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9 Killed - Afghanistan    30 Killed - Iraq    Total: 39
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12/11/04 (I) Spec. Robert W. Hoyt 21, Ashford, Connecticut U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee during convoy operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 11, 2004 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link	10/16/04 (I) Chief Warrant Officer William I. Brennan 36, Bethlehem, Connecticut U.S. Army Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed when his OH-58D Kiowa Warrior attack helicopter apparently collided with another OH-58D helicopter and crashed in Baghdad, Iraq, on October16, 2004 1st BN, 25th Aviation REG, 25th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/07/04 (I) Spec. Tyanna S. Avery-Felder 22, Bridgeport, Connecticut U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Died in Balad, Iraq, on April 7, 2004, of injuries sustained on April 4 whenher convoy vehicle was hit with a roadside bomb in Mosul, Iraq 296th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/20/07 (I) Pfc. Stephen K. Richardson 22, Bridgeport, Connecticut U.S. Army Baghdad (southern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 1st BN, 28th Infantry Reg, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	01/30/05 (I) Lance Cpl. John T. Schmidt III 21, Brookfield, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Died on May 11, 2005, of wounds received in an explosion during combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq, on January 30,2005 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link
07/06/07 (I) Petty Officer First Class Jason Dale Lewis 30, Brookfield, Connecticut U.S. Navy Baghdad (vicinity of) Hostile - hostile fire   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	06/21/05 (I) Spec. Christopher L. Hoskins 21, Danielson, Connecticut U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire One of three soldiers killed when their unit was attacked with small-armsfire during combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq, on June 21, 2005 1st BN, 9th INF REG, 2nd Infantry Division   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	02/20/07 (I) Sergeant Richard L. Ford 40, East Hartford, Connecticut U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - mortar, small arms fire Died of wounds suffered during combat operations. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	12/15/06 (A) Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Phaneuf 38, Eastford, Connecticut U.S. Army Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near his Humvee during combat operations in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Brigade   Arlington   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
08/01/05 (I) Sgt. David J. Coullard 32, Glastonbury, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire One of six Marine sniper team members killed by enemy small-arms fire in an ambush outside Haditha, Iraq, on August 1, 2005 Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/12/03 (I) Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr. 37, Guilford, Connecticut U.S. Army Non-combat - Illness Died in Ramadi, Iraq, after a fellow soldier tried to wake him and noticed he was not breathing on August 12, 2003 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion, Army Reserves   Military Times Link W.Post Link	05/08/05 (I) Lance Cpl. Lawrence R. Philippon 22, Hartford, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - Small arms fire Killed by enemy small-arms fire during combat operations near Qaim, Iraq, on May 8, 2005 3rd BN, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	09/03/06 (I) Lance Cpl. Philip A. Johnson 19, Hartford, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on September 3, 2006 3rd BN 2nd Marine Reg, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force   Military Times Link W.Post Link	10/10/07 (I) Sgt. Jason M. Lantieri 25, Killingworth, Connecticut U.S. Army Iskandariyah - Babil Non-combat - Accident Died of injuries suffered during a vehicle accident Oct. 9. He was assigned to the 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. 725th Brigade Support BN, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo
01/29/04 (A) Sgt. Benjamin L. Gilman 28, Meriden, Connecticut U.S. Army Ghazni (W of) Non-combat - Ordnance explosion 41st Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/25/06 (I) Cpl. Jordan C. Pierson 21, Milford, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on August 25, 2006 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/13/04 (I) Cpl. Kevin J. Dempsey 23, Monroe, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Died due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq, on November 13, 2004 2nd RECON BN, II Marine Expeditionary Force   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/17/05 (I) Staff Sgt. Thomas E. Vitagliano 33, New Haven, Connecticut U.S. Army Hostile - Car bomb Killed when a car bomb device detonated near his position in Ramadi, Iraq, on January 17, 2005 1st BN, 503rd INF REG, 2nd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/26/06 (I) Capt. Jason R. Hamill 31, New Haven, Connecticut U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 26, 2006 3rd BN, 67th Armor Reg, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
