2001 Master Sgt. Evander Earl Andrews, 36 Solon, Maine, USA 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, 366th Mission Support Group, 366th Fighter Wing Andrews was killed in a heavy equipment accident near Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on October 10, 2001, the first death in Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Jonn Joseph Edmunds, 20 Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was in crashed in Pakistan on October 19, 2001 Pfc. Kristofor Tif Stonesifer, 28 Missoula, Montana, USA Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Killed in the accidental crash of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Pakistan on October 19, 2001 Fireman Apprentice Bryant Leroy Davis, 20 Chicago, Illinois, USA USS Kitty Hawk Davis fell overboard on November 7, 2001, and was declared deceased after more than two days of search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful. Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Alan Johnson, 21 Buffalo, New York, USA USS Peterson Johnson was part of an eight-man security team that boarded an Iraqi freighter suspected of smuggling oil. He and another sailor drowned when the freighter sank on November 18, 2001, in the northern Persian Gulf. Petty Officer 1st Class Vincent E Parker, 38 Preston, Mississippi, USA USS Peterson Parker was part of an eight-man security team that boarded an Iraqi freighter, Motor Vessel Samra, suspected of smuggling oil. He and another sailor drowned when the freighter sank on November 18, 2001, in the northern Persian Gulf. Pvt. Enlisted Grade 2 Giovanny Maria, 19 Camden, New Jersey, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Uzbekistan on November 29, 2001 Fireman Apprentice Michael Jamel Jakes Jr., 20 Brooklyn, New York, USA USS Kitty Hawk Died of fatal head injuries he sustained when he fell off a bunk on the USS Kitty Hawk in the Arabian Sea on December 4, 2001 Master Sgt. Jefferson Donald Davis, 39 Watauga, Tennessee, USA Operational Detachment Alpha 574, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group One of three soldiers killed when a 2,000-pound satellite-guided bomb was targeted incorrectly and hit near his position north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2001. Davis was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest military decoration for valor, for "gallantry in the face of overwhelming odds and direct hostile aggression as the Team Sergeant of Operational Detachment Alpha 574 (ODA-574), 3d Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group." Staff Sgt. Brian Cody Prosser, 28 Panorama City, California, USA Military Intelligence Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group One of three soldiers killed when a 2,000-pound satellite-guided bomb was targeted incorrectly and hit near his position north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2001 Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Henry Petithory, 32 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA Operational Detachment Alpha 574, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group One of three soldiers killed when a 2,000-pound satellite-guided bomb was targeted incorrectly and hit near their position north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2001
Jan. 2002 Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, 31 San Antonio, Texas, USA Company C, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group Shot and killed during an ambush in the vicinity of Khost, Afghanistan, on January 4, 2002 Sgt. Jeannette Lee Winters, 25 Chicago, Illinois, USA Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing One of seven Marines killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield near Shamsi in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002 Gunnery Sgt. Stephen Lamon Bryson, 36 Montgomery, Alabama, USA Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing One of seven Marines killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield near Shamsi in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002 Capt. Matthew William Bancroft, 29 Burney, California, USA Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing One of seven Marines killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield near Shamsi in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002 Capt. Daniel Gardner McCollum, 29 Columbia, South Carolina, USA Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing One of seven Marines killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield near Shamsi in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002 Staff Sgt. Scott Nelson Germosen, 37 Coram, New York, USA Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing One of seven Marines killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield near Shamsi in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002 Sgt. Nathan Paul Hays, 21 Wilbur, Washington, USA Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing One of seven Marines killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield near Shamsi in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002 Lance Cpl. Bryan Pahl Bertrand, 23 Coos Bay, Oregon, USA Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing One of seven Marines killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield near Shamsi in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002 Sgt. Dwight Jason Morgan, 24 Willits, California, USA Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing One of two Marines killed when their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed during a resupply mission 23 miles southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 20, 2002 Staff Sgt. Walter Francis Cohee III, 26 Mardela Springs, Maryland, USA Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing One of two Marines killed when their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed 23 miles southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, while on a resupply mission on January 20, 2002
