The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. William J. Normandy, 42, of Augusta,
Ga., died March 15, in Camp Virginia, Iraq
(north of Kuwait City), of non-combat related
injuries. Sgt. Normandy was assigned to the
Army National Guard, 1st Battalion, 86th
Field Artillery, from Montpelier, Vt.
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Master Sgt. Thomas R. Thigpen, Sr., 52, of
Augusta, Ga., died March 16, in Camp
Virginia, Kuwait (north of Kuwait City), of
non-combat related injuries. Master Sgt.
Thigpen was assigned to the Army National
Guard, 151st Signal Battalion, from Greenville, S.
C.
March 18, 200
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Tracy L. Laramore, 30, of Okaloosa,
Fla., died March 17, in Baji, Iraq, of injuries
sustained when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle
went over an embankment and flipped over in
the river. Spc. Laramore was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment,
Schweinfurt, Germany.
March 19, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today the
death on March 18 of two Marines as a result of
enemy action in Al Qaim, Iraq. They were
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Brandon C. Smith, 20, of Washington,
Ark.
Pfc. Ricky A. Morris Jr., 20, of Lubbock,
Texas.
Both Marines were assigned to the 3rd Battalion
, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
March 19, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Ivory L. Phipps, 44, of Chicago, Ill., died
March 17, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries
sustained from a mortar attack. Phipps was
assigned to the 1544th Transportation
Company, Illinois Army National Guard, Paris,
Ill.
March 19, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Ernest Harold Sutphin, 21, of
Parkersburg, W.Va., died March 18 in
Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained in a
vehicle incident in Kirkuk, Iraq, on March
11. Pfc. Sutphin was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry
Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
March 19, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a Marine who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Cpl. Andrew D. Brownfield, 24, of Summit,
Ohio, died March 18, due to wounds received
from an enemy mortar attack at Al Asad Air
Base, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Wing
Support Squadron 374, Marine Wing
Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft
Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
March 21, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Spec. Doron Chan, 20, of Highland, New
York, died March 18, near Balad, Iraq, when
his convoy vehicle was cut off by a civilian
vehicle. The military vehicle swerved, crossed
into oncoming traffic, and flipped over. Chan
was assigned to the Army Reserve's 411th
Engineer Brigade, New Windsor, New York.
March 22, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a Marine who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Cpl. David M. Vicente, 25, of Methuen,
Mass., died March 19, due to enemy action
near Hit, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division,
I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine
Palms, Calif.
March 22, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
1st Lt. Michael W. Vega, 41, of Lathrop,
Calif., died March 20 at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center, in Washington, D.C., from
injuries sustained when his military vehicle
rolled over in Diwaniyah, Iraq, on March 11.
Vega was assigned to the 223rd Military
Intelligence Company, 223rd Military
Intelligence Battalion, Army National
Guard, based in Sacramento, Calif.
Pvt. Dustin L. Kreider, 19, of Riverton, Kan.,
died March 21 near Samarra, Iraq during a unit
weapon test-firing incident. Kreider was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry
Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, based in
Schweinfurt, Germany.
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of two soldiers supporting Operation Iraqi
Freedom. They died on March 20, in Fallujah,
Iraq, when their living area came under a
rocket attack. Killed were:
Maj. Mark D. Taylor, 41, of Stockton, Calif.,
was assigned to the 782nd Main Support
Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division based at
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Spc. Matthew J. Sandri, 24, of Shamokin,
Penn., was assigned to the 82nd Forward
Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division
also based at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Pfc. Jason C. Ludlam, 22, of Arlington, Texas,
died March 19 in Ba’qubah, Iraq, when he was
electrocuted while laying telephone wires.
Ludlam was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd
Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division,
based in Vilseck, Germany.
Pfc. Christopher E. Hudson, 21, of Carmel,
Ind., died March 21 in Baghdad, Iraq when his
military vehicle was hit with an Improvised
Explosive Device. Hudson was assigned to the
2nd Squadron, 12th Armored Cavalry
Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Lance Cpl. Andrew S. Dang, 20, of Foster
City, Calif., died March 22, due to hostile fire
near Ar Ramady, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st
Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Spc. Clint Richard Matthews, 31, of Bedford,
Pa., died March 19, in Baji, Iraq, from injuries
sustained when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle
went over a 60-foot embankment and flipped
over on March 17. He was assigned to the
Army's 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry
Regiment, from Schweinfurt, Germany.
Pfc. Bruce Miller, Jr., 23, of Orange, N.J.,
died March 22, in Mosul, Iraq, of non-combat
related injuries. He was assigned to the 2nd
Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis,
Wash.
March 26, 2004
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
LCpl. Jeffrey C. Burgess, 20, of Plymouth,
Mass., died March 25, due to enemy action near
Al Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine
Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Wing
Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft
Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Adam D. Froehlich, 21, of Pine Hill, N.
