Casualty list for September 2004
La., died Sept. 1 in Hawijah, Iraq, when his patrol
came under enemyattack. Thibodeaux was
assigned to the Army's Headquarters and
Headquarters Company 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii.
The Department of Defense announced the deaths
of two Marines who were supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Perez, 19, of Austin, Texas.
Capt. Alan Rowe, 35, of Hagerman, Idaho.
Both Marines died Sept 3 due to enemyaction in
Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Perez was assigned to
3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. Rowe was
assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
For further information related to these Marines
contact the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center Twentynine Palms Public Affairs Office at
(760) 830-6213.
1st Lieutenant Ronald Winchester, 25, of
Rockville Center, N.Y., died Sept 3 due to enemy
action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Winchester
was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine
Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air
Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Wilt, 23, of Tampa, Fla,
died Sept 3 due to enemy action in Al Anbar
Province, Iraq. Wilt was assigned to 1st
Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Staff Sgt. Gary A. Vaillant, 41, of Trujillo, Puerto
Rico, died Sept. 5 in Khalidiya, Iraq, when his
tank ran over an improvised explosive device.
Vaillant was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 72nd
Armor, Camp Casey, Korea.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric L. Knott, 21, of
Grand Island, Neb., was killed Sept. 4 when the
area in which he was working was struck by
enemy fire. Knott died of shrapnel wounds.
Knott was assigned to Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion 4, Port Hueneme, Calif.
For further information related to this release,
contact Navy Public Affairs at (703) 697-5342.
The Department of Defense announced the death of
seven Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi
Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Michael J. Allred, 22, of Hyde Park,
Utah.
Pfc. David P. Burridge, 19, of Lafayette, La.
Lance Cpl. Derek L. Gardner, 20, of San Juan
Capistrano, Calif.
Lance Cpl. Quinn A. Keith, 21, of Page, Ariz.
Lance Cpl. Joseph C. McCarthy, 21, of Concho,
Calif.
Cpl. Mick R. Nygardbekowsky, 21, of Concord,
Calif.
Lance Cpl. Lamont N. Wilson, 20, of Lawton,
Okla.
The Marines died Sept. 6 due to enemy action in
Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Lance Cpl. Gardner
was assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The other
Marines were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
For further information related to these Marines
contact the Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at
(760) 725-5044.
Spc. Tomas Garces, 19, of Weslaco, Texas, died
September 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his convoy
was attacked by enemy forces using an
improvised explosivedevice. Garces was
assigned to the Army National Guard’s 1836th
Transportation Company from Fort Bliss,
Texas.
Pfc. Devin J. Grella, 21, of Medina, Ohio, died
September 6 in Iraq, after an improvised
explosive device exploded near his convoy
vehicle. Grella was assigned to the Army Reserve’
s 706th Transportation Company from
Mansfield, Ohio.
Capt. John J. Boria, 29, of Broken Arrow, Okla.,
died Sept. 6 from injuries he received in an all
terrain vehicle accident in Doha, Qatar. Boria
was assigned to the 911th Air Refueling
Squadron, Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.
Spc. Clarence Adams III, 28, of Richmond, Va.,
died Sept. 7 of injuries sustained on Sept. 6 in
Baghdad, Iraq, when his high mobility
multipurpose wheeled vehicle hit an improvised
explosive device. Adams was assigned to the
91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Spc. Charles R. Lamb, 23, of Casey, Ill. died
Sept. 5 in Baghdad, Iraq, during a mortar attack.
Lamb was assigned to the Army National Guard's
1544th Transportation Company, Paris, Ill.
Sgt. Shawna M. Morrison, 26, of Champaign, Ill.
died Sept. 5 in Baghdad, Iraq, during a mortar
attack. Morrison was assigned to the Army
National Guard's 1544th Transportation
Company, Paris, Ill.
1st Lt. Timothy E. Price, 25, of Midlothian, Va.,
died September 7 when he came under attack by
enemy forces using small arms fire. Price was
assigned to the Army’s 127th Military Police
Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th
Military Police Brigade, V Corps, Hanau,
Germany.