Feb. 2002 Spc. Jason A. Disney, 21 Fallon, Nevada, USA 58th Maintenance Company, 7th Transportation Battalion, 507th Corps Support Group Died shortly after a piece of heavy equipment fell on him at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 13, 2002 Sgt. Andrew Robert Russell, 33 Perth, Australia Special Air Service Regiment, Australian Army Killed when the long-range patrol vehicle in which he was traveling struck a suspected anti-vehicle mine in Afghanistan on February 16, 2002 Sgt. Thomas Ferrell Allison, 22 Tucson, Arizona, USA Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of eight soldiers killed along with two airmen when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea near Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002 Chief Warrant Officer Jody Lynn Egnor, 32 Middletown, Ohio, USA Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of eight soldiers killed along with two airmen when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea near Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002 Maj. Curtis Donald Feistner, 34 White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of eight soldiers killed along with two airmen when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea near Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002 Staff Sgt. Bruce Alan Rushforth Jr., 35 Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of eight soldiers killed along with two airmen when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea near Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002 Staff Sgt. Kerry Wayne Frith, 37 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of eight soldiers killed along with two airmen when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea near Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002 Sgt. Jeremy Dale Foshee, 25 Pisgah, Alabama, USA Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of eight soldiers killed along with two airmen when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea near Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002 Staff Sgt. James Paul Dorrity, 37 Aurora, Colorado, USA Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of eight soldiers killed along with two airmen when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea near Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002 Master Sgt. William Louis McDaniel II, 29 Greenville, Ohio, USA 320th Special Tactics Squadron, 353rd Special Operations Group One of two airmen killed along with eight soldiers when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea near Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002 Staff Sgt. Juan Miguel Ridout, 36 Maple Tree, Washington, USA 320th Special Tactics Squadron, 353rd Special Operations Group One of two airmen killed along with eight soldiers when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea near Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002 Capt. Bartt Derek Owens, 31 Middletown, Ohio, USA Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of eight soldiers killed along with two airmen when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea near Basilan Island in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002 Spc. Curtiss Anthony Carter, 25 Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Kuwait on February 27, 2002
Mar. 2002 Chief Warrant Officer Stanley Lorn Harriman, 34 Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA Company A, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Harriman and two Afghan soldiers were killed by friendly fire from an Air Force AC-130 gunship during Operation Anaconda near Gardez, Afghanistan, on March 2, 2002 Tech. Sgt. John Allan Chapman, 36 Waco, Texas, USA 24th Special Tactics Squadron Chapman, along with a group of Navy SEALs, were attempting to rescue another Navy SEAL during Operation Anaconda in southern Afghanistan on March 4, 2002. As the team came under fire, Chapman assaulted two enemy positions, allowing the other team members to move to cover, but was mortally wounded by small arms fire at close range. He was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross, the nation's second highest military honor for valor. Senior Airman Jason Decastro Cunningham, 26 Camarillo, California, USA 38th Rescue Squadron Cunningham was shot and wounded on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002. He died while waiting to be evacuated. He was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross, the nation's second highest military honor for valor, for his efforts to treat the wounded awaiting evacuation off the mountain. Sgt. Philip James Svitak, 31 Neosho, Missouri, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Svitak, a gunner on a MH-47 Chinook helicopter, was shot and killed as the helicopter landed on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan to rescue a Navy SEAL who was under fire from al Qaeda fighters, on March 4, 2002 Sgt. Bradley Stephen Crose, 27 Orange Park, Florida, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Shot and killed when he and fellow Rangers were exiting a Chinook helicopter while under fire after landing on Takur Ghar mountain near Gardez, Paktia province, Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002 Cpl. Matthew Allen Commons, 21 Boulder City, Nevada, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Shot and killed when he and fellow Rangers were exiting a Chinook helicopter while under fire after landing on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002 Spc. Marc Anthony Anderson, 30 Cantonment, Florida, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Anderson