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Killed in action -
October 2003
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| Army 2nd Lt. Todd J. Bryant, 23, of Riverside, Calif.;
assigned to 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division,
Fort Riley, Kan.; killed while on patrol Oct. 31 when an improvised
explosive device exploded in Fallujah, Iraq. |
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| Army Pvt. Algernon Adams, 36, of Aiken, S.C.; assigned
to the 122nd Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard, Edgefield,
S.C.; died Oct. 28 of non-combat-related injuries at Forward Operating
Base St. Mere, Iraq. |
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| Army Sgt. Michael Paul Barrera, 26, of Von Ormy, Texas;
assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas;
killed Oct. 28 when his tank was hit with an improvised explosive
device in Baqubah, Iraq. |
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| Army Spec. Isaac Campoy, 21, of Douglas, Ariz.; assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas; killed
Oct. 28 when his tank was hit with an improvised explosive device
in Baqubah, Iraq. |
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| Army Sgt. Aubrey D. Bell, 33, of Tuskegee, Ala.; assigned
to the 214th Military Police Company, Alabama National Guard; Oct.
27 at Al Bayra Police Station in Baghdad when his unit came under
small-arms fire and an improvised explosive device detonated. |
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| Army Pvt. Jonathan I. Falaniko, 20, of Pago Pago, American
Samoa; assigned to A Company, 70th Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored
Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed near the Khadra Police Station
Oct. 27 when a vehicle containing an improvised explosive device
detonated in downtown Baghdad. |
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| Army Pfc. Steven Acosta, 19, of Calexico, Calif.; assigned
to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Oct. 26 from a non-hostile gunshot
wound in Baqubah, Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. Rachel K. Bosveld, 19, of Waupun, Wis.; assigned
to the 527th Military Police Company, V Corps, Giesen, Germany;
killed Oct. 26 during a mortar attack on the Abu Ghraib Police Station
in Abu Ghraib, Iraq. |
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| Army Lt. Col. Charles H. Buehring, 40, of Fayetteville,
N.C.; assigned to Army Central Command Headquarters (Forward), Fort
McPherson, Ga.; killed Oct. 26 during a rocket-propelled grenade
attack on the Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad. |
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| Army Pvt. Joseph R. Guerrera, 20, of Dunn, N.C.; assigned
to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed on patrol Oct. 26 when his vehicle
was hit with an improvised explosive device in Baghdad. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Jamie L. Huggins, 26, of Hume, Mo.; assigned
to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed while on patrol Oct.
26 when his vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device
in Baghdad. |
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| Army Spc. Artimus D. Brassfield, 22, of Flint, Mich.; assigned
to B Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Oct. 24 in an enemy mortar attack
in Samaria, Iraq. |
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| Army Sgt. Michael S. Hancock, 29, of Yreka, Calif.; assigned
to 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Campbell,
Ky.; killed Oct. 24 when he was shot while on guard duty in Mosul,
Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Jose L. Mora, 26, of Bell Gardens, Calif.; assigned
to C Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed Oct. 24 in an enemy mortar
attack in Samaria, Iraq. |
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| Army Capt. John R. Teal, 31, of Mechanicsville, Va.; assigned
to 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed
Oct. 23 when an improvised explosive device exploded by his convoy
in Baqubah, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. John P. Johnson, 24, of Houston, Texas; assigned
to 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder,
Germany; died Oct. 22 of non-combat-related injuries in Baghdad. |
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| Army Pvt. Jason M. Ward, 25, of Tulsa, Okla.;
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division,
Fort Riley, Kan.; died Oct. 22 of non-combat related injuries in
Baghdad. |
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| Army Pfc. Paul J. Bueche, 19, of Daphne, Ala.; assigned
to the 131st Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, Birmingham,
Ala.; killed Oct. 21 when a tire he was changing on a UH-60 Black
Hawk helicopter exploded in Balad, Iraq. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson, 29, of Calumet, Mich.;
assigned to 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed Oct. 20 while on mounted
patrol when the vehicle in which he was riding hit an improvised
explosive device and then came under small-arms fire by enemy forces
in Fallujah, Iraq. |
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| Army 1st Lt. David R. Bernstein, 24, of Phoenixville, Pa.;
assigned to 1st Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry Battalion,
173rd Infantry Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy; killed in action Oct.