Spc. Chad H. Drake, 23, of Garland, Texas, died
Sept. 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his patrol vehicle
came under attack by enemy forces using small
arms fire. Drake was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Pfc. Ryan M. McCauley, 20, of Lewisville,
Texas, died Sept. 5 in Baghdad when his patrol
came under attack by enemy forces using small
arms fire. McCauley was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff Sgt. Elvis Bourdon, 36, of Youngstown,
Ohio, died Sept. 6 in Baghdad when his military
vehicle came under attack by enemy forces using
small arms fire and grenades. Bourdon was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry
Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood,
Texas.
Sgt. James D. Faulkner, 23, of Clarksville, Ind.,
died Sept. 8 in Baghdad when his military
vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.
Faulkner was assigned to the 20th Engineer
Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas.
Spc. Yoe M. Aneiros, 20, of Newark, N.J., died
Sept. 7 in Sadr City when his patrolvehicle came
under attack by enemy forces using rocket-
propelled grenades. Aneiros was assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 70th Armor, 3rd Brigade, 1st
Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Spc. Brandon M. Read, 21, of Greeneville, Tenn.,
died Sept. 6 in Qayyarah West, Iraq, when his
convoy came under attack by enemy forces using
an improvised explosive device. Read was
assigned to the 125th Transportation Company
from Lexington, Ky.
1st Lt. Alexander E. Wetherbee, 27, of Fairfax,
Va., died Sept. 12 from injuries received from
enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Wetherbee was assigned to 3rd Assault
Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Pfc. Jason T. Poindexter, 20, of San Angelo,
Texas, died Sept. 12 due to enemy action in Al
Anbar Province, Iraq. Poindexter was assigned to
2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Petty Officer 3rd Class David A. Cedergren,
25, of South St. Paul, Minn., died Sept. 11 near
Iskandariayah, Iraq, in a non-combat related
incident. Cedergren was assigned to the 2nd
Marine Division Fleet Marine Forces Atlantic.
Lance Cpl. Cesar F. Machado-Olmos, 20, of
Spanish Fork, Utah, died Sept. 13 due a non-
combat related vehicle accident in Al Anbar
Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Combat
Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.
C.
Spc. Michael A. Martinez, 29, of Juan Diaz,
Puerto Rico, died Sept. 8 in Baqubah, Iraq, when
his military vehicle rolled over. Martinez was
assigned to the1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery
from Bamberg, Germany.
Spc. Edgar P. Daclan Jr., 24, of Cypress, Calif.,
died Sept. 10 in Balad, Iraq, when his patrol was
responding to indirect fire and an improvised
explosive device exploded. Daclan was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry
Division from Schweinfurt, Germany.
Lance Cpl. Dominic C. Brown, 19, of Austin,
Texas, died Sept. 13 due a non-combat related
incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was
assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
Lance Cpl. Michael J. Halal, 22, of Glendale,
Ariz., died Sept. 13 due a non-combat related
vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He
was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine
Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Staff Sgt. Guy S. Hagy Jr., 31, of Lodi, Calif.,
died Sept.13 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his
observation post. Hagy was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Carl Thomas, 29, of Phoenix, Ariz., died
Sept. 13 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his observation
post. Thomas was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Spc. Lauro G. DeLeon Jr., 20, of Floresville,
Texas, died Sept. 8 in Balad, Iraq, when
improvised explosive devices detonated near his
convoy. DeLeon was assigned to the Army
Reserve’s 644th Transportation Company,
Beaumont, Texas.
September 14, 2004
Pfc. Jason L. Sparks, 19, of Monroeville, Ohio,
died Sept. 8 in Fallujah, Iraq, when his platoon
was engaged in direct fire. Sparks was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment,
Camp Casey, Korea.