was shot and killed while exiting an MH-47 Chinook helicopter under fire on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002. Petty Officer 1st Class Neil Christopher Roberts, 32 Woodland, California, USA Naval Special Warfare Development Group Roberts was aboard a MH-47 Chinook helicopter preparing to land on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan when the helicopter was hit by rocket-propelled grenades, causing Roberts to fall from the helicopter's ramp. Roberts survived the fall and immediately engaed al Qaeda fighters with his M-249 light machine gun, surviving at least 30 minutes before he was shot and killed at close range. Sgt. 1st Class Mike Rubel, 27 Germany Kampfmittelbeseitigungskompanie 11 (Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company 11) One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002 Lance Cpl. Brian Andersen, 26 Denmark Royal Danish Engineering battalion One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002 Staff Sgt. Thomas K. Butzkowsky, 26 Denmark Royal Danish Engineering battalion One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002 Lance Cpl. Kim Carlsen, 35 Denmark Royal Danish Engineering battalion One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002 Sgt. Thomas Kochert, 29 Germany Kampfmittelbeseitigungskompanie 11 (Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company 11) One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002 Chief Petty Officer Matthew Joseph Bourgeois, 35 Tallahassee, Florida, USA Naval Special Warfare Development Group Killed when he stepped on a land mine during a training mission near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 28, 2002
Apr. 2002 Lance Cpl. Darren John George, 22 Essex, England 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment - Marines Accidentally shot in the head while on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 9, 2002 Sgt. Jamie Odell Maugans, 27 Derby, Kansas, USA 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment One of four soldiers killed when the ordnance cache that they were trying to destroy detonated due to a booby-trap in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002 Staff Sgt. Brian Thomas Craig, 27 Houston, Texas, USA 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment One of four soldiers killed when the ordnance cache they were trying to destroy detonated due to a booby-trap in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002 Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Aaron Romero, 30 Lafayette, Colorado, USA Headquarters Detachment, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, Colorado Army National Guard One of four soldiers killed when the ordnance cache that they were trying to destroy detonated due to a booby-trap in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002 Staff Sgt. Justin Joseph Galewski, 28 Fort Myers, Florida, USA 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment One of four soldiers killed when the ordnance cache that they were trying to destroy detonated due to a booby-trap in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002 Seaman Katrina Renee Grady, 29 Greenville, Mississippi, USA USS Port Royal Died on April 18, 2002, at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, after contracting an illness aboard the USS Port Royal off the coast of Bahrain Note - The Canadians killed accidentally by American "friendly fire" have not been forgotten and their and their country's sacrifices in the war on terror are honored. :canada:
May, 2002 Staff Sgt. Gene Arden Vance Jr., 38 Morgantown, West Virginia, USA Support Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, West Virginia Army National Guard Killed when his unit came under heavy fire during a patrol in Shkin, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2002
June, 2002 Sgt. 1st Class Peter Paul Tycz II, 32 Tonawanda, New York, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Killed along with two airmen when an Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II transport plane crashed on takeoff 35 miles east of Gardez in eastern Afghanistan on June 12, 2002 Staff Sgt. Anissa Ann Shero, 31 Grafton, West Virginia, USA 15th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing Killed when an Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II transport plane crashed on takeoff 35 miles east of Gardez in eastern Afghanistan on June 12, 2002 Tech. Sgt. Sean Mitchell Corlew, 37 Thousand Oaks, California, USA 15th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing Killed along with another airman and a soldier when an Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II transport plane crashed on takeoff 35 miles east of Gardez in eastern Afghanistan on June 12, 2002
Aug, 2002 Sgt. 1st Class Christopher James Speer, 28 Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command Speer, a special operations forces medic, was wounded during a four-hour firefight in the Afghan village of Ab Khail, near the Pakistan border, on July 27, 2002. He was evacuated to Germany, where he died of his wounds on August 7, 2002. Sgt. Robert Busuttil, 30 Swansea, Wales Royal Logistics Corps - Army Killed by a fellow soldier at the British base at Kabul International Airport on August 17, 2002 Cpl. John Gregory, 30 Catterick, North Yorkshire, England Royal Logistics Corps Shot himself after shooting a fellow soldier at the British base at Kabul International Airport on August 17, 2002
Sept., 2002 Staff Sgt. Ryan Dane Foraker, 31 Logan, Ohio, USA 342nd Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve Foraker went missing near Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and his clothes and personal effects were found near the water's edge. He was declared dead on November 1, 2002.
