August, 2008
22 Killed - Afghanistan    23 Killed - Iraq    Total: 45
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08/01/08 (A) Sgt. Ryan P. Baumann 24, Great Mills, Maryland U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died on Route Alaska, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/01/08 (A) Pvt. Jair De Jesus Garcia 29, Chatsworth, California U.S. Army Asadabad, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	08/01/08 (A) Spc. William J. Mulvihill 20, Leavenworth, Kansas U.S. Army Asadabad, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. who was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/01/08 (A) 2nd Lt. Michael R. Girdano 23, , Pennsylvania U.S. Army Asadabad, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was who was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	08/01/08 (A) Pfc. David J. Badie 23, Rockford, Illinois U.S. Army Asadabad, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo
08/02/08 (I) Spc. Kevin R. Dickson 21, Steelville, Missouri U.S. Army Balad - Salah Ad Din Non-combat Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Group Support Battalion, Group Service Support Company, Fort Carson, Colo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/02/08 (I) Pfc. Jennifer L. Cole 34, American Canyon, California U.S. Army Bayji, Iraq Non-combat - Gunshot wound Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the 426th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/02/08 (I) Sgt. Brian K. Miller 37, Pendleton, Indiana U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died of injuries suffered in a vehicle accident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment, 76th Brigade Combat Team, Indiana Army National Guard, Fort Wayne, Ind.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	08/03/08 (A) Sgt. Jaime Gonzalez Jr 40, Austin, Texas U.S. Army National Guard Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries suffered when his vehicle encountered a mine. He was assigned to the 436th Chemical Company, Texas Army National Guard, Laredo, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link	08/03/08 (I) Specialist Ronald Andrew Schmidt 18, Newton, Kansas U.S. Army National Guard Baghdad Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. He was was a member of Battery C, 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery Unit, Kansas National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo
08/04/08 (I) Pvt. Timothy J. Hutton 21, Dillon, Montana U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, Bamberg, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	08/04/08 (A) Sgt. Errol M. James 29, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Army FOB Torkham Non-combat Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 527th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, Grafenwoehr, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	08/04/08 (A) Capt. Garrett T. Lawton 31, Beaufort, South Carolina U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died while supporting combat operations in Herat province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo	08/04/08 (I) Spc. Jonathan D. Menke 22, Madison, Indiana U.S. Army National Guard Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when debris from an improvised explosive device detonation on an overpass fell onto his vehicle. He was assigned to the 38th Military Police Company, 38th Infantry Division, Indiana Army National Guard, Danville, Ind.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/04/08 (I) Sgt. Gary M. Henry 34, Indianapolis, Indiana U.S. Army National Guard Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when debris from an improvised explosive device detonation on an overpass fell onto his vehicle. He was assigned to the 38th Military Police Company, 38th Infantry Division, Indiana Army National Guard, Danville, Ind.   Military Times Link W.Post Link
08/07/08 (I) Cpl. Adam T. McKiski 21, Cherry Valley, Illinois U.S. Marine Corps Karma - Anbar Non-combat He was assigned to the 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/07/08 (I) Cpl. Stewart S. Trejo 25, Whitefish, Montana U.S. Marine Corps Karma - Anbar Non-combat He was assigned to the 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/07/08 (I) Master Sgt. Danny E. Maybin 47, Columbia, South Carolina U.S. Army Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Non-combat Died as the result of a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	08/08/08 (A) Petty Officer Second Class Anthony M. Carbullido 25, Agat, Guam U.S. Navy Sangatesh, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from injuries suffered when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the Naval Hospital Corps School in Great Lakes, Ill.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	08/09/08 (I) Sgt. Jose E. Ulloa 23, New York, New York U.S. Army Sadr City Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 515th Transportation Company, 28th Transportation Battalion, Mannheim, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link
08/10/08 (I) Sgt. Kenneth B. Gibson 25, Christiansburg, Virginia U.S. Army Tarmiyah Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered Aug. 10 in Tarmiyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position during dismounted operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/10/08 (A) Pvt. John A. Mattox 23, Daingerfield, Texas U.S. Army FOB Bostick Non-hostile - Friendly Fire Died from injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	08/10/08 (I) Sgt. Michael H. Ferschke Jr. 22, Maryville, Tennessee U.S. Marine Corps Salah ad Din Hostile - Small arms fire Died while supporting combat operations. He was assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	08/13/08 (I) Cpl. James M. Hale 23, Naperville, Illinois U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 978th Military Police Company, Fort Bliss, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	08/14/08 (I) Pfc. Daniel A. C. McGuire 19, Mashpee, Massachusetts U.S. Marine Corps Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo
08/14/08 (A) Lance Cpl. Jacob J. Toves 27, Grover Beach, California U.S. Army Helmand province, Afghanistan Hostile He was assigned to the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	08/14/08 (A) Lance Cpl. Juan Lopez-Castaneda 19, Mesa, Arizona U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/14/08 (I) Pvt. Janelle F. King 23, Merced, California U.S. Army Baghdad Non-combat Died died Aug. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the 115th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Polk, La.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/14/08 (A) Cpl. Anthony G. Mihalo 22, Naperville, Illinois U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link	08/15/08 (A) 1st Lt. Donald C. Carwile 29, Oxford, Mississippi U.S. Army Wardak Province, Afghanistan, Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and then received small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link
08/15/08 (A) Pfc. Paul E. Conlon Jr. 21, Somerville, Massachusetts U.S. Army Wardak Province, Afghanistan, Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and then received small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	08/16/08 (A) Staff Sgt. Kristopher D. Rodgers 29, Sturgis, Michigan U.S. Army Korengal, Afghanistan, Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle 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     Link	08/17/08 (I) Lance Cpl. Travis M. Stottlemyer 20, Hatfield, Pennsylvania U.S. Marine Corps Manama, Bahrain Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died as a result of a non-hostile incident in Manama, Bahrain. He was assigned to the 3rd Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Company, Marine Corps Security Forces, Norfolk, Va.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	08/17/08 (A) Pfc. Jonathan L. Luscher 20, Scranton, Pennsylvania U.S. Army National Guard Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Scranton, Pa.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	08/19/08 (I) Sgt. 1st Class George Stanciel 40, Greenwood, Mississippi U.S. Army Amarah - Maysan Hostile - Mortar attack Died at Forward Operating Base Gary Owen, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the base came under mortar attack. He was assigned to the 370th Engineer Company, 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, Bamberg, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo
08/20/08 (A) Sgt. 1st Class David J. Todd Jr. 36, Marrero, Louisiana U.S. Army Bala Morghab, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command-West, Herat, Afghanistan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	08/21/08 (A) Staff Sgt. Brian E. Studer 28, Ramsey, Minnesota U.S. Army Ghazni, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire Died of wounds suffered when the improvised explosive device he was attempting to deactivate detonated. He was assigned to the 720th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 28th Transportation Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, Mannheim, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	08/21/08 (A) Staff Sgt. David L. Paquet 26, Rising Sun, Maryland U.S. Army Combat Outpost Vegas, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died at Combat Outpost Vegas, Afghanistan, of undetermined causes while conduting a patrol. 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	08/25/08 (I) Spc. Steven J. Fitzmorris 26, Columbia, Missouri U.S. Army Baghdad (northern part) Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Died of wounds suffered from enemy fire while on a dismounted patrol in Adhamiyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo     photo	08/26/08 (I) Spc. Carlo E. Alfonso 23, Spokane, Washington U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries sustained when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Sadr City, Iraq. He was assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo
08/27/08 (I) Sgt. David K. Cooper 25, Williamsburg, Kentucky U.S. Army Qadasiyah - Baghdad Hostile - Small arms fire Died of wounds suffered in Qadasiyah, Iraq, when his dismounted patrol came under small arms fire. He was assigned to Forward Support Company, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/27/08 (A) Pvt. Tan Q. Ngo 20, Beaverton, Oregon U.S. Army Kandahar, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, when his mounted patrol received small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Hohenfels, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/28/08 (I) Spc. Jorge L. Feliz Nieve 26, Queens Village, New York U.S. Army Ninawa Province Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died of injuries sustained from a vehicle incident in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	08/28/08 (I) Spc. Michael L. Gonzalez 20, Spotswood, New Jersey U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - IED attack Died of wounds suffered by an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 340th Military Police Company, Fort Totten, N.Y.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	08/31/08 (A) Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Harris 36, Lexington, North Carolina U.S. Navy Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from injuries sustained while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan. Harris was temporarily forward deployed from his assignment at Naval Special Warfare Development Group, Dam Neck, Va.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo