April, 2009
7 Killed - Afghanistan    19 Killed - Iraq    Total: 26
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04/03/09 (I) Lance Cpl. Stephen F. Dearmon 21, Crossville, Tennessee U.S. Marine Corps Balad - Salah Ad Din Non-combat Died as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	04/03/09 (I) Sgt. Daniel J. Beard 24, Buffalo, New York U.S. Army Al Diwaniyah Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 147th Postal Company, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Wiesbaden, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/03/09 (A) EM3 Amber Latricia Winbourne-Perritt 23, Warner Robins, Georgia U.S. Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt Non-combat Died of non-combat related causes after collapsing at her work station. The incident is under investigation. She was deployed on the USS Theodore Roosevelt as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo   photo	04/04/09 (A) Staff Sgt. Phillip A Myers 30, Hopewell, Virginia U.S. Air Force Helmand Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 48th Civil Engineer Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	04/05/09 (I) Spc. Israel Candelaria Mejias 28, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - Land mine Died of wounds sustained when a mine detonated near him during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment in Task Force 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Grafenwoehr, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo
04/06/09 (A) Spc. Adam M. Kuligowski 21, Arlington, Virginia U.S. Army Bagram Non-combat Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/08/09 (A) Lance Cpl. Blaise A. Oleski 22, Holland Patent, New York U.S. Marine Corps Helmand province Hostile Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo     photo	04/10/09 (I) Sgt. Christopher D. Loza 24, Abilene, Texas U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., of a non-combat related illness after becoming ill 17 March in Radwaniyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Waco, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	04/10/09 (A) Airman 1st Class Jacob I. Ramsey 20, Hesperia, California U.S. Army Kabul Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Kabul Afghanistan. He was He was assigned to the 712th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/10/09 (I) PV2 Bryce E. Gautier 22, Cypress, California U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when his military vehicle was struck by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link
04/10/09 (I) Cpl. Jason G. Pautsch 20, Davenport, Iowa U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when his military vehicle was struck by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo     photo	04/10/09 (I) Sgt. Edward W. Forrest Jr. 25, St. Louis, Missouri U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when his military vehicle was struck by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	04/10/09 (I) Staff Sgt. Bryan E. Hall 32, Elk Grove, California U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when his military vehicle was struck by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	04/10/09 (I) Staff Sgt. Gary L. Woods Jr. 24, Lebanon Junction, Kentucky U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when his military vehicle was struck by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	04/12/09 (I) Spc. Michael J. Anaya 23, Crestview, Florida U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.   Military Times Link W.Post Link
04/13/09 (I) Sgt. Raul Moncada 29, Madera, California U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when an explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 563rd Military Police Company, 91st Military Police Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/14/09 (A) Cpl. Francisco X. Aguila 35, Bayamon, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Non-combat Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat-related incident. He was assigned to the 82nd Sustainment Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/15/09 (A) PFC Richard A. Dewater 21, Topeka, Kansas U.S. Army Korengal Valley, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device, while on a dismounted patrol near Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	04/17/09 (I) Lance Cpl. Ray A. Spencer II 20, Ridgecrest, California U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Non-combat - Gunshot wound Died as a result of a non-hostile incident He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	04/22/09 (I) Cpl. Brad A. Davis 21, Garfield Heights, Ohio U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link
04/22/09 (I) Cpl. William C. Comstock 21, Van Buren, Arkansas U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Non-combat Died as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/24/09 (I) CSM Benjamin Moore 43, Waycross, Georgia U.S. Army Salah Ad Din Province Non-combat Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	04/25/09 (I) Staff Sgt. Leroy O. Webster 28, Sioux Falls, South Dakota U.S. Army Kirkuk - At-Ta'mim Hostile - hostile fire Died after being shot while on a dismounted patrol. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	04/30/09 (I) Sgt. James R. McIlvaine 26, Olney, Maryland U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire Died while supporting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/30/09 (I) Staff Sgt. Mark A. Wojciechowski 25, Cincinnati, Ohio U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire Died while supporting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq He was assigned to 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo
04/30/09 (I) Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler J. Trahan 22, East Freetown, Massachusetts U.S. Navy Fallujah, Hostile - hostile fire - bomb Died while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit Twelve in Norfolk, Va., and was deployed with an East Coast based Navy SEAL team.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo