“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We will remember them.”
“For the Fallen” by Laurence Binyon
A Memory Bouquet 2008
At the end of each year, major media outlets run feature stories listing notables and celebrities that have passed away during the year; stories that recount highlights of the person’s life.
Through the Dark Recesses
Sometimes memories connect through space and time linked to your own remembrances of the person. Memories of what you were doing at a certain time in your life, at a certain place.
Special memories randomly emerge from the dark recesses of time. You feel heaviness, a sense of loss, not only for the “notable person” or “celebrity” that you probably never met, but also for yourself. For the loss of time.
That time.
Your time.
The List
Well, here’s my feature story.
My list.
It’s a little bit longer than the major media outlets would publish. Names of people like Troy, Coleman, Ben, Joshua, John, Christopher, Thomas, Stephen, Solomon, Miguel, Christian, Aaron, Armondo, Adam, Stacy, Daniel, Randy, Tavarus, David, Michael, Janelle, Jordan, Jorge, Michael, Brian, Jorge, Andre, Mark, Joshua.
The Loved and Lost
… and on … and on … and horribly on.
Fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, wives, husbands, cousins, nephews, nieces, all.
Not by Accident
They passed on not by accident, not by bodily deterioration brought on by the mean ravages of time, but because they had a special job.
A job that ended a too-brief sojourn on this blue-green magical wonder called earth.
A job they chose.
So Costly a Sacrifice
They were American soldiers.
A step ahead.
A step behind.
A look left, instead of right.
Right, instead of left.
Up instead of down.
Down instead of up.
A blink of the eye at the wrong time.
And … it was over.
What is Life?
“It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”
– Crowfoot, Native American Blackfoot warrior and orator
The fleeting flash of a firefly in the night … gone.
But not.
Their Undiminishable Light …
… echoes eternally throughout the music of the spheres like heavenly bagpipes playing Amazing Grace … across the unfathomable unknowable on their way to The Last Post.
Who Were These Fireflies in the Night?
Who were these shadows that ran across the grass riding a Sonata of Moonlight on an Ode to Joy – to living, giving and life?
Who Were These Fireflies in the Night?
Who were these shadows that ran across the grass into the arms of an …
Angel
On the way to their …
Last Post
Here’s who.
Look.
We Will Remember Them.
12/31/08 | Tollefson, Benjamin B. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – mortar attack | |
12/28/08 | Gonzales, Tony J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (Sadr City) |
12/25/08 | Seitz, Joshua D. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Manama |
12/25/08 | Pryor, John P. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – mortar attack | Mosul (near) |
12/24/08 | Smith, Christopher G. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle rollover | southern Iraq (died in Baghdad) |
12/24/08 | Okray, Stephen M. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle rollover | |
12/24/08 | Zapasnik, Stephen G. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle rollover | southern Iraq (died in Baghdad) |
12/21/08 | Reilly Jr., Thomas | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire | Baharia |
12/20/08 | Johnson, Robert L. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Al Anbar Province |
12/20/08 | Hinkefent, Coleman W. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – illness | Hamburg, Germany |
12/20/08 | Dean, Jonathan W. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Tikrit |
12/04/08 | Sam, Solomon T. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – suicide car bomb | Mosul |
12/04/08 | Savage, John J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – suicide car bomb | Mosul |
11/25/08 | Frank, Warren A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Baiji |
11/24/08 | Davis, Anthony | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Baiji |
11/24/08 | Jernigan, William K. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Ba’qubah |
11/21/08 | Wilson, Miguel A. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – during rescue attempt | Mosul |
11/20/08 | Barnett, Charles Yi | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Tallil |
11/19/08 | Velasco, Marcelo R. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Falluja |
11/15/08 | Humphreys, Christian P. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – helicopter crash | Mosul |
11/15/08 | Clark, Donald V. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – helicopter crash | Mosul |
11/14/08 | Allen, Aaron M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Ferris (near Fallujah) |
11/13/08 | Clay, James M. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Al Anbar Province |
11/13/08 | De La Paz, Armando A. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Baghdad |
11/12/08 | Regalado, Jose | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Mosul |
11/12/08 | Shea, Corey M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Mosul |
11/08/08 | Walker, Timothy H. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED | Baghdad (northern part) |
11/06/08 | Hobbs, Theron V. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Kirkuk |
11/05/08 | Wenger, Adam McKamey | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Tunnis |
10/29/08 | Coleman, Bradley S. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Qayyarah Airfield |
10/29/08 | Metcalf, Scott J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Mosul (died in Balad) |