06/25/07 (I) Pfc. Andre Craig Jr. 24, New Haven, Connecticut U.S. Army Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 2nd BN, 16th Infantry Reg, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	07/26/03 (I) Spec. Wilfredo Perez Jr. 24, Norwalk, Connecticut U.S. Army Hostile - Grenade Killed when a grenade was thrown from a window of the Iraqi civilian hospital he was guarding in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 26, 2003 H&H Company, 1st BN, 67th Armor, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/18/04 (I) Spec. Jacob D. Martir-Gutierrez 21, Norwich, Connecticut U.S. Army Hostile - Small arms fire Killed when his patrol came under small-arms fire in Sadr City, Iraq, on August 18, 2004 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	05/28/07 (I) 1st Lt. Keith N. Heidtman 24, Norwich, Connecticut U.S. Army Muqdadiyah - Diyala Hostile - helicopter down 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Reg, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	04/09/04 (I) Sgt. Felix M. Delgreco 22, Simsbury, Connecticut U.S. Army National Guard Hostile - IED attack Killed when a roadside bomb and small-arms fire struck his mounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2004 Company C, 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link
12/12/03 (I) Pfc. Jeffrey F. Braun 19, Stafford, Connecticut U.S. Army Non-combat - Gunshot wound Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 12, 2003 Battery B, 2nd BN, 319th AB Field Artillery REG, 82nd AB Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/29/05 (I) Barbara Heald 60, Stamford, Connecticut Civilian Baghdad Hostile - Mortar attack Died when the Republic National Palace was hit by a mortar round. Heald worked for the Project and Contracting Office - Finance.   Arlington DoD Link   Link     Link   photo	05/04/06 (I) Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler 20, Suffield, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed during combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 4, 2006 2nd Recon BN, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/23/03 (A) Sgt. Maj. Phillip R. Albert 41, Terryville, Connecticut U.S. Army Bagram (near) Hostile - Helicopter crash Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed in a MH-53M helicopter crash on Nov. 23, 2003, in Afghanistan. 2nd Bat., 87th Infantry Reg., 10th Mountain Div.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/01/10 (A) Lance Cpl. Tyler O. Griffin 19, Voluntown, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Helmand province Hostile Died while supporting combat operations. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Military Times Link Link
06/28/05 (A) Maj. Stephen C. Reich 34, Washington Depot, Connecticut U.S. Army Kunar Province Hostile - helicopter crash (RPG attack) 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/02/03 (I) Pfc. Anthony D. D'Agostino 20, Waterbury, Connecticut U.S. Army Hostile - Helicopter shot down D'Agostinowas onboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter when it was shot down by asurface-to-air missile near Falluja, Iraq, on November 2, 2003. 313th Signal Company, 16th Signal Battalion   Military Times Link W.Post Link	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	12/08/09 (A) Cpl. Xhacob Latorre 21, Waterbury, Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Helmand province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when an improvised, explosive device detonated in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on Aug. 10. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Military Times Link Link   Link     Link	12/29/09 (A) Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Spino 45, Waterbury, Connecticut U.S. Army Bala Morghab, Afghanistan Murder - Small arms fire Died of wounds suffered when he was shot several times by an ANA soldier while unloading supplies. He was assigned to the 274th Forward Surgical Team, 44th Medical Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link Link   Link     Link     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	05/25/10 (A) Sgt. Edwin Rivera 28, Waterford, Connecticut U.S. Army National Guard National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md Hostile - Mortar attack Died of wounds sustained May 20 when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire at Contingency Outpost Xio Haq, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry, Norwalk, Conn.   Military Times Link Link	11/27/04 (A) Lt. Col. Michael J. McMahon 41, West Hartford, Connecticut U.S. Army Bamyan Prov. (near) Non-Hostile - Aircraft crash 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Div.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	09/03/06 (I) Pfc. Nicholas A. Madaras 19, Wilton, Connecticut U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on September 3, 2006 1st BN, 68th Armor Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division   Personal Tribute Site   Military Times Link W.Post Link