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May 2003 casualties
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May
01, 2003
Army Pfc. Jesse A. Givens,
34, of Springfield, Mo.; 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed in Habbaniyah, Iraq, when his M-1A1 tank fell into the Euphrates River after the bank on which he was parked gave way.
May
03, 2003
Army Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds,
25, of East Lansing, Mich.; assigned to 74th Long-Range Surveillance Detachment 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy; killed in Iraq when his M-4 rifle accidentally discharged after he fell off a ladder he had been climbing.
May
04, 2003
Army Pvt. 2 Jason L. Deibler,
20, of Coeburn, Va.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, Smith Barracks, Baumholder, Germany; killed in Kuwait by a non-combat weapon discharge.
May
08, 2003
Army Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold,
23, of Hamilton, Ohio; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in Iraq by a sniper while directing traffic on a Baghdad bridge.
May
09, 2003
Army Cpl. Richard P. Carl,
26, of King Hill, Idaho; assigned to 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed when his UH-60 air medical helicopter crashed in the Tigris River in Iraq.
Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Hans N. Gukeisen,
31, of Lead, S.D.; assigned to 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed when his UH-60 air medical helicopter crashed in the Tigris River in Iraq.
Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian K. Van Dusen,
39, of Columbus, Ohio; assigned to 571st Air Medical Company, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed when his UH-60 air medical helicopter crashed in the Tigris River in Iraq.
Marine Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns,
22, of Vancouver, Wash.; assigned to 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Eugene, Ore.; killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait.
May
10, 2003
Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Smith,
20, of Anderson, Ind.; assigned to Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Peru, Ind.; killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait.
May
12, 2003
Marine Pfc. Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez,
19, of Norwalk, Calif.; assigned to 1st Supply Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Marine Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik,
21, of Schaumburg, Ill.; assigned to 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
May
13, 2003
Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr.,
31, of Elgin, S.C.; assigned to 728th Air Control Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; killed in action near Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his convoy was ambushed en route to Baghdad.
Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker,
19, of Irvington, Ill.; assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed near Hillah, Iraq, when the munitions bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded.
May
14, 2003
Army Spc. David T. Nutt,
32, of Blackshear, Ga.; assigned to 494th Transportation Company, Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed in a vehicle accident in Mosul, Iraq.
May
16, 2003
Army Master Sgt. William L. Payne,
46, of Otsego, Mich.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed in an accidental ordnance explosion in Haswah, Iraq.
May
17, 2003
Army Sgt. 1st Class John E. Taylor,
31, of Wichita Falls Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died after suffering a heart attack after physical training on May 17, 2003, in Afghanistan.
May
18, 2003
Army Spc. Rasheed Sahib,
22, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; assigned to 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed by an accidental weapons discharge in Balad, Iraq.
Marine Cpl. Douglas Jose Marenco Reyes,
28, of Chino, Calif.; assigned to Light Armored Vehicle-Air Defense Battery, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed when the transport truck in which he was riding rolled over near Samawah, Iraq.
May
19, 2003
Army Lt. Col. Dominic R. Baragona,
42, of Niles, Ohio; assigned to 19th Maintenance Battalion, Fort Sill, Okla.; killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq.
Marine Sgt. Kirk Allen Straseskie,
23, of Beaver Dam, Wis.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; drowned while attempting to rescue crewmembers of a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter that went down in the Shatt al Hillah Canal in Iraq.
Marine Staff Sgt. Aaron Dean White,
27, of Shawnee, Okla.; assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash in the Shatt al Hillah Canal in Iraq.
Marine 1st Lt. Timothy Louis Ryan,
30, of Aurora, Ill.; assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash in the Shatt al Hillah Canal in Iraq.
Marine Lance Cpl. Jason William Moore,
21, of San Marcos, Calif.; assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif., killed in a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash in the Shatt al Hillah Canal in Iraq.
Marine Capt. Andrew David La Mont,
31, of Eureka, Calif.; assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash in the Shatt al Hillah Canal in Iraq.
May
21, 2003
Army Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell,
27, of Omaha, Neb.; assigned to 404th Air Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed in a vehicle accident in Baghdad. Caldwell was responding to a civilian call when his vehicle rolled over.
May
25, 2003
Army Pvt. 2 David Evans Jr.,
18, of Buffalo, N.Y.; assigned to the 977th Military Police Company, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed in an Iraqi ammunition plant explosion in Diwaniyah, Iraq, May 25.
May
26, 2003
Army Sgt. Keman L. Mitchell,
24, of Hilliard, Fla.; assigned to Company C, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo.; drowned in Karkuk, Iraq, May 26.
Army Maj. Mathew E. Schram,
36, of Brookfield, Wis.; assigned to the Headquarters & Headquarters Troop Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed by enemy fire May 26 in Hadithah, Iraq.
Army Pvt. 2 Kenneth A. Nalley,
19, of Hamburg, Iowa, assigned to the 501st Military Police Company, Wiesbaden, Germany; killed in a vehicle accident in Samawah, Iraq, May 26.
Army Staff Sgt. Brett J. Petriken,
30, of Flint, Mich.; assigned to the 501st Military Police Company, Wiesbaden, Germany; killed in a vehicle accident in Samawah, Iraq, May 26.
Army Pfc. Jeremiah D. Smith,
25, of Odessa, Mo.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed when his vehicle hit unexploded ordnance in Baghdad May 26.
May
27, 2003
Army Sgt. Thomas F. Broomhead,
34, of Cannon City, Colo.; assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed by enemy fire in Fallujah, Iraq, May 27.
Army Staff Sgt. Michael B. Quinn,
37, of Tampa, Fla.; assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armor Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed by enemy fire in Fallujah, Iraq.
May
28, 2003
Army Spc. Jose Amancio Perez III,
22, of San Diego, Texas; assigned to 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.; killed May 28 when the convoy he was traveling in was ambushed in Taji, Iraq.
Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Bradley,
39, of Utica, Miss.; assigned to the 588th Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; died in Baqubah, Iraq, May 28. His death was non-combat related.
May
30, 2003
Army Spc. Zachariah W. Long,
20, of Milton, Pa.; assigned to the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed in a vehicle accident near Mosul, Iraq.
Army Spc. Michael T. Gleason,
25, of Warren, Pa.; assigned to the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed in a vehicle accident near Mosul, Iraq.
Army Spc. Kyle A. Griffin,
20, of Emerson, N.J.; assigned to the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed in a vehicle accident near Mosul, Iraq.
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