10/24/08 | Eggleston, Cody J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – indirect fire | National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda |
10/23/08 | Hause, Brian P. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – medical | Balad Air Base |
10/20/08 | Dryden, Stacy A. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Al Asad |
10/16/08 | Pickard, Heath K. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – indirect fire | Ba’qubah |
10/15/08 | Saint, Justin A. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Baghdad |
10/14/08 | McCraw, Christopher A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Baghdad (Nasar Wa Salam) |
10/12/08 | Johnson, Geoffrey G. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Baghdad |
10/11/08 | Fernandez III, Reuben M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Majar Al Kabir (Amara) |
10/07/08 | Clark, Michael K. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Mosul |
10/05/08 | Stahlman, Michael R. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Anbar Province |
10/05/08 | Rudd, William P. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Mosul |
10/03/08 | Setzler, Tavarus D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Majar al-Kabir |
09/30/08 | Bartkiewicz, Christopher A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Baghdad (northern part) |
09/29/08 | Fox, Christopher T. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Adhamiyah |
09/27/08 | Bryant, Jamel A. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle rollover | Baghdad (Southeast of) |
09/25/08 | Phillips Jr., Ronald | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Bahbahani |
09/24/08 | Medders, Michael J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – suicide bomber | Jisr Naft |
09/23/08 | Brown, Thomas J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Salman Pak |
09/21/08 | Taylor, Matthew J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Baghdad |
09/18/08 | Edwards, Corry A. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – helicopter crash | Tallil |
09/18/08 | Eshbaugh, Daniel M. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – helicopter crash | Tallil |
09/18/08 | Mason, Anthony L. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – helicopter crash | Tallil |
09/18/08 | Ordonez, Julio C. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – helicopter crash | Tallil |
09/18/08 | Rudolf, Brady J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – helicopter crash | Tallil |
09/18/08 | Thompson, Michael E. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – helicopter crash | Tallil |
09/18/08 | Vallejo II, Robert | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – helicopter crash | Tallil |
09/17/08 | Wright, Darrick D. | DoD Confirmation | Non-Hostile – Illness – Heart Attack | Baghdad |
09/17/08 | Gulczynski I, Leonard J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Baghdad |
09/14/08 | Marceaux Jr., Sidney J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – illness | Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
09/14/08 | Marino, Ralph J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – illness | Camp Buehring |
09/14/08 | Durbin, Wesley R. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – shooting incident | Tunnis |
09/14/08 | Dawson, Darris J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – shooting incident | Tunnis |
09/10/08 | Sexton, Daniel R. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Balad (Joint Base Balad) |
09/05/08 | Thibeault, Jordan P. P. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Balad (FOB Hammer) |
09/04/08 | Thomas, Bryan R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (eastern part) |
09/04/08 | Mayne, Kenneth W. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (eastern part) |
09/02/08 | May, Patrick W. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Baghdad |
08/28/08 | Nieve, Jorge L. Feliz | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Mosul |
08/28/08 | Gonzalez, Michael L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
08/27/08 | Cooper, David K. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Qadasiyah |
08/26/08 | Alfonso, Carlo E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (Sadr City) |
08/25/08 | Fitzmorris, Steven J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Adhamiyah |
08/19/08 | Stanciel, George | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – mortar attack | Amarah |
08/17/08 | Stottlemyer, Travis M. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Manama |
08/14/08 | King, Janelle F. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Baghdad |
08/14/08 | McGuire, Daniel A. C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Falluja |
08/13/08 | Hale, James M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (northwestern part) |
08/10/08 | Ferschke Jr., Michael H. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Tikrit (southwest of) |
08/10/08 | Gibson, Kenneth B. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Tarmiya |
08/09/08 | Ulloa, Jose E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (Sadr City) |
08/07/08 | Maybin, Danny E. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Camp Arifjan |
08/07/08 | Trejo, Stewart S. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Karma |
08/07/08 | McKiski, Adam T. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Karma |
08/04/08 | Hutton, Timothy J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Baghdad |
08/04/08 | Menke, Jonathan D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED | Baghdad |
