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Killed in action -
May 2004
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| Army 1st Lt. Kenneth Michael Ballard, 26, of Mountain View, Calif.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, from Friedberg, Germany; killed May 30 during a firefight with insurgents in Najaf, Iraq.
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| Army Pvt. Bradli N. Coleman, 19, of Ford City, Pa.; assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died May 30 in Baghdad from injuries sustained on May 29 when mortar rounds hit his living quarters in Mosul, Iraq.
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| Army Sgt. Aaron C. Elandt, 23, of Lowell, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany; killed May 30 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Musayyib, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Charles E. Odums II, 22, of Sandusky, Ohio; assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed May 30 when his military convoy hit an improvised explosive in Baghdad.
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| Army Capt. Robert C. Scheetz Jr., 31, of Dothan, Ala.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, Baumholder, Germany; killed May 30 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Musayyib, Iraq.
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| Army Pfc. Nicholaus E. Zimmer, 20, of Columbus, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; killed May 30 when his vehicle came under attack by rocket-propelled grenades in Kufa, Iraq.
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| Marine Pfc. Cody S. Calavan, 19, of Lake Stevens, Wash.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 29 by hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Benjamin R. Gonzalez, 23, of Los Angeles; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 29 by hostile action in Ramadi, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Michael J. Wiesemann , 20, of North Judson, Ind.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died of non-combat-related injuries on May 29 at Forward Operating Base Q-West (Quyarrah Air Base), Iraq.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle W. Codner, 19, of Wood River, Neb.; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 26 by hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq.
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Marine Cpl. Matthew C. Henderson, 25, of Lincoln, Neb.; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 26 by hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq.
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Marine Cpl. Dominique J. Nicolas, 25, of Maricopa, Ariz.; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 26 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Alan N. Bean Jr., 22, of Bridport, Vt.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 86th Field Artillery, Army National Guard, Williston, Vt.; killed May 25 when his unit came under mortar attack at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, near Iskandariyah, Iraq.
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Army Pfc. James P. Lambert, 23, of Ascension Parish, La.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed May 25 when an improvised explosive device hit his patrol in Fallujah, Iraq.
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| Army Pfc. Richard H. Rosas, 21, of Saint Louis, Mich.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed May 25 when an improvised explosive device hit his patrol in Fallujah, Iraq.
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| Army Sgt. Kevin F. Sheehan, 36, of Milton, Vt.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 86th Field Artillery, Army National Guard, Williston, Vt.; killed May 25 when his unit came under mortar attack at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, near Iskandariyah, Iraq.
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| Army Pfc. Daniel P. Unger, 19, of Exeter, Calif.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 185th Armored Regiment, 81st Separate Armor Brigade, Visalia, Calif.; killed May 25 during a rocket attack at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, near Iskandariyah, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Beau R. Beaulieu, 20, of Lisbon, Maine; assigned to the 27th Main Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed May 24 during a mortar attack on Camp Cooke in Taji, Iraq.
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| Army Pfc. Owen D. Witt, 20, of Sand Springs, Mont.; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; killed May 24 when his armored Humvee rolled over in Dawr, Iraq.
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| Marine Staff Sgt. Jorge A. MolinaBautista, 37, of Rialto, Calif.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed by hostile action May 23 in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Jeremy L. Ridlen, 23, of Clinton, Ill.; assigned to the 1544th Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Paris, Ill.; killed May 23 by small-arms fire after insurgents detonated explosives in a dump truck on the side of the road as his military convoy passed by in East Fallujah, Iraq.
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| Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy R. Horton, 24, of Carneys Point, Pa.; assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany; killed May 21 by an improvised explosive device near Iskandariyah, Iraq.
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Zabierek, 25, of Chelmsford, Mass.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C, attached to I MEF; killed May 21 by hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Army Pfc. Leslie D. Jackson, 18, of Richmond, Va.; assigned to A Company, 115th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, Texas; killed May 20 when her military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device as she was returning to Camp Eagle in Baghdad.
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| Army Sgt. 1st Class Troy L. Miranda, 44, of DeQueen, Ark.; assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Brigade Combat Team, Army National Guard, attached to the 1st Cavalry Division; killed May 20 when a grenade was thrown near his foot patrol in Baghdad.
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| Marine Cpl. Rudy Salas, 20, of Baldwin Park, Calif.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 20 in a non-combat-related vehicle accident in Anbar province.
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| Army Spc. Michael C. Campbell, 34, of Marshfield, Mo.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; killed May 19 when his convoy hit an improvised explosive device in Samarra, Iraq.
