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April 2003 casualties
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April 01, 2003
  • Army Sgt. Jacob L. Butler, 24, of Wellsville, Kan.; assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed in action by a rocket-propelled grenade in Assamawah, Iraq.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione, 22, of Lansdale, Pa.; assigned to Bridge Company B, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, based in Folsom, Pa.; killed by a non-combat weapon discharge at Camp Coyote, Kuwait.

    April 02, 2003
  • Marine Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, 26, of Durham, N.C.; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident west of Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Army Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez, 36, of El Paso, Texas; assigned to the Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed in action in northern Iraq.

  • Marine Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner, 19, of Ohio City, Ohio; assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed by an accidental weapons discharge in southern Iraq.

  • Navy Lt. Nathan D. White, 30, of Mesa, Ariz.; assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 195, based in Atsugi, Japan, and deployed with Carrier Air Wing 5 aboard the carrier Kitty Hawk.; killed when his F/A-18C Hornet was lost over Iraq. The incident remains under investigation.

  • Army Capt. James F. Adamouski, 29, of Springfield, Va.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.

  • Army Spc. Mathew G. Boule, 22, of Dracut, Mass.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.

  • Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Erik A. Halvorsen, 40, of Bennington, Vt.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.

  • Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar, 32, of Granbury, Texas; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.

  • Army Sgt. Michael F. Pedersen, 26, of Flint, Mich.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.

  • Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Smith, 41, of Rochester, N.Y.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; killed in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in central Iraq.

    April 03, 2003
  • Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales, 20, of Coahoma, Texas; assigned to the 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident east of Ash Shahin, Iraq.

  • Marine Cpl. Mark A. Evnin, 21, of Burlington, Vt.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed in action during a firefight in central Iraq.

  • Army Spc. Donald S. Oaks Jr., 20, of Erie, Pa.; assigned to the C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket System), Fort Sill, Okla.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Army Sgt. 1st Class Randall S. Rehn, 36, of Longmont, Colo.; assigned to the C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket System), Fort Sill, Okla.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Army Sgt. Todd J. Robbins, 33, of Pentwater, Mich.; assigned to the C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket System), Fort Sill, Okla.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Army Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais, 23, of Ogden, Utah; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.; died from severe injuries sustained in car-bomb suicide attack in Iraq.

  • Army Spc. Ryan P. Long, 21, of Seaford, Del.; assigned to A Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.; died from severe injuries sustained in car-bomb suicide attack in Iraq.

  • Army Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe, 27, of Arvada, Colo; assigned to A Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.; died from severe injuries in Iraq.

  • Marine Cpl. Erik H. Silva, 22, of Chula Vista, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Army Staff Sgt. Wilbert Davis, 40, of Tampa, Fla.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in a vehicle accident in central Iraq.

  • Army Capt. Edward J. Korn, 31, of Savannah, Ga.; assigned to 64th Armor, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed as he investigated a wrecked Iraqi T-72 tank destroyed by his unit in central Iraq.

    April 04, 2003
  • Marine Capt. Benjamin W. Sammis, 29, of Rehobeth, Mass.; assigned to the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton; Calif.; killed in action when his helicopter crashed near Ali Aziziyal, Iraq.

  • Marine Capt. Travis A. Ford, 30, of Ogallala, Neb.; assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in action when his AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed during combat operations near Ali Aziziyal, Iraq.

  • Army Pfc. Wilfred D. Bellard, 20, of Lake Charles, La.; assigned to 41st Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

  • Army Spc. Daniel Francis J. Cunningham, 33, of Lewiston, Maine; assigned to 41st Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

  • Army Pvt. 2 Devon D. Jones, 19, of San Diego; assigned to 41st Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

  • Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, 33, of Tampa, Fla.; assigned to 11th Engineer Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed leading a counterattack against the enemy at Baghdad Airport in Iraq.

  • Army Capt. Tristan N. Aitken, 31, of State College, Pa.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. killed in action in Iraq.