08/04/08 | Henry, Gary M | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED | Baghdad |
08/03/08 | Schmidt, Ronald Andrew | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Baghdad |
08/02/08 | Miller, Brian K. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Abd Allah |
08/02/08 | Cole, Jennifer L. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – gunshot wound | Baiji |
08/02/08 | Dickson, Kevin R. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Balad |
07/31/08 | Mitchell, Andre Darnell | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle rollover | Mosul |
07/30/08 | McHale, James A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, |
07/17/08 | Larsen, Jackie L. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Balad (Balad Air Base) |
07/15/08 | Textor, David W. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire | Mosul |
07/15/08 | Vrooman, Jeremy D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Knan (died in Baghdad) |
07/14/08 | Verbeke, Daniel R. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – accident (on flight deck) | Paoli, Pennsylvania |
07/14/08 | Dupre, Danny | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Ramadi |
07/13/08 | Stevenson, Jeffery S. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Falluja |
07/09/08 | Jimenez, Alex R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – body found | Jurf al-Sakhar |
07/09/08 | Fouty, Byron J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – body found | Jurf al-Sakhar |
07/09/08 | Chevalier, Steven J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – grenade | Samarra (died in Balad) |
07/08/08 | McMillan III, William L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (west of) |
07/05/08 | Woodham, Anthony Lynn | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – electrocution | Tallil (Camp Adder) |
06/26/08 | Preudhomme, Marcus W. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – suicide bomber | Al Anbar Province |
06/26/08 | Dykeman, Philip J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire | Al Anbar Province |
06/26/08 | Galeai, Max A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire | Al Anbar Province |
06/25/08 | Plocica, Joshua L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (EFP) | Baghdad (eastern part) |
06/25/08 | Dominguez, Alejandro A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Mosul |
06/25/08 | Taylor, Joel A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Mosul |
06/25/08 | Yohn, James M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Mosul |
06/24/08 | Hammett, Robert C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – Explosion | Baghdad (Sadr City) |
06/24/08 | Kelley, Dwayne M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – bomb | Baghdad (Sadr City) |
06/23/08 | Dalessio, Gregory T. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Madain |
06/23/08 | Thomas, Bryan M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Madain (died in Baghdad) |
06/20/08 | Tran, Du Hai | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Ba’qubah |
06/16/08 | Cox, Jason N. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Al Hillah |
06/12/08 | Aragon, John D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Kadamiyah |
06/11/08 | Kanakaole, Eugene D. M. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – Shot in head | Balad |
06/11/08 | Watters, Kelly E. C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire | Al Anbar Province |
06/11/08 | Perales Jr., Javier | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Fallujah |
06/11/08 | Reed, Gerard M. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Baghdad |
06/10/08 | McCoy, Steve A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, |
06/09/08 | Duncan III, Thomas F. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire | Sinjar |
06/08/08 | Pickett, Tyler E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (VBIED) | Kirkuk |
06/07/08 | Hurst, David R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (eastern part) |
06/04/08 | Legg, Cody R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Al Hawijah |
06/04/08 | Emard, Jonathan D. A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Al Hawijah |
06/04/08 | Duffy, Shane P. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Al Hawijah |
06/03/08 | Waltenbaugh, Joshua E. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Taji |
06/03/08 | Green, Quincy J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Tikrit |
06/01/08 | McCarthy, Christopher D. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | FOB Ramadi |
06/01/08 | Mixon, Justin R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (EFP) | Baghdad (northeastern part) |
05/30/08 | Cotner, Christian S. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Al Asad |
05/25/08 | Gasper, Frank J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Najaf |
05/25/08 | Evans, Blake W. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Al Jazeera Desert |
05/25/08 | Dene, Jason F. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – injury | Baghdad |
05/22/08 | Norris, Kyle Phillip | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Iskandariyah (died in Balad) |
05/18/08 | Haunert, Branden P. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Tikrit |
05/15/08 | Daggett, John K. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – RPG attack | Halifax, Canada |
05/14/08 | Cota, Victor M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (Kadamiyah) |
05/11/08 | Ellis, Jessica A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (northwest of) |
05/10/08 | Ford, Joseph A. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Al Asad |