Oct. 2002 Sgt. 1st Class Mark Wayne Jackson, 40 Glennie, Michigan, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group Killed in an explosion at an open-air market outside the gate of Camp Enrile Malagutay, in Zamboanga, Philippines, on October 2, 2002 Cpl. Antonio James Sledd, 20 Tampa, Florida, USA Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Killed when two armed attackers fired on 150 Marines conducting urban assault training on Faylaka Island near Kuwait on October 8, 2002 Pvt. Enlisted Grade 2 James Henry Ebbers, 19 Tinley Park, Illinois, USA 551st Military Police Company Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, on October 14, 2002 Ensign Jerry Orelle Pope II, 35 Tallahassee, Florida, USA Navy SEAL assigned to the U.S. Embassy, Yemen Pope was killed in a non-hostile traffic accident between Sanaa and Hodeidah, Yemen, on October 17, 2002. A physician assistant, Pope was in Yemen training Yemeni Special Forces. Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Lewis Robinson, 38 Kingston, Massachusetts, USA Executive officer, guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton Robinson was found dead in his stateroom of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound while the destroyer was making a port call in Bahrain on October 23, 2002.
Nov. 2002 Spc. Pedro Lazaro Pena-Suarez, 35 Miami, Florida, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Died in a non-hostile incident in Kuwait on November 7, 2002
Dec. 2002 Sgt. Steven Checo, 22 Bronx, New York, USA Company D, 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Shot and killed in a gunfight while on a nighttime operation in Paktika province, near the border of Pakistan, on December 20, 2002 Sgt. Frank Ehrlich, 23 Germany Technische Schule der Luftwaffe 3 (Technical School of the Air Force 3) One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002 Pfc. Enrico Schmidt, 24 Laupheim, Germany Heeresfliegerregiment 25 (25th Army Aviation Regiment) One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002 Sgt. 1st Class Bernhard Kaiser, 46 Kreis Steinfurt, Germany Heeresfliegerregiment 15 (15th Army Aviation Regiment) One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002 Sgt. Heinz-Ullrich Hewubt, 41 Kreis Steinfurt, Germany Heeresfliegerregiment 15 (15th Army Aviation Regiment) One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002 1st Lt. Uwe Vierling, 31 Thuringia, Germany Heeresfliegerregiment 15 (15th Army Aviation Regiment) One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002 Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Schiebel, Unavailable Laupheim, Germany Heeresfliegerregiment 25 (25th Army Aviation Regiment) One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002 Capt. Friedrich Deininger, 53 Laupheim, Germany Heeresfliegerregiment 25 (25th Army Aviation Regiment) One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Jan. 2003 Staff Sgt. Gregory Michael Frampton, 37 Santa Ana, California, USA Company D, 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of four soldiers killed when their MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on January 30, 2003 Chief Warrant Officer Mark Steven O'Steen, 43 Ozark, Alabama, USA Company D, 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of four soldiers killed when their MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on January 30, 2003 Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Joseph Gibbons, 31 Edgewater, Maryland, USA Company D, 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of four soldiers killed when their MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on January 30, 2003 Staff Sgt. Daniel Leon Kisling Jr., 31 Neosho, Missouri, USA Company D, 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment One of four soldiers killed when their MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on January 30, 2003
Feb. 2003 Sgt. Michael Christopher Barry, 29 Overland Park, Kansas, USA 205th Medical Battalion, Missouri Army National Guard Barry was fatally injured while riding in a vehicle that was struck by another vehicle in Doha, Qatar, on February 1, 2003. Spc. Brian Michael Clemens, 19 Kokomo, Indiana, USA Company C, 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment, Indiana Army National Guard Died as a result of injuries received when his Humvee overturned in Kuwait on February 6, 2003 Sgt. Rodrigo Gonzalez-Garza, 26 San Antonio, Texas, USA Company A, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade Killed when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a nighttime training mission near Camp New Jersey, about 31 miles northwest of Kuwait City, on February 25, 2003 Sgt. William John Tracy, 27 Webster, New Hampshire, USA Company B, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade Killed when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a nighttime training mission near Camp New Jersey, about 31 miles northwest of Kuwait City, on February 25, 2003 Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Wayne Moehling, 35 Panama City, Florida, USA Company A, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade Killed when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a nighttime training mission near Camp New Jersey, about 31 miles northwest of Kuwait City, on February 25, 2003 Chief Warrant Officer John Daren Smith, 32 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Company A, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade Killed when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a nighttime training mission near Camp New Jersey, about 31 miles northwest of Kuwait City, on February 25, 2003
