Total Coalition Casualties 1384
the death of six Marines who were
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Jeramy A. Ailes, 22, of Gilroy,
Calif.
Lance Cpl. Travis R. Desiato, 19, of
Bedford, Mass.
Lance Cpl. George J. Payton, 20, of
Culver City, Calif.
Sgt. Rafael Peralta, 25, of San Diego,
Calif.
Cpl. Marc T. Ryan, 25, of Gloucester, N.J.
Lance Cpl. James E. Swain, 20, of
Kokomo, Ind.
Payton died Nov. 14. The other five
Marines died Nov. 15. All died as result of
enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Payton was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Swain
was assigned to Headquarters Battalion,
1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton, Calif. Ailes was assigned
to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton, Calif. Ryan was assigned
to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment,
1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton, Calif. Desiato was
assigned 1st Battalion, 8th Marine
Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. Peralta
was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine
Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Corps Base Hawaii.
For further information on Ailes, Payton,
Ryan and Swain, contact the Marine Corps
Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office
at (760) 725-5044. For information on
Desiato and Peralta contact the 2nd Marine
Division Public Affairs Office at (910) 451-
9033.
The Department of Defense announced the
death of two Marines who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Capt. Patrick Marc M. Rapicault, 34, of
St. Augustine, Fla.
Lance Cpl. Antoine D. Smith, 22, of
Orlando, Fla.
Both Marines died Nov. 15 as result of
enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Rapicault was assigned to 2nd Battalion,
5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Smith was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Pfc. Isaiah R. Hunt, 20, of Green Bay,
Wis., died Nov. 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, when
the driver of his military vehicle
accidentally struck another vehicle.
Hunt was assigned to the 782nd Main
Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Pfc. Cole W. Larsen, 19, of Canyon
Country, Calif., died Nov. 13 in Baghdad,
Iraq, when a civilian vehicle struck his
military vehicle causing it to roll over.
Larsen was assigned to the 272nd
Military Police Company, 21st Theater
Support Command, Mannheim, Germany.
The Department of Defense announced
the death of two Marines who were
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Lance Cpl. William L. Miller, 22, of
Pearland, Texas.
Cpl. Lance M. Thompson, 21, of Upland,
Ind.
Both Marines died Nov. 15 as result of
enemy action in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq. Miller was assigned 1st Battalion,
8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Thompson was assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Marine Corps Base Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
The Department of Defense announced
the death of two soldiers who were
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Jose Ricardo Flores-Mejia, 21, of
Santa Clarita, Calif., died Nov. 16 in Mosul,
Iraq, when an improvised explosive
device hit his convoy. Flores-Mejia was
assigned to the 25th Transportation
Company, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Spc. Daniel James McConnell, 27, of
Duluth, Minn., died Nov. 16 in Kirkuk,
Iraq, when he was involved in a vehicle
accident. McConnell was assigned to the
27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division,
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Staff Sgt. Marshall H. Caddy, 27, of Nags
Head, N.C., died Nov. 16 in Khaladiyah,
Iraq, when his military vehicle struck
another military vehicle. Caddy was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry
Division, Camp Greaves, Korea.
1st Lt. Luke C. Wullenwaber, 24, of
Lewiston, Idaho, died Nov. 16 in
Khaladiyah, Iraq, when he was
conducting a security mission and a
vehicle-borne improvised explosive
device detonated near his military vehicle.
Wullenwaber was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Infantry Division, Camp Greaves, Korea.
The Department of Defense announced
the death of two Marines who were
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Christopher T. Heflin, 26, of
Paducah, Ky.
Lance Cpl. Louis W. Qualls, 20, of
Temple, Texas.
Both Marines died Nov. 16 as result of
enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Heflin was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Qualls
was assigned to the Marine Corps
Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine
Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Grand
Prairie, Texas.
Sgt. Catalin D. Dima, 36, of White Lake, N.
Y., died Nov. 13 in Baghdad, Iraq, when
enemy mortar fire landed near his
position. Dima was assigned to the Army
Reserve’s 411th Engineer Brigade,
New Windsor, N.Y.
Angeles, Calif., died Nov. 18 as result of
enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Lance Cpl. Michael W. Hanks, 22, of
Gregory, Mich., died Nov. 17, as result of
enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The Department of Defense announced
today the death of two Marines who were
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel, 29, of New
York, N.Y.
Lance Cpl. Phillip G. West, 19, of
American Canyon, Calf.