05/09/08 | Jaenichen, Mary J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – injury | Iskandariyah |
05/06/08 | Ward, Aaron J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Anbar Province |
05/06/08 | Gonzalez, Alex D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire, RPG | Mosul |
05/02/08 | Hicks, Corey L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (eastern part) |
05/01/08 | Casanova, Casey L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Al Anbar Province |
05/01/08 | Guzman, Miguel A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Al Anbar Province |
05/01/08 | Kimple, James F. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Al Anbar Province |
05/01/08 | Martinez, Glen E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Al Anbar Province |
05/01/08 | Nichols, Jeffrey F. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (VBIED) | Baghdad (central) |
04/30/08 | Caldwell, Chad A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Mosul |
04/30/08 | Pearson, Andrew. R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (southern part) |
04/30/08 | Tucker, Ronald J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (southern part) |
04/30/08 | Ezell, Lawrence D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (northern part) |
04/29/08 | Craig, Clay A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Baghdad (northeastern part) |
04/29/08 | Bolander, Bryan E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
04/28/08 | McCormick, David P. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – Rocket fire | Baghdad (western part) |
04/28/08 | Marion, Adam L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – indirect fire | Baghdad |
04/28/08 | Mathes, Marcus C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – indirect fire | Baghdad |
04/28/08 | Stone, Mark A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – indirect fire | Baghdad |
04/27/08 | Dix, William T. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Camp Buehring |
04/24/08 | Whitehead, Shaun J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED, small arms fire | Iskandariyah |
04/23/08 | Ramirez, Guadalupe Cervantes | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Camp Arifjan |
04/23/08 | Bishop, John T. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle rollover | Golden Hills |
04/23/08 | Cunningham, Timothy W. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle rollover | Golden Hills |
04/23/08 | Blystone, Ronald C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Baghdad (eastern part) |
04/22/08 | Harrison, Ronald R. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – injury | FOB Falcon (nr. Baghdad) |
04/22/08 | Haerter, Jordan C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (VBIED) | Ramadi (near) |
04/22/08 | Yale, Jonathan T. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (VBIED) | Ramadi (near) |
04/21/08 | Campos, Adrian M. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Dubai |
04/21/08 | Vandergrift, Matthew R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Basra |
04/21/08 | Christofferson, Steven J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baiji |
04/21/08 | Kohlhaas, Adam J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baiji |
04/20/08 | Morton, Cherie L. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Galali, Muharraq |
04/18/08 | Brosh, Benjamin K. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (VBIED) | Balad |
04/18/08 | Eakes, Lance O. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (north of) |
04/17/08 | Brown, Jason L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire, grenade | Sama Village |
04/14/08 | Huerta-Cruz, Arturo | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Tuz |
04/14/08 | Richard III, Joseph A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (northeastern part) |
04/14/08 | Nelson, Richard J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Al Anbar Province |
04/14/08 | Opicka, Dean D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Al Anbar Province |
04/12/08 | Allmon, William E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
04/11/08 | German, Merlin | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire | Brooke Army Med Center, TX |
04/09/08 | Capra, Anthony L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
04/09/08 | Hughes, Jeremiah C. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – injury | Baghdad |
04/09/08 | Ault, Jesse A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Tunis (died in Baghdad) |
04/09/08 | Tousha, Shaun P. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
04/09/08 | Fairbanks, Jacob J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – suicide | Baghdad |
04/08/08 | Hartley, Jeffery L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Kharguliah |
04/08/08 | Rosenberg, Mark E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
04/07/08 | Smith, Timothy M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
04/07/08 | Lilly, Michael T. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – RPG attack | Baghdad |
04/07/08 | Kazarick, Jason C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – RPG attack | Baghdad |
04/07/08 | Vaughn, Richard A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Baghdad (eastern part) |
04/06/08 | McNeal, Jeremiah E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
04/06/08 | Pickett, Emanuel | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
04/06/08 | Penley, Shane D. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Rustamiyah |