18 when enemy forces, using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms
fire, ambushed his patrol in Taza, Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. John D. Hart, 20, of Bedford, Mass.; assigned
to 1st Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry Battalion, 173rd Infantry
Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy; killed in action Oct. 18 when enemy
forces, using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire, ambushed
his patrol in Taza, Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Michael L. Williams, 46, of Buffalo, N.Y.; assigned
to the 105th Military Police Company, Army National Guard, based
in New York; killed in action Oct. 17 when his vehicle ran over
an improvised explosive device near Baghdad. |
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| Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Bellavia, 28, of Wakefield, Mass.;
assigned to the 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed while
attempting to negotiate with armed men who were congregating on
a road near a mosque after curfew on Oct. 16 in Karbala, Iraq. Also
killed in the attack were Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando, the commanding
officer of the 716th, and Cpl. Sean R. Grilley. Seven other U.S.
soldiers were wounded. |
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| Cpl. Sean R. Grilley, 24, of San Bernardino, Calif.; assigned
to the 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed while attempting
to negotiate with armed men who were congregating on a road near
a mosque after curfew on Oct. 16 in Karbala, Iraq. Also killed in
the attack were Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando, the commanding officer
of the 716th, and Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Bellavia. Seven other U.S.
soldiers were wounded. |
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| Army Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando, 43, of Tennessee; commanding
officer of the 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed while attempting
to negotiate with armed men who were congregating on a road near
a mosque after curfew on Oct. 16 in Karbala, Iraq. Also killed in
the attack were Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Bellavia and Cpl. Sean R. Grilley.
Seven other U.S. soldiers were wounded. |
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| Army Pfc. Jose Casanova, 23, of El Monte, Calif.; assigned
to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg,
N.C.; died Oct. 13 in Baghdad when an Iraqi dump truck swerved and
rolled over on top of his Humvee. |
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| Army Pvt. Benjamin L. Freeman, 19, of Valdosta, Ga.; assigned
to K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in
Fort Carson, Colo.; drowned Oct. 13 near Asad, Iraq. Soldiers from
his unit had been searching for Freeman when they discovered him
floating on the surface of the water near Haditha dam. |
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| Army Spc. Douglas J. Weismantle, 28, of Pittsburgh; assigned
to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Oct. 13
in Baghdad when an Iraqi dump truck swerved and rolled over on top
of his Humvee. |
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| Army Spc. Donald L. Wheeler, 22 of Concord, Mich.; assigned
to A Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Oct. 13 when his unit came under
attack from a rocket-propelled grenade while searching for an improvised
explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. Stephen E. Wyatt, 19, of Kilgore, Texas; assigned
to C Battery, 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort
Sill, Okla.; killed while riding in a convoy that was hit by an
improvised explosive device and small-arms fire Oct. 13 in Balad,
Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. James E. Powell, 26, of Radcliff, Ky.; assigned
to B Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas; killed Oct. 12 when his M2/A2
Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck an enemy anti-tank mine in Baji,
Iraq. |
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| Army Spc. Joseph C. Norquist, 26, of San Antonio, Texas;
assigned to the 588th Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; killed
Oct. 9 in Baqubah, Iraq, when his convoy was attacked with rocket-propelled
grenades and small-arms fire. |
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| Army Pvt. Sean A. Silva, 23, of Roseville, Calif.; assigned
to 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.; killed Oct. 9 in
Baghdad when his patrolling unit was ambushed by individuals using
small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. |
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| Army Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Swisher, 26, of Lincoln,
Neb.; assigned to 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.;
killed Oct. 9 in Baghdad when his patrolling unit was ambushed by
individuals using small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. |
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| Army Spc. Spencer T. Karol, 20, of Woodruff, Ariz.; assigned
to the 165th Military Intelligence, V Corps, Darmstadt, Germany;
killed while on a mission to observe enemy activity when a command-detonated
device exploded, overturning his vehicle, on Oct. 6 in Ramadi, Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. Kerry D. Scott, 21, of Mount Vernon, Wash.; assigned
to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division,
Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed Oct. 6 in Iskandariyah, Iraq, when his convoy
was hit by an improvised explosive device. |
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| Army 2nd Lt. Richard Torres, 25, of Clarksville, Tenn.;
assigned to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed Oct. 6 when his convoy, on combat
patrol, was hit by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad. |
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| Army Spc. James H. Pirtle, 27, of La Mesa, N.M.; assigned
to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas;
killed when an RPG struck his Bradley Fighting Vehicle on Oct. 4
in Assadah, Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. Charles M. Sims, 18, of Miami, Fla., assigned
to the 549th Military Police Company, Fort Stewart, Ga.; drowned
on Oct. 3 in Baghdad. |
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| Army Command Sgt. Maj. James D. Blankenbecler, 40, of Alexandria,
Va.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment,
Fort Hood, Texas; killed while riding in a convoy that was hit by
an improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenades on
Oct. 1 in Samarra, Iraq. |
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| Army Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierrez, 21, of Houston, Texas;
assigned to A Company, 4th Forward Support Battalion, Fort Hood,
Texas; killed while riding in a convoy that was hit by an improvised
explosive device and rocket propelled grenades on Oct. 1 in Tikrit. |
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| Army Spc. Simeon Hunte, 23, of Essex, N.J.; assigned to
1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed while was on patrol when
an Iraqi citizen approached and shot him, on Oct. 1 in Al Khadra,
Iraq. |
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