Mar. 2003 Pfc. Spence Alexander McNeil, 19 Bennettsville, South Carolina, USA Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment Died on March 9, 2003, from injuries sustained when the vehicle he was traveling in rolled over near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 3, 2003 Pfc. James Robert Dillon Jr., 19 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Died of a non-combat related injury in Kuwait on March 13, 2003 Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Allen Profitt, 23 Charlestown, Indiana, USA USS Deyo Died of a non-combat related injury while in the Red Sea on March 17, 2003 Capt. Holger Nippus, Unavailable Germany Stab, I Deutsch/Niederländisches Korps (Staff, 1 German/Netherlands Corps) Died in a non-combat related incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 20, 2003 Senior Airman Jason Thomas Plite, 21 Lansing, Michigan, USA 38th Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed near Ghazni, Afghanistan, while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 Master Sgt. Michael Harry Maltz, 42 St. Petersburg, Florida, USA 38th Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 Staff Sgt. John Michael Teal, 29 Dallas, Texas, USA 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed near Ghazni, Afghanistan, while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 Lt. Col. John Henry Stein, 39 Bardolph, Illinois, USA 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed near Ghazni, Afghanistan, while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 Staff Sgt. Jason Carlyle Hicks, 25 Jefferson, South Carolina, USA 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 Capt. Tamara Lee Archuleta, 23 Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003 Staff Sgt. Orlando Morales, 33 Manati, Puerto Rico, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group Killed when the four-vehicle convoy he was in was ambushed on a reconnaissance patrol in Geresk, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2003 Staff Sgt. Jacob Lee Frazier, 24 St. Charles, Illinois, USA 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard Killed when the four-vehicle convoy he was in was ambushed on a reconnaissance patrol in Geresk, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2003
Apr. 2003 Pfc. Jerod Rhoton Dennis, 19 Soper, Oklahoma, USA Company B, 3rd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Dennis was killed in a firefight with suspected Taliban fighters while trying to evacuate wounded soldiers in Shkin, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2003. When the truck they were using was hit by enemy fire, Dennis provided suppressing fire to allow his fellow soldiers to escape until he was mortally wounded. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest military decoration for valor. Airman 1st Class Raymond Losano, 24 Del Rio, Texas, USA 14th Air Support Operation Squadron Died of wounds suffered in a firefight in Afghanistan on April 25, 2003
May 2003 Sgt. 1st Class John Edward Taylor, 31 Wichita Falls, Texas, USA Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Died when he suffered a heart attack after completing physical training in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 17, 2003 Maj. Alexander Hofert, Unavailable Germany Jagdbombergeschwader 33 (33rd Fighter Wing) Died in a non-combat related incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 17, 2003 Pfc. Stephen Kamins, 24 Germany Amt für Geoinformationswesen der Bundeswehr (Office of Geoinformation, German Federal Defense Force) Killed when his Wolf all-terrain vehicle struck a mine while on patrol 7.4 miles (12 km) south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2003
July 2003 Sgt. Christopher Patrick Geiger, 38 Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA Headquarters Company, 213th Area Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard Died of a non-combat related cause in Bagram, Afghanistan, on July 9, 2003 Lance Cpl. Jeffery Lane Clark, 24 Bay City, Florida, USA 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division Died of a non-hostile medical illness at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on July 22, 2003