04/06/08 | Scott, Stephen K. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – rocket attack | Baghdad (Green Zone) |
04/06/08 | Wolfer, Stuart A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – rocket attack | Baghdad (Green Zone) |
04/06/08 | Burgos-Cruz, Ulises | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Diyala Province (Died in Balad) |
04/06/08 | Morris, Matthew T. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Diyala Province (Died in Balad) |
04/03/08 | Griffin, Travis L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (near) |
03/31/08 | Dhanoolal, Dayne D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (northeastern part) |
03/30/08 | Gilmore, Terrell W. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
03/29/08 | Jordan, Jevon K. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Landstuhl Reg. Med. Ctr. (Abu Jassim) |
03/30/08 | Hall, William G. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Al Anbar Province |
03/29/08 | Bennett, Durrell L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
03/29/08 | Miller, Patrick J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
03/28/08 | Jankowski, Charles A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Arab Jabour |
03/27/08 | Molina, Joshua A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
03/26/08 | Candelo, Steven I. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – RPG attack | Baghdad |
03/26/08 | Rundell, Gregory B. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Taji |
03/25/08 | Gamboa, Joseph D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – indirect fire | Baghdad |
03/23/08 | Delgado, George | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (southern part) |
03/23/08 | Hake, Christopher M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (southern part) |
03/23/08 | Hernandez, Jose A. Rubio | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (southern part) |
03/23/08 | Habsieger, Andrew J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (southern part) |
03/22/08 | Ray, II, Thomas C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (northwest of) |
03/22/08 | Williams, David B. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (northwest of) |
03/22/08 | Stelmat, David S. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (northwest of) |
03/21/08 | Smith, Tyler J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – indirect fire | Baghdad |
03/21/08 | Maupin, Keith M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire | Abu Ghuraib (north of) |
03/19/08 | Unruh, Gregory D. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle rollover | Mandali |
03/17/08 | Elledge, Michael D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (north of) |
03/17/08 | Simpson, Christopher C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (north of) |
03/15/08 | Brown, Lerando J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Balad |
03/15/08 | O’Brien, William D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Baghdad |
03/12/08 | Bradley, Juantrea T. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – rocket attack | Tallil |
03/12/08 | Jackson, Dustin C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – rocket attack | Tallil |
03/12/08 | Samten, Tenzin L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – rocket attack | Tallil |
03/11/08 | West, Laurent J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Kishkishkia |
03/10/08 | Anderson, Phillip R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Balad Ruz |
03/10/08 | Burkett, Donald A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Balad Ruz |
03/10/08 | Mallard, Torre R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Balad Ruz |
03/10/08 | Suzch, Shawn M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – suicide bomber | Baghdad |
03/10/08 | Cimarrusti, Ernesto G. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – suicide bomber | Baghdad |
03/10/08 | Julian, David D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – suicide bomber | Baghdad |
03/10/08 | McDavid, Robert T. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – suicide bomber | Baghdad |
03/10/08 | McIntosh, Scott A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – suicide bomber | Baghdad |
03/07/08 | Paniagua-Morales, Jose A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – explosion | Samarra (died in Balad) |
03/04/08 | Frost, Christopher S. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – helicopter crash | Bayji |
02/25/08 | Mowl, Kevin S. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Bethesda Naval Hosp., MD |
02/24/08 | Perez, Orlando A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Baghdad |
02/24/08 | Phillips, Micheal E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
02/22/08 | Morgan, Keisha M. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – illness | Baghdad |
02/21/08 | Weaver, Drew W. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire | Anbar Province |
02/20/08 | Raudenbush, Nathan R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Busayefi |
02/20/08 | Mackey, Bryant W. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – RPG attack | Mosul |
02/20/08 | Alvarez, Conrad | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
02/20/08 | Bitton, Albert | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
02/20/08 | Matlock, Jr., Micheal B. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
02/17/08 | Runyan, Luke S. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Diyala Province |
02/17/08 | Groepper, Chad D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Diyala Province |
02/14/08 | Washington, Javares J. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Kuwait City (Camp Buehring) |
02/10/08 | Spates, Corey E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Diyala Province |
02/08/08 | Sweet, Jack T. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – explosion | Jalawlah |
02/08/08 | Manibog, Michael T. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Taji |
02/08/08 | Martin, Timothy P. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Taji |
02/08/08 | Whisenhunt, Jerald A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Taji |
02/08/08 | Willett, Gary D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Taji |
02/07/08 | Souffront, Luis A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Iraq |
02/06/08 | Skelton, Bradley J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (western part) |
02/05/08 | Van Orman, Timothy R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Muqdadiyah (died in Balad) |
02/05/08 | Osmolski, John C. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Muqdadiyah (died in Balad) |
02/05/08 | Baez, Miguel A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Muqdadiyah (died in Balad) |
02/05/08 | Alicearivera, Rafael | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – drowning | Tallil |
02/04/08 | West, Christopher J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Muqdadiyah (Died in Balad) |
02/04/08 | Hardy, Nathan H. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Not reported yet |
02/04/08 | Koch, Michael E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Not reported yet |
02/02/08 | Barrett, Chad A. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Mosul |
01/31/08 | Straughter, Matthew F. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – RPG attack | Baghdad |
01/31/08 | Schultz, David E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – indirect fire | Scania |
01/31/08 | Norman, Michael A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
01/28/08 | Craig, James E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Mosul |
01/28/08 | Jeffries, Gary W. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Mosul |
01/28/08 | Marshall, Evan A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Mosul |
01/28/08 | Meyer, Brandon A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Mosul |
01/28/08 | Young, Joshua A. R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Mosul |
01/27/08 | Miller, Mikeal W. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda |
01/27/08 | Rogers, Alan G. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (northeastern part) |
01/26/08 | Wilson, Robert J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad |
01/25/08 | Crookston, Duncan Charles | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Brooke Army Med Center, TX |
01/25/08 | Birkman, Tracy Renee | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – injury | Owaset |
01/22/08 | Sturdivant, Michael R. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – vehicle accident | Kirkuk |
01/19/08 | Whiting, Justin R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Mosul |
01/19/08 | Gluff, James M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire | Al Anbar Province |
01/19/08 | Burress, Richard B. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Arab Jabour |
01/19/08 | Schoolcraft III, Jon M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Taji |
01/16/08 | Kimme, Danny L. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire, grenade | Balad |
01/16/08 | Sharrett II, David H. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire, grenade | Balad |
01/16/08 | Sigsbee, John P. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire, grenade | Balad (died in Pallouata) |
01/12/08 | Lloyd, Keith E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED | Tall Afar |
01/11/08 | Christensen Jr., Curtis A. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile | Al Anbar Province |
01/09/08 | Davis, Todd E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (house borne) | Sinsil |
01/09/08 | Gaul, Sean M. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (house borne) | Sinsil |
01/09/08 | Sanders, Christopher A. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (house borne) | Sinsil |
01/09/08 | Pionk, Matthew I. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (house borne) | Sinsil |
01/09/08 | Dozier, Jonathan Kilian | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (house borne) | Sinsil |
01/09/08 | McBride, Zachary W. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack (house borne) | Sinsil |
01/08/08 | Hart, David J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Samarra (died in Balad) |
01/08/08 | Merlo, Ivan E. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Samarra |
01/08/08 | Pannier, Phillip J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Samarra |
01/07/08 | Hanson, Timothy R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Salman Pak |
01/06/08 | Gudridge, James D. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Baghdad (southern part) |
01/05/08 | Lemke, Jason F. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Ibrahim Al Adham |
01/04/08 | Brown, Menelek M. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – drowning | Arabian Gulf |
01/03/08 | Olmsted, Andrew J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Sadiyah |
01/03/08 | Casey, Thomas J. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – small arms fire | Sadiyah |
01/02/08 | Maseth, Ryan D. | DoD Confirmation | Non-hostile – electrocution | Baghdad |
01/02/08 | Anderson, Joshua R. | DoD Confirmation | Hostile – hostile fire – IED attack | Kamasia |
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