March, 2003
11 Killed - Afghanistan    66 Killed - Iraq    Total: 77
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03/08/03 (A) Pfc. Spence A. McNeil 19, Bennettsville, South Carolina U.S. Army Near Riyadh Non-combat - Accident - vehicular B Battery, 3-43rd Air Defense Artillery   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/13/03 (A) Pfc. James R. Dillon Jr. 19, Grove City, Pennsylvania U.S. Marine Corps Kuwait Non-combat - Self-inflicted gunshot 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division   State Tribute Site   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/17/03 (A) Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Profitt 23, Charlestown, Indiana U.S. Navy Red Sea Non-combat - injury USS Deyo   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/21/03 (I) Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey 29, Baltimore, Maryland U.S. Marine Corps Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash on March 21, 2003 MAW&TS-1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/21/03 (I) 1st Lt. Therrel Shane Childers 30, Saucier, Mississippi U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Shot and killed during an assault on an oil pumping station southern Iraq on March 21, 2003 1st BN, 5th Marine REG, 1st Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/21/03 (I) Maj. Jay T. Aubin 36, Waterville, Maine U.S. Marine Corps Kuwait Hostile - Helicopter crash Killed in Kuwait when his CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed on March 21, 2003 Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron - 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/21/03 (I) Capt. Ryan A. Beaupre 30, Bloomington, Illinois U.S. Marine Corps Kuwait Hostile - Helicopter crash Killed in Kuwait when his CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed on March 21, 2003 Assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron - 268, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/21/03 (I) Cpl. Brian M. Kennedy 25, Houston, Texas U.S. Marine Corps Kuwait Hostile - Helicopter crash Killed in Kuwait when his CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed on March 21, 2003 Assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron - 268, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/21/03 (I) Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey 29, Baltimore, Maryland U.S. Marine Corps Kuwait Hostile - Helicopter crash Killed in Kuwait when his CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed on March 21, 2003 Assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron - 268, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif. W.Post Link	03/21/03 (I) Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez 22, Los Angeles, California U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - friendly fire Killed in combat in southern Iraq on March 21, 2003 2nd BN, 1st Marine REG, 1st Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo
03/22/03 (I) Maj. Gregory Stone 40, Boise, Idaho U.S. Army Non-combat - Murder Died on March 25, 2003, of wounds received when a grenade was thrown into a tent by a fellow U.S. soldier at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait, on March 22, 2003 124th Air Support Operations Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/22/03 (I) Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson 22, Smithville, Missouri U.S. Marine Corps Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq on March 22, 2003 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	03/22/03 (I) Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski 26, Buffalo, New York U.S. Marine Corps Non-combat - Weapon discharge (accident) Killed by an accidental discharge of a .50 caliber machine gun on March 22, 2003, in Iraq 2nd Tank BN, 2nd Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/22/03 (I) Spec. Brandon S. Tobler 19, Portland, Oregon U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died in a vehicle accident in Iraq on March 22, 2003 671st Engineer Company, U.S. Army Reserve   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/22/03 (I) Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams 27, La Mesa, California U.S. Navy Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed when two British Sea King helicopters collided over the Persian Gulf on March 22, 2003 U.S. Navy exchange officer assigned to A Flight, 849 Squadron, British Royal Navy   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/23/03 (A) Master Michael Maltz 42, St. Petersburg, Florida U.S. Air Force Near Ghazni Non-combat - Accident - helicopter Unit: Air Force, 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Air Force Base, Ga. Incident: Killed when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in stormy weather during a rescue mission in southeast Afghanistan. 38th Rescue Squadron   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (A) Lt. Col. John Stein 39, Bardolph, Illinois U.S. Air Force Near Ghazni Non-combat - Accident - helicopter Killed when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in stormy weather during a rescue mission in southeast Afghanistan. 41st Rescue Squadron   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (A) Senior Airman Jason Plite 21, Lansing, Michigan U.S. Air Force Near Ghazni Non-combat - Accident - helicopter 38th Rescue Squadron   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (A) 1st Lt. Tamara Archuleta 23, Los Lunas, New Mexico U.S. Air Force Near Ghazni Non-combat - Accident - helicopter Killed when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in stormy weather during a rescue mission in southeast Afghanistan. 41st Rescue Squadron   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (A) Staff Sgt. John Teal 29, Dallas, Texas U.S. Air Force Near Ghazni Non-combat - Accident - helicopter Killed when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in stormy weather during a rescue mission in southeast Afghanistan. 41st Rescue Squadron   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/23/03 (A) Staff Sgt. Jason Hicks 25, Jefferson, South Carolina U.S. Air Force Near Ghazni Non-combat - Accident - helicopter Killed when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in stormy weather during a rescue mission in southeast Afghanistan. 