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| Marine Pfc. Michael M. Carey, 20, of Prince George, Va.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died May 18 after he apparently fell into a canal in Iraq and did not resurface. His body was recovered the same day.
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| Army Staff Sgt. William D. Chaney, 59, of Schaumburg, Ill.; assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, Chicago; died May 18 in Landstuhl, Germany, from complications following surgery for a sudden medical condition that led to Chaney’s medical evacuation from Iraq.
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| Army Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Garyantes, 34, of Rehoboth, Del.; assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; killed May 18 by sniper fire while on a combat patrol in Muqdadiyah, Iraq.
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| Army Cpl. Marcos O. Nolasco, 34, of Chino, Calif.; assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Bamberg, Germany; died May 18 in an electrocution accident in Baji, Iraq.
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Bob W. Roberts, 30, of Newport, Ore.; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 17 by hostile fire near Fallujah, Iraq.
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| Army 2nd Lt. Leonard M. Cowherd, 22, of Culpeper, Va.; assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; killed May 16 by sniper and rocket-propelled-grenade fire while securing a building near the Mukhayam Mosque in Karbala, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Carl F. Curran, 22, of Union City, Pa.; assigned to Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment, Army National Guard, Oil City, Pa.; killed May 16 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Karmah, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Mark J. Kasecky, 20, of McKees Rocks, Pa.; assigned to Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment, Army National Guard, Oil City, Pa.; killed May 16 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Karmah, Iraq.
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| Air Force Senior Airman Pedro I. Espaillat Jr., 20, of Columbia, Tenn.; assigned to the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.; died May 15 of non-hostile injuries in Kirkuk, Iraq.
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| Army Staff Sgt. Rene Ledesma, 34, of Abilene, Texas; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed May 15 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his Bradley fighting vehicle in Baghdad.
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| Army Command Sgt. Maj. Edward C. Barnhill, 50, of Shreveport, La.; assigned to the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve, North Little Rock, Ark.; died of a heart attack May 14 in Baghdad.
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| Army Sgt. Brud J. Cronkrite, 22, of Spring Valley, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; died on May 14 in Baghdad from injuries he sustained on May 13 when a rocket-propelled grenade was fired into a nearby building while he was on security patrol in Karbala, Iraq.
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| Army Sgt. James W. Harlan, 44, of Owensboro, Ky.; assigned to the 660th Transportation Company, 88th Regional Readiness Command, Army Reserve, based at Zanesville, Ohio; killed May 14 when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb next to his vehicle at Camp Anaconda, Iraq.
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| Army Pfc. Michelangelo A. Mora, 19, of Arroyo Grande, Calif.; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Polk, La.; killed May 14 when his vehicle slid off the road and turned over in Najaf, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Philip I. Spakosky, 25, of Browns Mill, N.J.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; died May 14 in Baghdad of injuries sustained on May 13 when he was shot by a suspected sniper in Karbala, Iraq.
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| Marine Corps Pfc. Brian K. Cutter, 19, of Riverside, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died May 13 after being found unconscious in Asad, Iraq.
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| Marine Corps Pfc. Brandon C. Sturdy, 19, of Urbandale, Iowa; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed May 13 by hostile fire near Fallujah in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremiah E. Savage, 21, of Livingston, Tenn.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died May 12 of wounds received due to hostile action in Ramadi, Iraq.
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| Army Sgt. Jeffrey R. Shaver, 26, of Maple Valley, Wash.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry, Army National Guard, Spokane, Wash.; killed May 12 when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
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| Army Spc. Kyle A. Brinlee, 21, of Pryor, Okla.; assigned to Detachment 1, Company B, 120th Combat Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard, Pryor, Okla.; killed May 11 when his convoy vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Asad, Iraq.
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| Army Pfc. Andrew L. Tuazon, 21, of Chesapeake, Va.; assigned to the 293rd Military Police Company, 3rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed May 10 by hostile fire while on guard duty in Mosul, Iraq.
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| Army Sgt. Rodney A. Murray, 28, of Ayden, N.C.; assigned to the 351st Military Police Company, Army Reserve, Ocala, Fla.; killed May 9 when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle and his military vehicle collided between Baghdad and Scania, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Philip D. Brown, 21, of Jamestown, N.D.; assigned to Company B, 141st Engineer Combat Battalion, Army National Guard, Jamestown, N.D.; died May 8 in Balad, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device went off west of Samarra, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. James J. Holmes, 28, of East Grand Forks, Minn.; assigned to C Company, 141st Engineer Combat Battalion, North Dakota National Guard, Hettinger, N.D.; died May 8 in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained on May 3 when an improvised explosive device detonated near the driver side of his military vehicle in Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Isela Rubalcava, 25, of El Paso, Texas; assigned to the 296th Combat Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed May 8 when a mortar round hit nearby in Mosul, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Chase R. Whitham, 21, of Oregon; assigned to the 296th Forward Support Battalion (Brigade Support Battalion), 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed May 8 when an electrical current charged the water in a swimming pool in Mosul, Iraq.
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| Army Staff Sgt. Hesley Box Jr., 24, of Nashville, Ark.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Arkansas National Guard, Texarkana, Ark.; killed May 6 when a car bomb detonated near his guard post in Baghdad.
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| Marine Cpl. Dustin H. Schrage, 20, of Brevard, Fla.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; found dead on May 6 in Anbar province, Iraq. The cause of death is under investigation.
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| Army Pfc. Jesse R. Buryj, 21, of Canton, Ohio; assigned to the 66th Military Police Company, Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed May 5 when his military vehicle was struck by a dump truck whose driver had been shot while trying to run through a control point in Karbala, Iraq.
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| Marine Cpl. Jeffrey G. Green, 20, of Dallas; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; found dead in the Euphrates River on May 5 in Anbar province, Iraq. The cause is under investigation.
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| Army Pfc. Bradley G. Kritzer, 18, of Irvona, Pa.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed May 5 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
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| Army Spc. James E. Marshall, 19, of Tulsa, Okla.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed May 5 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
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| Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ronald E. Baum, 38, of Hollidaysburg, Pa.; assigned to 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed May 3 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Army 1st Lt. Christopher J. Kenny, 32, of Miami; assigned to the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; one of four soldiers killed May 3 when their military vehicle left the road and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq.
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| Army Pfc. Lyndon A. Marcus Jr., 21, of Long Beach, Calif.; assigned to the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; one of four soldiers killed May 3 when their military vehicle left the road and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq.
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| Army Staff Sgt. Erickson H. Petty, 28, of Fort Gibson, Okla.; assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Smith Barracks, Baumholder, Germany; killed by small-arms fire May 3 while conducting security of a weapons cache in Salman al Habb, Iraq.
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| Army Sgt. Marvin R. Sprayberry III, 24, of Tehachapi, Calif.; assigned to the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; one of four soldiers killed May 3 when their military vehicle left the road and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq.
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| Army Sgt. Gregory L. Wahl, 30, of Salisbury, N.C.; assigned to the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; one of four soldiers killed May 3 when their military vehicle left the road and flipped over in a canal in Balad, Iraq.
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| Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael C. Anderson, 36, of Daytona, Fla.; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, Jacksonville, Fla.; killed May 2 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Ervin Caradine Jr., 33, of Memphis, Tenn.; assigned to the 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, from Fort Hood, Texas; killed May 2 when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
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| Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Trace W. Dossett, 37, of Orlando, Fla.; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, Jacksonville, Fla.; killed May 2 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Army Pvt. Jeremy L. Drexler, 23, of Topeka, Kan.; assigned to the 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, from Fort Hood, Texas; killed May 2 when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
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| Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald A. Ginther, 37, of Auburndale, Fla.; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, Jacksonville, Fla.; killed May 2 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert B. Jenkins, 35, of Stuart, Fla.; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, Jacksonville, Fla.; killed May 2 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott R. McHugh, 33, of Boca Raton Fla.; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, Jacksonville, Fla.; killed May 2 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Army Staff Sgt. Todd E. Nunes, 29, of Chapel Hills, Tenn.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; killed May 2 when his convoy encountered an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire in Kirkuk, Iraq.
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| Army Capt. John E. Tipton, 32, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; commander of Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed May 2 by an explosion while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
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| Army Sgt. Joshua S. Ladd, 20, of Fort Gibson, Miss.; assigned to the 367th Maintenance Company, Army National Guard, DeKalb, Miss.; killed May 1 when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Ramon C. Ojeda, 22, of Ramona, Calif.; assigned to the 84th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, Hawaii; killed May 1 when his convoy was attacked in Amarah, Iraq.
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| Army Staff Sgt. Oscar D. Vargas-Medina, 32, of Chicago; assigned to the 84th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, Hawaii; killed May 1 when his convoy was attacked in Amarah, Iraq.
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| Army Spc. Trevor A. Win’E, 22, of Orange, Calif.; assigned to 24th Quartermaster Company, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died May 1 in Tikrit, Iraq, from injuries sustained on April 30 when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.
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