Both Marines died Nov. 19, as result of
enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Gavriel was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th
Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division,
II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Lejeune, N.C. West was assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Marine Corps Base Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt. Jack Bryant Jr., 23, of Dale City, Va.,
died Nov. 20 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, when
an improvised explosive device
detonated near his military convoy
followed by an enemy rocket-propelled
grenade attack. Bryant was assigned to the
3rd Brigade Fire Support Team (1st
Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment,
1st Infantry Division), Vilseck, Germany.
The Department of Defense announced the
death of five Marines who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Cpl. Bradley T. Arms, 20, of
Charlottesville, Va.
Lance Cpl. Demarkus D. Brown, 22, of
Martinsville, Va.
Lance Cpl. Michael A. Downey, 21, of
Phoenix, Ariz.
Cpl. Joseph J. Heredia, 22, of Santa
Maria, Calif.
Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Welke, 20, of Rapid
City, S.D.
Arms and Brown died Nov. 19, as result
of enemy action in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq. Downey died Nov. 19 at National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from
wounds received as a result of enemy
action on Nov. 11 in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq. Heredia died Nov. 20 at Landstuhl
Regional Medical Center, Germany, from
wounds received as a result of enemy
action on Nov 10 in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq. Welke died Nov. 20 at Landstuhl
Regional Medical Center, Germany, from
wounds received as a result of enemy
action on Nov 19 in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq.
Arms was assigned to the Marine Corps
Reserve’s 4th Combat Engineer
Battalion, 4th Marine Division,
headquartered in Baltimore, Md. Brown
was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine
Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Lejeune, N.C. Downey was assigned to 1st
Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd
Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base
Hawaii. Heredia was assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Marine Corps Base Camp
Pendleton, Calif. Welke was assigned to
3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Marine Corps Base Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
For more information on Arms, contact the
Inspector/Instructor Staff at Lynchburg, Va.,
at (434) 237-2206. For more information
on Brown, contact the 2nd Marine Division
Public Affairs Office at (910) 451-9033. For
more information on Downey, contact the
Marine Corps Base Hawaii Public Affairs
Office at (808) 257-8840 or (808) 257-
8839. For more information on Heredia or
Welke contact the Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at
(760) 725-5044.
Cpl. Michael R. Cohen, 23, of Jacobus,
Pa. died Nov. 22 as result of enemy
action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was
assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine
Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Corps Base Hawaii.
Spc. Blain M. Ebert, 22, of Washtucna,
Wash. died Nov. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq,
when enemy forces engaged his unit with
small arms fire. Ebert was assigned to the
4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery
Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.
Spc. David L. Roustum, 22, of West
Seneca, N.Y., died Nov. 20 in Baghdad,
Iraq, when his up-armored HMMWV was
attacked by enemy forces using rocket-
propelled grenades and small arms
fire. Roustum was assigned to the Army
National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 108th
Infantry Regiment, Tonawanda, N.Y.
Sgt. Joseph M. Nolan, 27, of Philadelphia,
Pa. died Nov. 18 in Fallujah, Iraq, when
his unit was on patrol and an improvised
explosive device detonated near his up-
armored HMMWV. Nolan was assigned to
the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Benjamin C. Edinger, 24, of Green
Bay, Wisc. died Nov. 23, at the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from
injuries received as result of enemy
actionin Al Anbar Province, Iraq on Nov
14. He was assigned to 2nd Force
Reconnaissance Company, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pfc. Ryan J. Cantafio, 22, of Beaver Dam,
Wisc., died Nov. 25, as result of enemy
action in Al Andar Province, Iraq. He was
assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s
2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment,
4th Marine Division, headquartered in
Chicago, Ill.
Pvt. Brian K. Grant, 31, of Dallas, Texas,
died Nov. 26 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his
unit was attacked by enemy forces using
small arms fire. Grant was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
Camp Howze, Korea.
Pfc. Harrison J. Meyer, 20, of
Worthington, Ohio, died Nov. 26 in Ar
Ramadi, Iraq, when his unit was attacked
by enemy forces using small arms fire.
Meyer was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, Camp Howze, Korea.
The Department of Defense announced
today the death of six Marines who were
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Cpl. Kirk J. Bosselmann, 21, of Napa,
Calif.
Lance Cpl. Bradley M. Faircloth, 20, of
Mobile, Ala.
Lance Cpl. Jeffery S. Holmes, 20, of
White River Junction, Vt.
Lance Cpl. David B. Houck, 25, of
Winston Salem, N.C.
Lance Cpl. Joshua E. Lucero, 19, of
Tucson, Ariz.
Sgt. Nicholas S. Nolte, 25, of Falls City,
Neb.