41st Rescue Squadron   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert 27, Easton, Pennsylvania U.S. Army Non-hostile - Friendly Fire Killed by a grenade thrown by a fellow U.S. soldier in Kuwait on March 23, 2003 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division   State Tribute Site   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Spec. Jamaal R. Addison 22, Roswell, Georgia U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed in an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 507th Maintenance Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	03/23/03 (I) 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr. 31, Nye, Nevada U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 10th Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	03/23/03 (I) Sgt. George Edward Buggs 31, Barnwell, South Carolina U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed after his convoy was ambushed in Iraq on March 23, 2003 3rd Forward. Support BN, 3rd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/23/03 (I) 1st Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy 38, Cleveland, Ohio U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed after his convoy was ambushed in Iraq on March 23, 2003 507th Maintenance Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto 18, El Paso, Texas U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed after his convoy was ambushed in Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 507th Maintenance Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Pfc. Howard Johnson II 21, Mobile, Alabama U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed when his convoy was ambushed by Iraqi forces at Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003 507th Maintenance Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Spec. James M. Kiehl 22, Des Moines, Iowa U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed when his convoy was ambushed near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. 507th Maintenance Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata 35, El Paso, Texas U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed when his convoy was ambushed in Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003 507th Maintenance Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/23/03 (I) Spec. Lori Piestewa 22, Tuba City, Arizona U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed when her convoy was ambushed on March 23, 2003, near Nasiriya 507th Maintenance Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo   photo	03/23/03 (I) Pfc. Brandon U. Sloan 19, Bedford, Ohio U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed when his convoy was ambushed at Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003 507th Maintenance Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Sgt. Donald Ralph Walters 33, Kansas City, Missouri U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Ambushed by Iraqi forces after they became separated from a supply convoy in Nasiriyah. Sgt. Walters was captured and later executed by Iraqi fighters. 507th Maintenance Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Spec. Edward J. Anguiano 24, Brownsville, Texas U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Went missing on March 23, 2003, when his convoy was ambushed near Nasiriya, Iraq. His remains were recovered on April 24, 2003. Company A, 3rd Combat Support Battalion   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Sgt. Michael E. Bitz 31, Ventura, California U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 2nd Assault Amphibious, 2nd Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/23/03 (I) Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley 26, Lee, Florida U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action near Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Cpl. Jose A. Garibay 21, Orange, California U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	03/23/03 (I) Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez 20, Los Angeles, California U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan 42, Enfield, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action near Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	03/23/03 (I) Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum 22, Adams, Colorado U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/23/03 (I) Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing 20, Cedar Key, Florida U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - Mortar attack Killed by enemy mortar fire during combat operations near Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	03/23/03 (I) Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker 21, San Diego, California U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	03/23/03 (I) Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams 31, Yuma, Arizona U.S. Marine Corps Hostile Initially listed as missing in action after operations near Nasiriya on March 23,2003; his remains were recovered on March 28, 2003 Headquarters & Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon 21, Gallatin, Tennessee U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action on March 23, 2003, on the outskirts of Nasiriya 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Sgt. Brendon C. Reiss 23, Natrona, Wyoming U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action during combat operations near Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/23/03 (I) Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett 21, Buffalo, New York U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline Jr. 21, Washoe, Nevada U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings 19, Boiling Springs, South Carolina U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford 30, Decatur, Illinois U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 1st BN, 2nd Marine REG, 2nd Marine Expeditionary   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/23/03 (I) Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse 22, Waterford, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action during operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 2nd Assault Amphibious, 2nd Marine Division   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/24/03 (I) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr. 25, Little Rock, Arkansas U.S. Navy Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action in Iraq on March 25, 2003 Naval Medical Center San Diego, 3rd Marine Division Detachment   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/24/03 (I) Spec. Gregory P. Sanders 19, Hobart, Indiana U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action in Iraq on March 24, 2003 3rd BN, 69th Armor   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	03/24/03 (I) Cpl. Evan T. James 21, LaHarpe, Illinois U.S. Marine Corps Non-combat - Accident - drowned Drowned while crossing the