J., died March 25 in Baqubah, Iraq, from
injuries sustained when his patrol came under an
IED attack. Spc. Froehlich was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, from
Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
LCpl. James A. Casper, 20, of Coolidge,
Texas, died March 25 due to a non-combat
related incident at Al Asad, Iraq. He was
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of a soldier who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Michael R. Woodliff, 22, of Port
Charlotte, Fla., died March 2 in Baghdad,
Iraq, when an improvised explosive device
struck his convoy. Woodliff was assigned to
the Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor
Regiment, 1st Armor Division, Friedberg,
Germany.
March 9, 2004
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of a soldier who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Capt. Gussie M. Jones, 41, of Louisiana,
died March 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, as a result of
a non-combat cause. As medical surgical
nurse in support of area operations, Jones
was assigned to the 31st Combat Support
Hospital, Fort Bliss, Texas.
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of a sailor who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. Gray,
32, of Richmond, Va., was killed in an
automobile accident March 5 in Kuwait.
Gray was traveling to Kuwait Navy Base
when his vehicle was struck from the rear by
a civilian vehicle.
Gray was assigned to Navy Detachment
Kuwait Navy Base.
March 9, 2004
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of a Marine who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Matthew G. Milczark, 18, of Kettle
River, Minn., died March 8 due to a
non-combat related incident at Camp
Victory, Kuwait. He was assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine
Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
March 10, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of a soldier who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. 1st Class Richard S. Gottfried, 42, of
Lake Ozark, Mo., died March 9 in Tampa,
Iraq, when struck by an improvised
explosive device. Sgt. 1st Class Gottfried
was assigned to the 1st Division Support
Command, 1st Infantry Division, Kitzengen,
Germany.
March 11, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of a soldier who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Edward W. Brabazon, 20, of
Philadelphia, Pa., died March 9 in Baghdad,
Iraq, of a non-hostile gunshot wound.
Brabazon was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of a soldier who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Bert. E. Hoyer, 23, of Ellsworth, Wis.,
died March 10, in Baqubah, Iraq, when an
improvised explosive device hit his convoy.
Hoyer was assigned to the 652nd Engineer
Company, U.S. Army Reserve, Ellsworth,
Wis.
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of two Department of the Army
civilians who were supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. The civilians who were both
assigned to the Coalition Provisional
Authority, based in Arlington, Va., died
March 9 in Al-Hillah, Iraq.
Killed were:
Fern L. Holland, 33, (home of record not
available).
Robert J. Zangas, 44, of Prince William
County, Va.
For further information related to this release,
contact Army Public Affairs at (703)
692-2000.
March 13, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of two soldiers who were
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Joe L. Dunigan Jr., 37, of
Belton, Texas, died March 11, in Fallujah,
Iraq, when his vehicle was hit by an
improvised explosive device. Dunigan was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry
Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry
Division, based at Fort Riley, Kan. The
incident is under investigation.
Spc. Christopher K. Hill, 26, of Ventura,
Calif., died March 11, in Fallujah, Iraq,
when his vehicle was hit by an improvised
explosive device. Hill was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division based
at Fort Riley, Kan. The incident is under
investigation.
March 14, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of two soldiers who were
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Capt. John F. Kurth, 31, of Wis., died
March 13 in Tikrit, Iraq, when his patrol
encountered an improvised explosive
device. Kurth was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, based
in Schweinfurt, Germany. The incident is
under investigation.
Spc. Jason C. Ford, 21, of Bowie, Md.,
died March 13 in Tikrit, Iraq, when his
patrol encountered an improvised explosive
device. Spc. Ford was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, based
in Schweinfurt, Germany. The incident is
under investigation.
March 15, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of a soldier who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Jocelyn L. Carrasquillo, 28, of
Wrightsville Beach, N.C., died March 13, on
the main supply route in Iraq, when an
improvised explosive device hit his
vehicle. Spc. Carrasquillo was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry
Regiment, Army National Guard, from
Wilmington, N.C.
March 16, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of three soldiers supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on
March 13, in Baghdad, Iraq, when an
improvised explosive device struck their
military vehicle. All three soldiers were
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 504th
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Clint D. Ferrin, 31, of Picayune,
Miss.
Sgt. Daniel J. Londono, 22, of Boston,
Mass.
Pfc. Joel K. Brattain, 21, of Santa Anna,
Calif.
March 17, 2004
The Department of Defense announced today
the death of a soldier who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
First Lieutenant Michael R. Adams, 24,
of Seattle, Wash., died March 16, in Al
Asad, Iraq, when the barrel of the .50
caliber weapon mounted on his tank
struck him. Lt. Adams was a member of the
1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry
Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
For further information related t this release,
contact Army Public Affairs at (703)
692-2000.