The Department of Defense announced the death of
two soldiers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Both soldiers died Sept.13 in Taji, Iraq, when their
military vehicle came under attack by enemy
forces using small arms fire and an improvised
explosive device. Both were assigned to the
Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 162nd
Infantry, Corvallis, Ore.
Killed were: Staff Sgt. David J. Weisenburg,
26, of Portland, Ore.
Spc. Benjamin W. Isenberg, 27, of Sheridan, Ore.
Sgt. Jacob H. Demand, 29, of Palouse, Wash.,
died Sept. 14 in Mosul, Iraq, when his patrol was
attacked by enemy forces. Demand was assigned
to the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment,
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Maj. Kevin M. Shea, 38, of Washington, D.C.,
died Sept. 14 due to enemy action in Al Anbar
Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Marine
Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Lance Cpl. Mathew D. Puckett, 19, of Mason,
Texas, died Sept. 13 due to enemy action in Al
Anbar Province, Iraq. Puckett was assigned to
3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
1st Lt. Tyler H. Brown, 26, of Atlanta, Ga., died
Sept. 14 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his unit was
attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire.
Brown was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division,
Camp Hovey, Tongduchon City, Korea.
Lance Cpl. Drew M. Uhles, 20, of DuQuoin, Ill.,
died Sept. 15 from injuries received due to enemy
action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was
assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Cpl. Jaygee Meluat, 24, of Tamuning, Guam,
died Sept. 13 due to enemy action in Al Anbar
Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Assault
Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
Wash., died Sept 16 due to enemy action in Al
Anbar Province, Iraq. Rintamaki was assigned to
3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
Cpl. Christopher S. Ebert, 21, of Mooresboro, N.
C., died Sept. 17 due to enemy action in Al Anbar
Province, Iraq. Ebert was assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
Lance Cpl. Gregory C. Howman, 28, of Charlotte,
N.C., died Sept. 15 due to enemy action in Al Anbar
Province, Iraq. Howman was assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
The Department of Defense announced the death of
two Soldiers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
They died Sept. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an
improvised explosive device hit their convoy
vehicle. Both were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 5th
Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were:
Sgt. Thomas C. Rosenbaum, 25, of Hope, Ark.
Pfc. James W. Price, 22, of Cleveland, Tenn.
Lance Cpl. Steven C. T. Cates, 22, of Mount Juliet,
Tenn., died Sept. 20 due to enemy action in Al Anbar
Province, Iraq. Cates was assigned to 1st Battalion,
7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air
Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Sgt. Foster L. Harrington, 31, of Ft. Worth, Texas,
died Sept. 20 due to enemy action in Al Anbar
Province, Iraq. Harrington was assigned to the
Marine Corps Reserve’s 3rd Force
Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division,
Mobile, Ala.
Sgt. Brandon E. Adams, 22, of Hollidaysburg, Pa.,
died Sept.19 at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center in Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained in
Fallujah, Iraq, on Feb. 16 when a grenade exploded
as he was clearing a house. Adams was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th
Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Pfc. Nathan E. Stahl, 20, of Highland, Ind., died
Sept. 21 in Iraq, when his vehicle was struck with an
improvised explosive device. Stahl was assigned to
2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment from Fort
Lewis, Wash.
Pfc. Adam J. Harris, 21, of Abilene, Texas, died
Sept. 22 in Mosul, Iraq, when he was shot by a
sniper while on patrol. Harris was assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Sgt. Benjamin K. Smith, 24, of Carterville, Ill., died
Sept. 22 due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq. Smith was assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine
Palms, Calif.
Staff Sgt. Lance J. Koenig, 33, of Fargo, N.D.,
died Sept. 22 in Tikrit, Iraq, when an improvised
explosive device detonated while he was conducting a
dismounted patrol. Koenig was assigned to the
Army National Guard's 141st Engineer Battalion,
Jamestown, N.D.
Sgt. Skipper Soram, 23, of Kolonia Pohnpei,
Federated States of Micronesia, died Sept. 22 in
Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-based improvised
explosive device detonated near his security post.
