May, 2008
17 Killed - Afghanistan    19 Killed - Iraq    Total: 36
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05/01/08 (I) Pvt. Corey L. Hicks 22, Glendale, Arizona U.S. Army Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	05/01/08 (I) Specialist Jeffrey F. Nichols 21, Granite Shoals, Texas U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	05/01/08 (I) Sgt. Glen E. Martinez 31, Boulder, Colorado U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died supporting combat operations. He was assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	05/01/08 (I) Lance Cpl. James F. Kimple 21, Carroll, Ohio U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died supporting combat operations. He was assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	05/01/08 (I) Cpl. Miguel A. Guzman 21, Norwalk, California U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died supporting combat operations. He was assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link
05/02/08 (I) Lance Cpl. Casey L. Casanova 22, McComb, Mississippi U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died supporting combat operations. She was assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	05/06/08 (I) Spc. Alex D. Gonzalez 21, Mission, Texas U.S. Army Mosul Hostile - RPG attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered small arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade attack. He was assigned to the 43rd Combat Engineer Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	05/06/08 (I) Pfc. Aaron J. Ward 19, San Jacinto, California U.S. Army Al Anbar Province Hostile - Small arms fire Died of wounds suffered when his unit came under small arms fire while conducting cordon and search operations. He was assigned to the 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	05/07/08 (A) Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett 22, Greenup, Kentucky U.S. Army Sabari District, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Assigned to the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky   Military Times Link W.Post Link	05/07/08 (A) Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Roberts 25, Farmington, New Mexico U.S. Army Sabari District, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link
05/09/08 (I) Spc. Mary J. Jaenichen 20, Oceanside, California U.S. Army Iskandariyah Non-combat Died of a non-combat related injury. She was assigned to the Brigade Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	05/09/08 (A) Pfc. Ara T. Deysie 18, Parker, Arizona U.S. Army Paktia Province, Afghanistan Hostile - RPG attack Died of wounds suffered when his unit came under rocket-propelled grenade fire. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	05/09/08 (A) Sgt. Isaac Palomarez 26, Loveland, Colorado U.S. Army Kapisa Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his patrol encountered an improvised explosive device and came under small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo     photo	05/10/08 (I) Spc. Joseph A. Ford 23, Knox, Indiana U.S. Army National Guard Al Asad Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died of injuries suffered in a vehicle accident. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 152nd Cavalry Regiment, 76th Brigade Combat Team, Indiana National Guard, New Albany, Ind.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	05/11/08 (A) Pvt. Matthew W. Brown 20, Zelienople, Pennsylvania U.S. Army Asadabad, Afghanistan Non-combat Died from injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link
05/11/08 (I) Cpl. Jessica A. Ellis 24, Bend, Oregon U.S. Army Baghdad (northwest part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when her vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. She was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	05/13/08 (I) Sgt. Victor M. Cota 33, Tucson, Arizona U.S. Army Baghdad (northwest part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in Kadamiyah, Iraq, May 13 He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo     photo	05/15/08 (I) Sgt. John Kyle Daggett 21, Phoenix, Arizona U.S. Army Halifax, Canada Hostile - RPG attack Died of wounds suffered May 1 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo     photo	05/18/08 (A) Sfc Davy Weaver 39, Barnesville, Georgia U.S. Army National Guard Qalat, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died died of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard, Macon Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	05/18/08 (I) Pvt. Branden P. Haunert 21, Cincinnati, Ohio U.S. Army Salah ad Din Province - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link
05/19/08 (A) Cpl. William J. L. Cooper 22, Eupora, Mississippi U.S. Marine Corps Helmand Province, Afghanistan Hostile He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	05/20/08 (A) 1st Lt. Jeffrey F. Deprimo 35, Pittston, Pennsylvania U.S. Army National Guard Ghazni, Afghanistan, Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 103rd Armor Regiment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Williamsport, Pa.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	05/20/08 (A) Lt. Jeffrey A. Ammon 37, Orem, Utah U.S. Army band District, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died as a result of injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device in the Aband District, Afghanistan. He was attached to Commander Navy Region Northwest, Bangor, Wash., and serving in Afghanistan as a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	05/22/08 (A) Lt. Col. Joseph A. Moore 54, Boise, Idaho U.S. Air National Guard Djibouti Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of natural causes. He was assigned to the 124th Wing, Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	05/23/08 (I) Pfc. Kyle P. Norris 22, Zanesville, Ohio U.S. Army Iskandariyah Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device during a patrol May 22 in Jurf as Sakhr, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link
05/24/08 (I) Sgt. 1st Class Jason F. Dene 37, Castleton, Vermont U.S. Army Baghdad Non-combat Died from injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident on May 24. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	05/25/08 (I) Sgt. Frank J. Gasper 25, Merced, California U.S. Army Najaf, Iraq Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo   photo	05/25/08 (I) Sgt. Blake W. Evans 24, Rockford, Illinois U.S. Army Al Jazeera Desert Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	05/25/08 (A) Spc. David L. Leimbach 38, Taylors, South Carolina U.S. Army National Guard Bala Baluk, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 118th Infantry, South Carolina Army National Guard, Fountain Inn, S.C., and attached to the 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry (Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition), New York Army National Guard.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	05/26/08 (A) Spc. Christopher Gathercole 21, Santa Rosa, California U.S. Army Ghazni, Afghanistan Hostile - Small arms fire Died of wounds suffered from small arms fire during combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link
05/26/08 (A) Spc. Justin L. Buxbaum 23, South Portland, Maine U.S. Army Kushamond, Afghanistan, Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	05/28/08 (A) Pfc. Chad M. Trimble 29, West Covina, California U.S. Army Gardez, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	05/29/08 (A) Sgt. 1st Class David Nunez 27, Los Angeles, California U.S. Army Shewan, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire Died of wounds suffered when he encountered small arms fire while conducting combat operations. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	05/30/08 (I) Cpl. Christian S. Cotner 20, Waterbury, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Al Asad - Al Anbar Province Non-combat Died from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Wing Support Group 17, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	05/31/08 (A) Pvt. Andrew J. Shields 19, Battleground, Washington U.S. Army Jalalabad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Bamberg, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link
05/31/08 (A) Spc. James M. Finley 21, Lebanon, Missouri U.S. Army Jalalabad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Bamberg, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link