Nolte died Nov. 24 at the National Naval
Medical Center Bethesda, Md., from
injuries received Nov. 9 as a result of
enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Holmes died Nov. 25, Faircloth and
Houck died Nov. 26, and Bosselmann
and Lucero died Nov. 27, all as a result of
enemy action in Al Anbar Province Iraq.
Bosselmann, Faircloth, Holmes and
Houck were assigned to 1st Battalion,
8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Lucero was assigned to 2nd Combat
Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Nolte was assigned to 2nd Low Altitude
Air Defense Battalion, 2nd Marine
Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry
Point N.C.
For more information on Nolte contact the
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Public Affairs Office at (252) 466-4241. For
information on any of the other Marines
contact the 2nd Marine Division Public
Affairs Office at (910) 751-9033.
The Department of Defense announced
the death of two soldiers supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Nov.
28 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when their unit was
conducting a dismounted patrol and they
encountered enemy forces using small
arms fire. Both were assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
Division, Camp Howze, Korea.
Staff Sgt. Michael B. Shackelford, 25, of
Grand Junction, Colo.
Sgt. Carl W. Lee, 23, of Oklahoma City,
Okla.
The Department of Defense announced
the death of two Marines who were
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Adam R. Brooks, 20, of
Manchester, N.H.
Lance Cpl. Charles A. Hanson Jr., 22, of
Panacea, Fla.
Both Marines died Nov. 28 as a result of
enemy action in Babil Province, Iraq.
They were assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd
Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division,
II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pfc. Stephen C. Benish, 20, of Clark, N.J.,
died Nov. 28 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when he
received enemy fire while on a
dismounted patrol. Benish was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
2nd Infantry Division, Camp Howze,
Korea.
Cpl. Gentian Marku, 22, of Warren, Mich.,
died Nov. 25 as a result of enemy action 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.
Lance Cpl. Blake A. Magaoay, 20, of
Pearl City, Hawaii, died Nov. 29 as a result
of enemy action in Al Anbar Province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Light
Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Sgt. Michael A. Smith, 24, of Camden,
Ark., died Nov. 26 at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center in Washington, D.C., from
injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on
Nov. 7 when he was attacked by enemy
forces using small arms fire. Smith was
assigned to the Army National Guard’s
1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment,
Texarkana, Ark.
The Department of Defense announced the
death of two soldiers supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Nov.
29 in Baghdad, Iraq, when their military
vehicle struck an improvised explosive
device. Both were assigned to the Army
National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 69th
Infantry Regiment, New York, N.Y.
Sgt. Christian P. Engeldrum, 39, of
Bronx, N.Y.
Pfc. Wilfredo F. Urbina, 29, of Baldwin, N.
Y.
For further information related to this
release, contact Army Public Affairs at (703)
692-2000.
Spc. Sergio R. Diazvarela, 21, of Lomita,
Calif., died Nov. 24 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq,
when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his dismounted patrol.
Diazvarela was assigned to 1st Battalion,
503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, Camp Howze, Korea.
Lance Cpl. Jordan D. Winkler, 19, of
Tulsa, Okla, died Nov 26 due to a non-
combat related incident at Camp
Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to
Combat Service Support Battalion 1,
Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st
Force Service Support Group, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
The Department of Defense announced
the death of two soldiers supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Nov.
28 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when their unit was
conducting a dismounted patrol and they
encountered enemy forces using small
arms fire. Both were assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
Division, Camp Howze, Korea.
Staff Sgt. Michael B. Shackelford, 25, of
Grand Junction, Colo.
Sgt. Carl W. Lee, 23, of Oklahoma City,
Okla.
Sgt. Trinidad R. Martinezluis, 22, of Los
Angeles, Calif., died Nov. 28 in Baqubah,
Iraq, when his 5-ton vehicle rolled over
and pinned him underwater.
Martinezluis was assigned to the Army’s
201st Forward Support Battalion, 1st
Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany.
Spc. Jeremy E. Christensen, 27, of
Albuquerque, N.M., died Nov. 27 in Ad
Duilayah, Iraq, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his
patrol vehicle. Christensen was assigned
to 1st Squadron, 4th Armored Cavalry
Regiment, 1st Infantry Division,
Schweinfurt, Germany.
death of two soldiers supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Nov.
30 in Fallujah, Iraq, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their
military vehicle. Both were assigned to 1st
Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Pablo A. Calderon, 26, of Brooklyn,
N.Y.
Sgt. Jose Guereca, Jr., 24, of Missouri
City, Texas