Soram was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field
Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of four Marines who were supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Aaron Boyles, 24, of Alameda, Calif.
Sgt. Timothy Folmar, 21, of Sonora, Texas.
Lance Cpl. Ramon Mateo, 20, of Suffolk, N.Y.
2nd Lieutenant Ryan Leduc, 28, of Pana, Ill.
All four Marines died Sept. 24. Boyles, Folmar,
and Mateo were killed as result of enemy action in
Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Leduc died as result of a
non-combat vehicle accident in Rutbah, Iraq.
Boyles and Mateo were assigned to Headquarters
and Service Company, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Folmar was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine
Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Leduc was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine
Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
For further information related to Boyles and Mateo
contact the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
Public Affairs Office at (760) 830-6213.
For further information related to Folmar contact the
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs
Office at (760) 725-5044.
For further information related to Leduc contact the
2nd Marine Division Public Affairs Officer at (910)
451-9033.
Spc. David W. Johnson, 37, of Portland, Ore., died
Sept. 25 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle.
Johnson was assigned to the Army National Guard's
2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, Cottage
Grove, Ore.
Spc. Clifford L. Moxley, Jr., 51, of New Castle,
Penn., died Sept. 25 in Baghdad, Iraq, of non-
combat related injuries. Moxley was assigned to the
Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 103rd
Armor Regiment, Berwick, Penn.
Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, 25, of Tucson, Ariz.,
died Sept. 25 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, when
enemy forces using small arms fire attacked his unit.
Unruh was assigned to the 44th Engineer Battalion,
Camp Howze, Korea.
Capt. Eric L. Allton, 34, of Houston, Texas, died
Sept. 26 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when he was struck by a
mortar round. Allton was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd
Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Korea.
Sgt. 1st Class Joselito O. Villanueva, 36, of Los
Angeles, Calif., died Sept. 27 in Balad, Iraq, when he
was at an observation post and was shot by a
sniper. Villanueva was assigned to the 9th Engineer
Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt,
Germany.
Pfc. Kenneth L. Sickels, 20, of Apple Valley, Calif.,
died Sept. 27 due to a non-combat related incident
in Al Anbar Privince, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st
Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Spc. Gregory A. Cox, 21, of Carmichaels, Penn.,
died Sept. 27 in Balad, Iraq, when his military
vehicle was unintentionally run off the road by a
civilian vehicle causing it to rollover. Cox was
assigned to 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment,
1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Sgt. Tyler D. Prewitt, 22, of Phoenix, Ariz., died
Sept. 28 in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries
sustained in Baqubah, Iraq, on September 24 when a
rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle and
exploded. Prewitt was assigned to 2nd Battalion,
2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division,
Vilseck, Germany.
Pfc. Joshua K. Titcomb, 20, of Somerset, Ky., died
Sept. 29 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained on
September 28 when an improvised explosive
device exploded near his military vehicle. Titcomb
was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armor
Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey,
Korea.
Staff Sgt. Darren J. Cunningham, 40, of Groton,
Mass., died Sept. 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his unit
came under mortar attack. Cunningham was
assigned to the 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Spc. Rodney A. Jones, 21, of Philadelphia, Penn.,
died Sept. 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-
borne improvised explosive device exploded near
his dismounted patrol. Jones was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. .
Staff Sgt. Mike A. Dennie, 31, of Fayetteville, N.
C., died Sept. 29 in Balad, Iraq, from injuries
sustained on Sept. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, when the
driver of his military vehicle pulled off the road and
lost control, causing it to roll over. Dennie was
assigned to the 106th Finance Battalion from
Kitzingen, Germany.
Spc. Allen Nolan, 38, of Marietta, Ohio, died Sept.
30 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of injuries sustained
on Sept. 18 in Balad, Iraq, when his convoy vehicle
struck an improvised explosive device and then
came under small arms fire. Nolan was assigned to
the Army Reserve's 660th Transportation
Company, Zanesville, Ohio.