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion,
327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault),
Fort Campbell, Ky.; died after falling from the top of a building
while he was performing guard duty Aug. 5 in Mosul, Iraq. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. David L. Loyd, 44, of Jackson, Tenn.; assigned
to the 1175th Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Brownsville,
Tenn.; died in a Kuwaiti hospital after experiencing chest pains
while on a mission on Aug. 5 in Kuwait. |
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| Army Spc. Justin W. Hebert, 20, of Arlington, Wash.; assigned
to the 319th Field Artillery, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle,
Italy; killed when his vehicle was struck by a rocket propelled
grenade Aug. 1 in Kirkuk, Iraq. |
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