Saddam Canal on March 24, 2003 6th Engineer Support BN, 4th Force Service Group   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	03/24/03 (I) Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus 28, Davenport, Iowa U.S. Marine Corps Non-combat - Accident - drowned Drowned while crossing the Saddam Canal on March 24, 2003 6th Engineer Support BN, 4th Force Service Group   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/25/03 (I) Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day 20, Santa Rosa, California U.S. Marine Corps Hostile Killed while his unit was conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River on March 25, 2003 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/25/03 (I) Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores 21, Los Angeles, California U.S. Marine Corps Hostile Killed while his unit was conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River on March 25, 2003 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/25/03 (I) Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr. 31, Richmond, Virginia U.S. Marine Corps Hostile Killed while his unit was conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River on March 25, 2003 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division   Arlington   Personal Tribute Site   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/26/03 (I) Maj. Kevin G. Nave 36, Union Lake, Michigan U.S. Marine Corps Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq on March 26, 2003 3rd BN, 5th Marine REG, 1st Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/27/03 (I) Lance Cpl. . Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar 20, Escondido, California U.S. Marine Corps Non-combat - Ordnance explosion Killed when he stepped on an unexploded U.S. cluster bomblet in southern Iraq on March 27, 2003 1st Light Armored Recon, 1st Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/27/03 (I) Gunnery Joseph Menusa 33, San Jose, California U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action on March 27, 2003 1st Combat Engineer BN, 1st Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/27/03 (I) Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez 21, Queens, New York U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action along the Euphrates River near Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 27, 2003 1st Tank BN, 1st Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/28/03 (I) Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon 32, Fayetteville, North Carolina U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Killed when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled off a cliff in a non-hostile accident in Iraq on March 28, 2003 2-7th INF, 3rd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/28/03 (I) Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez 26, Yuma, Arizona U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action after conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 28, 2003 Marine Wing Support Gp-37, Marine Corp. Air Sta.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/28/03 (I) Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair 24, Wagoner, Oklahoma U.S. Marine Corps Hostile Initially listed as missing in action after operations near Nasiriya on March 24,2003; his remains were recovered on March 28, 2003 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/29/03 (I) Lance Cpl. William W. White 24, Brooklyn, New York U.S. Marine Corps Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq on March 29, 2003 3rd Amphibious Assault BN, 1st Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/29/03 (I) Cpl. Michael Edward Curtin 23, Howell, New Jersey U.S. Army Hostile - Car bomb Killed in car bomb attack in Iraq on March 29, 2003 2-7th INF, 3rd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/29/03 (A) Sgt. Orlando Morales 33, Manati, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Geresk Hostile - hostile fire - ambush A Co., 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/29/03 (I) Staff Sgt. James W. Cawley 41, Roy, Utah U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed in a firefight with Iraqi forces on March 29, 2003 Company F, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/29/03 (A) Staff Sgt. Jacob L. Frazier 24, St. Charles, Illinois U.S. Air National Guard Geresk Hostile - hostile fire - ambush Their unit was ambushed by four gunmen on motorcycles in southern Afghanistan. 169th Air Spt., 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois ANG   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/29/03 (I) Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon 19, Conyers, Georgia U.S. Army Hostile - Car bomb Killed in car bomb attack in Iraq on March 29, 2003 2-7th INF, 3rd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo
03/29/03 (I) Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon 20, Conyers, Georgia U.S. Army Hostile - Car bomb Killed in a car bomb attack in Iraq on March 29, 2003 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/29/03 (I) Sgt. Eugene Williams 24, Highland, New York U.S. Army Hostile - Car bomb Killed in car bomb attack in Iraq on March 29, 2003 2-7th INF, 3rd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/30/03 (I) Capt. Aaron J. Contreras 31, Sherwood, Oregon U.S. Marine Corps Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed in a helicopter crash in southern Iraq on March 30, 2003 HMLA-169, Marine Corps Air Station   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	03/30/03 (I) Sgt. Michael V. Lalush 23, Troutville, Virginia U.S. Marine Corps Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed in the crash of UH-1N Huey transport helicopter in southern Iraq on March 30, 2003 HMLA-169, Marine Corps Air Station   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/30/03 (I) Sgt. Brian D. McGinnis 23, St. George, Delaware U.S. Marine Corps Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed in the crash of a UH-1N Huey helicopter in southern Iraq on March 30, 2003 HMLA-169, Marine Corps Air Station   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/31/03 (I) Spec. William A. Jeffries 39, Evansville, Indiana U.S. Army Non-combat - Illness Died from a sudden illness on March 31, 2003, in Rota, Spain, after he was evacuated from Kuwait Company D, 1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/31/03 (I) Spec. Brandon J. Rowe 20, Roscoe, Illinois U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed in action March 31, 2003, in Ayyub, Iraq, by enemy artillery 1st BN, 502nd INF REG, 101st Airborne   Military Times Link W.Post Link