  • Marine Cpl. Bernard G. Gooden, 22, of Mt. Vernon, N.Y.; assigned to 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed during a firefight in central Iraq.

  • Marine 1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips, 25, of Pembroke, Mass.; assigned to 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed during a firefight in central Iraq.

  • Marine Sgt. Duane R. Rios, 25, of Griffith, Ind.; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed during a firefight in central Iraq.

    April 05, 2003
  • Army Spc. Larry K. Brown, 22, of Jackson, Miss.; assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Army Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker, 34, of Apollo, Pa.; assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in action during a raid into Baghdad, Iraq.

  • Marine 1st Sgt. Edward Smith, 38, of Chicago; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died in Doha, Kuwait, of wounds received in action in central Iraq.

    April 06, 2003
  • Army Pvt. 2 Kelley S. Prewitt, 24, of Birmingham, Ala.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Army Pfc. Gregory P. Huxley Jr., 19, of Forestport, N.Y.,; assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 17th Engineer Battalion, Fort Benning, Ga.; killed in action in Iraq.

    April 07, 2003
  • Air Force Maj. William R. Watkins III, 37, of Danville, Va.; assigned to the 333rd Fighter Squadron based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.; killed in action when the F-15E he was in went down during a combat mission in Iraq. The incident remains under investigation.

  • Air Force Capt. Eric B. Das, 30, of Amarillo, Texas; assigned to the 333rd Fighter Squadron based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.; killed when the F-15E he was piloting went down during a combat mission in Iraq. The incident remains under investigation.

  • Army Spc. George A. Mitchell, 35, of Rawlings, Md.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died of wounds received April 7 in an enemy rocket attack south of Baghdad.

  • Army Staff Sgt. Lincoln D. Hollinsaid, 27, of Malden, Ill.; assigned to B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Julian Aviles, 18, of Palm Beach, Fla.; assigned to 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Tampa, Fla.; killed in action in central Iraq.

  • Marine Cpl. Jesus Martin Antonio Medellin, 21, of Fort Worth, Texas; assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in action in central Iraq.

  • Army 1st Lt. Jeffrey J. Kaylor, 24, of Clifton, Va.; assigned to C Battery, 39th Field Artillery Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Army Pfc. Anthony S. Miller, 19, of San Antonio; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in action in Iraq.

    April 08, 2003
  • Air Force Staff Sgt. Scott D. Sather, 29, of Clio, Mich.; assigned to 24th Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, N.C.; killed in action on April 8, 2003, in Iraq.

  • Marine Pfc. Juan Guadalupe Garza Jr., 20, of Temperance, Mich.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in action in central Iraq.

  • Army Staff Sgt. Robert A. Stever, 36, of Pendleton, Ore.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Ft. Stewart, Ga.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Army Pfc. Jason M. Meyer, 23, of Swartz Creek, Mich.; assigned to B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Army Sgt. 1st Class John W. Marshall, 50, of Los Angeles; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Ft. Stewart, Ga.; killed when he was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade during an ambush in Baghdad.

  • Army Cpl. Henry L. Brown, 22, of Natchez, Miss.; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died April 8 of wounds received in action that same day south of Baghdad.

    April 10, 2003
  • Army Staff Sgt. Terry W. Hemingway, 39, of Willingboro, N.J.; assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, Ft. Benning, Ga.; killed when a car exploded next to his Bradley Fighting Vehicle while traveling down a street in Iraq.

  • Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeffrey E. Bohr Jr., 39, of Ossian, Iowa; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed April 10 in northern Baghdad while engaging enemy forces.

    April 11, 2003
  • Marine Staff Sgt. Riayan A. Tejeda, 26, of New York, N.Y.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed April 11 during combat operations against enemy forces in northeast Baghdad.

    April 12, 2003
  • Marine Lance Cpl. David Edward Owens Jr., 20, of Winchester, Va.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed after receiving wounds in action in central Iraq.

  • Marine Cpl. Jesus A. Gonzalez, 22, of Indio, Calif.; assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed April 12 while manning a checkpoint in Baghdad.

    April 13, 2003
  • Army Spc. Gil Mercado, 25, of Paterson, N.J.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, based at Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed April 13 by a non-combat weapon discharge in Iraq. His death is under investigation.

    April 14, 2003
  • Marine Cpl. Jason David Mileo, 20 of Centreville, Md.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division based in Twentynine Palms, Calif.; shot and killed after being mistaken for an enemy soldier in the vicinity of Baghdad. The incident is under investigation.

  • Army Spc. Richard A. Goward , 32, of Midland, Mich.; assigned to 1460th Transportation Company, Midland, Mich.; killed when his truck entered a dust cloud and rear-ended the truck in front of him in Iraq.

  • Marine Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez, 25, of Hileah, Fla.; assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, Marine Wing Support Group 27, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.; killed in a non-hostile accident when a commercial refueler collapsed at Logistics Supply Area Viper in southern Iraq.

  • Army Spc. Thomas A. Foley III, 23, of Dresden, Tenn.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed when a grenade exploded inside his Humvee in Iraq.

  • Army Pfc. John E. Brown, 21, of Troy, Ala.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed when a grenade exploded inside his Humvee in Iraq.

  • Army Pfc. Joseph P. Mayek, 20, of Rock Springs, Wyo.; assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, Smith Barracks, Germany; killed after being struck by a round that was discharged from Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Iraq.

    April 17, 2003
  • Army Cpl. John T. Rivero, 23, of Tampa, Fla.; assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Division based in Eustis, Fla.; died from injuries sustained when his Humvee turned over in Kuwait.

    April 22, 2003
  • Army Spc. Roy Russell Buckley, 24, of Portage, Ind.; assigned to the 685th Transportation Company, based in Hobart, Ind.; killed when he fell from an M818 truck traveling in a convoy. The incident is under investigation.

  • Marine Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Todd Arnold , 30, of Spring, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in a non-hostile accident when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher being fired for familiarization malfunctioned near Kut, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.

  • Marine Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell Jr., 36, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in a non-hostile accident when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher being fired for familiarization malfunctioned near Kut, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.

  • Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam, 19, of Snow Camp, N.C; assigned to the 8th Communication Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in a non-hostile accident when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher being fired for familiarization malfunctioned near Kut, Iraq. The incident is under investigation.

    April 24, 2003
  • Army Sgt. Troy David Jenkins , 25, of Ridgecrest, Calif.; assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment based in Fort Campbell, Ky.; died from wounds received as a result of an explosion April 19 while on a dismounted patrol with other soldiers in Iraq. He died from his injuries at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany.

    April 25, 2003
  • Army Spc. Narson B. Sullivan , 21, of North Brunswick, N.J.; assigned to the 411th Military Police Company based in Fort Hood, Texas; killed by a non-combat weapon discharge in Iraq. The incident is under investigation.

  • Army 1st Lt. Osbaldo Orozco, 26, of Delano, Calif.; assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment based in Fort Hood, Texas; killed when his vehicle rolled over while traveling through rough terrain. His unit was the quick reaction force and was responding to enemy fire.

  • Army Pvt. 2 Jerod R. Dennis, 19, of Oklahoma; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed on April 25, 2003, in Afghanistan.

    April 28, 2003
  • Army 1st Sgt. Joe J. Garza, 43, of Robstown, Texas; assigned to 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment based in Fort Benning, Ga.; killed when he was struck by a civilian vehicle after falling out of a Humvee that swerved to avoid a civilian vehicle in Baghdad.

  • Air Force A1C Raymond Losano, 24, of Del Rio Texas; 14th Air Support Operations Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, N.C.; died on April 28, 2003, of wounds received April 25 in Afghanistan.

     

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