Aug. 2003 Petty Officer 1st Class David Martin Tapper, 32 Atco, New Jersey, USA Naval Special Warfare Development Group Tapper, a Navy Seal, was wounded when his convoy made contact with enemy forces near Orgun in Paktika province, Afghanistan on August 20, 2003. He was transported to Bagram Air Base hospital in Afghanistan where he died of his wounds. Sgt. 1st Class Mitchell Arthur Lane, 34 Lompoc, California, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Died of injuries received during an accidental fall while on a night combat assault near Deh Chopan in the Zabul province, Afghanistan, on August 29, 2003 Pfc. Adam Lee Thomas, 21 Palos Hills, Illinois, USA Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds received during a firefight with Taliban fighters northwest of Shkin in Paktika province in Afghanistan on August 31, 2003 Spc. Chad Edward Fuller, 24 Potsdam, New York, USA Company B, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds received during a firefight with Taliban fighters northwest of Shkin, in Paktika province in Afghanistan on August 31, 2003
Jun 2003 Sgt. Helmi Jimenez-Paradis, 29 Wunstorf, Germany Fernmeldeaufklärungsregiment 320 (320th Signals Regiment) One of four German soldiers killed when a suicide car bomb detonated next to the bus they were traveling near the Afghan National Army training facility in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2003 Junior Sgt. Joerg Baasch, 23 Densborn, Germany Fernmeldeaufklärungsregiment 940 (940th Signals Intelligence Regiment) One of four German soldiers killed when a suicide car bomb detonated next to the bus they were traveling near the Afghan National Army training facility in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2003 Chief Warrant Officer Andreas Beljo, Unavailable Eldorf, Germany Fernmeldeaufklärungsregiment 940 (940th Signals Intelligence Regiment) One of four German soldiers killed when a suicide car bomb detonated next to the bus they were traveling near the Afghan National Army training facility in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2003 Master Sgt. Carsten Kuehlmorgen, 32 Chemnitz, Germany Fernmeldeaufklärungsregiment 320 (320th Signals Intelligence Regiment) Killed when a suicide car bomb detonated next to the bus he was traveling near the Afghan National Army training facility in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2003 Capt. Seth Robert Michaud, 27 Hudson, Massachusetts, USA Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Michaud was killed when an Air Force B-52 bomber inadvertently dropped ordnance south of the target onto the Godoria Range observation post 60 miles north of Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, on June 22, 2003. Michaud and other Marines were at the range in case a medical evacuation was needed. Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Eugene Retzer, 30 San Diego, California, USA Naval Special Warfare Development Group Retzer was wounded on June 25, 2003, after his convoy was attacked outside of Gardez, Afghanistan. He was transported to Bagram Air Base hospital in Afghanistan, where he died of his wounds on June 26. Sgt. Kelvin Edgar Feliciano Gutierrez, 21 Anasco, Puerto Rico, USA Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Gutierrez was a .50 caliber gunner on a vehicle that was returning from patrol when it veered off the road and turned over. Gutierrez suffered fatal injuries while trapped under the vehicle and died at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 28, 2003
Sep. 2003 Pfc. Kristian Eirik Parker, 23 Slidell, Louisiana, USA Company C, 205th Engineer Battalion, Louisiana Army National Guard Died from non-combat related injuries at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, on September 29, 2003 Pfc. Evan William O'Neill, 19 Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Killed during a firefight with Taliban forces while on patrol in Shkin, Afghanistan, on September 29, 2003
Oct. 2003 Cpl. Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger, 29 Ottawa, Canada 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Killed when the lead vehicle of his patrol struck an explosive device while on patrol near Camp Julien, the main Canadian camp in southwest Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 2, 2003 Sgt. Robert Alan Short, 42 Fredericton, Canada 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Killed when the lead vehicle of his patrol struck an explosive device while on patrol near Camp Julien, the main Canadian camp in southwest Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 2, 2003 Lt. Col. Paul Wayne Kimbrough, 44 Washington, District of Columbia, USA 416th Engineer Command, Team 28, U.S. Army Reserve Kimbrough was medically evacuated from Bagram, Afghanistan, and flown to the 39th Medical Squadron in Incirlik, Turkey, where he remained hospitalized until his death from a non-combat related cause on October 3, 2003. Petty Officer 2nd Class Darrell Ray Jones Jr., 22 Wellston, Ohio, USA USS Higgins Died of non-combat related injuries in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates on October 8, 2003 Staff Sgt. Paul Anthony Sweeney, 32 Lakeville, Pennsylvania, USA Company A, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Killed when his unit was ambushed while on patrol north of Musa Qalax in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on October 30, 2003
