Puerto Rico
9 Killed - Afghanistan    35 Killed - Iraq    Total: 44
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04/06/08 (I) Capt. Ulises Burgos-Cruz 29, Humacao, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Diyala Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo	09/20/06 (I) Cpl. Yull Estrada Rodriguez 21, Alegre Lajas, Puerto Rico U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Killed during combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq, on September 20, 2006 3rd BN, 3rd Marine Reg, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Forc   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/28/03 (A) Spec. Kelvin E. Feliciano Gutierrez 21, Anasco, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Unspecified   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/02/07 (I) Master Sgt. Julian Ingles Rios 52, Anasco, Puerto Rico U.S. Army National Guard Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire Died when his HMMWV was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 130th Engineer Battalion, of the Puerto Rico National Guard, at Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. 130th Engineer BN, of the Puerto Rico National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	01/02/05 (A) Sgt. 1st Class Pedro A. Munoz 47, Aquada, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Shindand Airfield [Herat Prov.] Hostile - hostile fire 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo
10/04/07 (I) Sgt. Ricardo X. Rodriguez 23, Arecibo, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Bayji - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. 2nd Bn, 325th Airborne Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Divisio   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	11/05/03 (I) Sgt. 1st Class Jose A. Rivera 34, Bayamon, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - RPG, small arms fire Killed when his patrol came under fire from rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in Mumuhdya, Iraq, on November 5, 2003 H & H Company, 3rd BN, 505th Para INF REG   Military Times Link W.Post Link	02/17/06 (A) Staff Sgt. Luis M. Melendez Sanchez 33, Bayamon, Puerto Rico U.S. Air Force Gulf of Aden [nr. Ras Siyyan] Non-Hostile - Helicopter crash 1st Communications Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va..Killed when two CH-53 helicopters crashed near Ras Siyyan, northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area. 1st Communications Squadron   Military Times Link W.Post Link	07/10/07 (I) Capt. Maria I. Ortiz 40, Bayamon, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Baghdad (Green Zone) Hostile - hostile fire - mortar attack Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	02/05/08 (I) Sgt. Rafael Alicea Rivera 30, Bayamon, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Tallil Non-combat Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 307th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo
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	12/08/05 (I) Staff Sgt. Milton Rivera-Vargas 55, Boqueron, Puerto Rico U.S. Army National Guard Non-combat Died of a non-combat related cause while on guard duty in Kalsu, Iraq, on December 8, 2005 1st Battalion, 296th Infantry Regiment, Puerto Rico Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link	07/16/03 (I) Spec. Ramon Reyes Torres 29, Caguas, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when he sought cover from a passing truck that contained an explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 16, 2003 432nd Transportation Company, U.S. Army Reserve   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/05/04 (I) Sgt. Carlos M. Camacho-Rivera 24, Carolina, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - Rocket attack Died November 5, 2004, in the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds sustained earlier that day from a rocket blast in Falluja,Iraq 368th Transportation Company, 11th Transportation Battalion   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/07/06 (I) Sgt. Radhames Camilo Matos 24, Carolina, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Non-combat Died of non-combat related injuries in Taji, Iraq, on January 7, 2006 Company A, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
11/02/03 (I) Spec. Frances M. Vega 20, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - Helicopter shot down Vegawas onboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter when it was shot down by asurface-to-air missile near Falluja, Iraq, on November 2, 2003. 151st Adj. Gen. Postal Detachment 3   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/05/05 (I) Sgt. Jason Lopez Reyes 29, Hatillo, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during convoy operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 5, 2005 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/15/05 (I) Spec. Aleina Ramirez-Gonzalez 33, Hormigueros, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - Mortar attack Killed when a mortar round struck her forward operating base in Tikrit, Iraq, on April 15, 2005 Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/04/03 (I) Sgt. Francisco Martinez 28, Humacao, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when a roadside bomb was detonated next to a military convoy in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 4, 2003 B Detachment, 82nd Soldier Support BN (Airborne)   Military Times Link W.Post Link	07/29/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Wilberto Suliveras 38, Humacao, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Baghdad (north of) Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire 2nd BN, 8th Cavalry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo
09/08/04 (I) Spec. Michael A. Martinez 29, Juan Diaz, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died when his military vehicle rolled over in Baquba, Iraq, on September 8, 2004 1st BN, 6th Field Artillery REG, 1st Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/06/05 (A) Master Sgt. Edwin A. Matos-Colon 42, Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Ghazni (3 mi. from) [Ghazni Prov.] Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed when a CH-47 helicopter crashed in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Division Artillery, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Division Artillery, 25th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/23/05 (I) 1st Lt. Carlos J. Diaz 27, Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed when enemy forces detonated an explosion near his position in Baquba, Iraq, on August 23, 2005 2nd BN, 69th Armor REG, 3rd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     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	07/24/03 (I) Sgt. Juan M. Serrano 31, Manati, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident Died when a Humvee fell on him while changing a tire, inflicting a fatal head injury, in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 24, 2003 H&H Company, 1st BN, 37th Armor, 1st Armored Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
05/31/05 (I) Sgt. Miguel A. Ramos-Vargas 39, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Reserve Hostile - hostile fire Killed when an enemy rocket impacted near his position in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 31, 2005 807th Signal Company, 35th Signal Battalion, Army Reserve   Military Times Link W.Post Link	12/27/04 (I) Spec. Jose A. Rivera-Serrano 26, Mayaquez, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 27, 2004 B Company, 2nd BN, 5th Cavalry REG, 1st Cavalry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	03/25/07 (I) Cpl. Jason Nunez 22, Naranjito, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Diyala Province Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, IED 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	06/29/08 (A) Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey M. Rada Morales 32, Naranjito, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Khosrow-E Sofla, Afghanistan Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died from injuries sustained when his vehicle rolled into a canal. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/06/04 (I) Petty Officer 3rd Class Fernando A. Mendez-Aceves 27, Ponce, Puerto Rico U.S. Navy Hostile - hostile fire Killed in a long firefight after Iraqi insurgents launched a large-scale attack in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 6, 2004 Naval Medical Center San Diego, 1st Marine Division Detachment   Military Times Link W.Post Link
12/22/05 (I) Spec. William Lopez-Feliciano 33, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - Bomb One of two soldiers killed when a homemade bomb detonated near theirposition during a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 22,2005 1st BN, 502nd INF REG, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/11/05 (I) Pfc. Antonio Mendez-Sanchez 22, Rincon, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular One of two soldiers killed when their convoy vehicle was involved in a collision in Kirkuk, Iraq, on November 11, 2005 40th Transportation Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion, 593rd Corps Support Group   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/02/03 (I) Sgt. Joel Perez 25, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - Helicopter shot down Perezwas onboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter when it was shot down by asurface-to-air missile near Falluja, Iraq, on November 2, 2003. 2nd BN, 5th Field Artillery REG   Military Times Link W.Post Link	10/18/06 (I) Staff Sgt. Jesus M. Montalvo 46, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - Small arms fire Died of injuries suffered from enemy small arms fire during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 18, 2006 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Reg, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	09/01/06 (I) Staff Sgt. Angel D. Mercado-Velazquez 24, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - Mortar attack Died of injuries suffered from mortar fire during dismounted combat operations in Yusifiya, Iraq, on September 1, 2006 1st BN, 325th Airborne INF REG, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne   Military Times Link W.Post Link
02/27/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Karl O. Soto-Pinedo 22, San Juan, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Baghdad (southwest of) Hostile - hostile fire- IED attack 1st BN, 18th Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	04/01/07 (I) Staff Sgt. David A. Mejias 26, San Juan, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - IED attack Multi-National Division - Baghdad   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	04/08/10 (A) Sgt. Roberto E. Diaz Borio 47, San Juan, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Mombassa, Kenya Not reported The circumstances of his death are under investigation. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Cayay, Puerto Rico.   Military Times Link Link	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	06/26/03 (I) Spec. Richard P. Orengo 32, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Shot and killed in Najaf, Iraq, on June 26, 2003 755th Military Police Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/17/07 (I) Sgt. Ed Santini 25, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 2nd BN, 12th Cavalry Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	09/05/04 (I) Staff Sgt. Gary A. Vaillant 41, Trujillo, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Kiled when his tank ran over a roadside bomb in Khalidiya, Iraq, on September 5, 2004 2nd BN, 72nd Armored REG   Military Times Link W.Post Link	02/28/05 (I) Spec. Lizbeth Robles 31, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Bayji, Iraq Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died at the 228th Command Support Hospital in Tikirt, Iraq, on March 1,2005, of injuries sustained in a military vehicle accident thatoccurred February 28, 2005, in Bayji, Iraq 360th Transportation Company, 68th Corps Support Battalion, 43rd Area Support Group   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/08/05 (A) Pfc. Emmanuel Hernandez 22, Yauco, Puerto Rico U.S. Army Shkin (near) (Paktika Province) Hostile - hostile fire - Mortar attack Died when his helicopter-landing zone came under enemy fire in Shkin, Afghanistan. 319th Airborne Field Artillery Reg., 173rd Airborne Brigade   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link