Nov. 2003 2nd Lt. Iosif Silviu Fogorasi, 33 Alesd, Romania 280th Infantry Battalion, 282nd Mechanized Brigade Killed when his armored convoy came under fire from unidentified attackers near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, along the Pakistan border on November 11, 2003 2nd Lt. Mihail Anton Samoila, 35 Romania 151st Infantry Battalion, Romanian Army Died on November 14, 2003, of wounds sustained when his armored convoy came under fire from unidentified attackers near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, along the Pakistan border on November 11 Sgt. Jay Anthony Blessing, 23 Tacoma, Washington, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Killed when the Humvee he was riding was hit by a roadside bomb in Asadabad, Afghanistan, on November 16, 2003 Maj. Steven Plumhoff, 33 Neshanic Station, New Jersey, USA 58th Operations Squadron, 58th Special Operations Wing Killed in the accidental crash of a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003 Sgt. Maj. Phillip Robert Albert, 41 Terryville, Connecticut, USA Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Killed along with four U.S. airmen in the accidental crash of a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003 Master Sgt. William Jo Kerwood, 37 Houston, Missouri, USA 20th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing Killed in the accidental crash of a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter shortly after taking off from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003 Staff Sgt. Thomas Alva Walkup Jr., 25 Millville, New Jersey, USA 20th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing Killed in the accidental crash of a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003 Tech. Sgt. Howard Arlen Walters, 33 Port Huron, Michigan, USA 20th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing Killed in the accidental crash of a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003
Dec. 2003 Sgt. Theodore Louis Perreault, 33 Webster, Massachusetts, USA Company B, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Army National Guard Died of non-combat related injuries in Camp Bulkeley, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on December 23, 2003
Jan. 2004 Sgt. Roy Alvin Wood, 47 Fort Myers, Florida, USA Company C, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Florida Army National Guard Wood was fatally injured when the vehicle he was traveling in near Kabul, Afghanistan, hit another vehicle on January 9, 2004 Cpl. Jamie Brendan Murphy, 26 Conception Harbor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Killed in a suicide bomb attack while on patrol near Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 27, 2004 Pvt. Jonathan Kitulagoda, 23 Plymouth, England E (Devon & Dorset) Company, The Rifle Volunteers, British Territorial Army Killed in a suicide bomb attack near Kabul, on January 28, 2004 Sgt. Justin Andrew Scott, 22 Bellevue, Kentucky, USA Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Killed when a weapons cache prematurely exploded west of Ghazni, Afghanistan, on January 29, 2004 Staff Sgt. Shawn Michael Clemens, 28 Allegany, New York, USA Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Killed in an accidental explosion at a weapons cache west of Ghazni, Afghanistan, on January 29, 2004 Staff Sgt. James Douglas Mowris, 37 Aurora, Missouri, USA 805th Military Police Company, Army Reserve Killed when a weapons cache prematurely exploded west of Ghazni, Afghanistan, on January 29, 2004 Spc. Adam Gareth Kinser, 21 Rio Vista, California, USA 304th Psychological Operations Company, U.S. Army Reserve Killed when a weapons cache prematurely exploded west of Ghazni, Afghanistan on January 29, 2004 Sgt. Danton Kyle Seitsinger, 29 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA 486th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve Killed when a weapons cache prematurely exploded west of Ghazni, Afghanistan, on January 29, 2004 Spc. Robert James Cook, 24 Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Killed in an accidental explosion at a weapons cache west of Ghazni, Afghanistan, on January 29, 2004 Sgt. Benjamin Lewis Gilman, 28 Meriden, Connecticut, USA Company A, 41st Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division Killed when a weapons cache prematurely exploded on January 29, 2004, in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Initially listed as missing, his remains were recovered on February 2, 2004. Sgt. 1st Class Curtis Mancini, 43 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA 486th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve Killed when a weapons cache prematurely exploded west of Ghazni, Afghanistan, on January 29, 2004
Feb. 2004 Sgt. Nicholes Darwin Golding, 24 Addison, Maine, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Killed as a result of an AT-46 (anti-tank) mine explosion in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on February 13, 2004 Spc. David Eugene Hall, 21 Uniontown, Kansas, USA 805th Military Police Company, 16th Military Police Brigade, Army Reserve Died in a non-hostile accident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 25, 2004
