West Virginia
10 Killed - Afghanistan    24 Killed - Iraq    Total: 34
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11/07/07 (I) Capt. Benjamin D. Tiffner 31, , West Virginia U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when he was struck by an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky. 1st BN, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	11/10/04 (I) Cpl. Romulo J. Jimenez II 21, Bellington, West Virginia U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Died as the result of enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq, on November 10, 2004 1st BN, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/04/09 (A) Spc. Julian L. Berisford 25, Benwood, West Virginia U.S. Army Paktika province, Afghanistan Hostile - RPG, small arms fire Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. DoD Link   Link     Link   photo	06/24/04 (A) Lance Cpl. Juston T. Thacker 21, Bluefield, West Virginia U.S. Marine Corps Barikowt (near), Kunar Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - ambush 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	12/21/04 (I) Staff Sgt. Darren D. VanKomen 33, Bluefield, West Virginia U.S. Army Hostile - Bomb Killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside the mess hall at Camp Marez in Mosul, Iraq, on December 21, 2004 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry REG, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
09/12/09 (I) Sgt. 1st Class Duane A. Thornsbury 30, Bridgeport, West Virginia U.S. Army Baghdad, Iraq Non-hostile - Vehicle rollover Died of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	06/05/05 (I) Pfc. Brian S. Ulbrich 23, Chapmanville, West Virginia U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their military vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 5, 2005 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry REG   Military Times Link W.Post Link	07/27/04 (I) Sgt. DeForest L. Talbert 24, Charleston, West Virginia U.S. Army National Guard Hostile - IED attack Died when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Balad, Iraq, on July 27, 2004 Company C, 1st Battalion, 150th Armor Regiment, West Virginia Army National Guard   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/18/05 (I) Lance Cpl. Adam J. Crumpler 19, Charleston, West Virginia U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - Small arms fire Killed by small-arms fire during combat operations against enemy forces duringOperation Spear in Karabila, Iraq, on June 18, 2005 3rd BN, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/15/03 (I) Pfc. Richard W. Hafer 21, Cross Lanes, West Virginia U.S. Army Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed when two 101st Airborne Division UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters collided in mid-air over Mosul, Iraq, on November 15, 2003 1st BN, 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
09/26/05 (A) Staff Sgt. Robert F. White 34, Cross Lanes, West Virginia U.S. Army Kandahar (W of) Hostile - hostile fire 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Inf. Reg., 82nd Airborne Div.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	05/18/06 (I) Cpl. William B. Fulks 23, Culloden, West Virginia U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Died at Brooke Army Medical Center on May 18, 2006, from wounds receivedwhile conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbarprovince, Iraq, on May 1, 2006 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force   Military Times Link W.Post Link	10/30/04 (I) Lance Cpl. John T. Byrd II 23, Fairview, West Virginia U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - Car bomb Killed when a Marine convoy was attacked with a car bomb in western Iraq, near Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, on October 30, 2004 1st BN, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/12/02 (A) Staff Sgt. Anissa A. Shero 31, Grafton, West Virginia U.S. Air Force eastern Afghanistan Hostile - plane crash Died in the crash of an Air Force MC-130H in Paktika province. 15th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	08/06/06 (I) Staff Sgt. Stephen A. Seale 25, Grafton, West Virginia U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 6, 2006 2nd Brigade Troop BN, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
10/05/07 (I) Spc. Jason N. Marchand 26, Greenwood, West Virginia U.S. Army Baghdad (southeast part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near their unit during combat operations. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, in Vilseck, Germany. 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Reg, 1st Armored Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	08/07/04 (A) Sgt. Bobby E. Beasley 36, Inwood, West Virginia U.S. Army National Guard Ghazikel, Ghazni Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division (Light Infantry), Virginia Army National Guard, Winchester, Va.; killed Aug. 7 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Ghazikel, Afghanistan. 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Reg., 1st Brig., 29th Inf. Div.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	07/03/05 (I) Staff Sgt. Jeremy A. Brown 26, Mabscott, West Virginia U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died on July 3, 2005, in Mosul Iraq, of injuries sustained earlier that day when the Humvee in which he was riding accidentally rolled over in TalAfar, Iraq 66th Military Intelligence Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry REG   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/15/04 (I) Lance Cpl. Bradley L. Parker 19, Marion, West Virginia U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Died as result of enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq, on November 15, 2004 1st BN, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force   Military Times Link W.Post Link	09/29/08 (A) Sgt. 1st Class Jamie S. Nicholas 32, Maysel, West Virginia U.S. Army Yakhchal, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device during mounted operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link
06/28/05 (A) Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Jeffrey S. Taylor 30, Midway, West Virginia U.S. Navy Kunar Province Hostile - helicopter crash (RPG attack) SEAL Team Ten   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	05/19/02 (A) Sgt. Gene Arden Vance Jr. 38, Morgantown, West Virginia U.S. Army eastern Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire Support Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), West Virginia Army National Guard   Personal Tribute Site   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo	04/28/07 (A) Specialist Daniel F. Mehringer 20, Morgantown, West Virginia U.S. Army Bagram Air Base Non-combat Division Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/07/04 (I) Sgt. 1st Class Otie J. McVey 53, Oak Hill, West Virginia U.S. Army Non-combat - Illness McVey was medically evacuated from Baghdad, Iraq, on September 23, 2004, for treatment of a non-combat related illness. He Died on November 7, 2004,in Beaver, West Virginia. 706th Transportation Company, Army Reserve   Military Times Link W.Post Link	02/01/04 (I) Staff Sgt. Roger C. Turner Jr. 37, Parkersburg, West Virginia U.S. Army Hostile - Rocket attack Killed in a rocket attack on Logistics Support Area Anaconda in Balad, Iraq, on February 1, 2004 H & H Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry REG, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
03/11/04 (I) Pfc. Ernest Harold Sutphin 21, Parkersburg, West Virginia U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died in Landstuhl, Germany, on March 18, 2004, of injuries sustained in a vehicle incident in Kirkuk, Iraq, on March 11, 2004 Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	05/22/09 (A) Chief Warrant Officer(3) Brent S. Cole 38, Reedsville, West Virginia U.S. Army Tarin Kwot, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when his helicopter went down in Tarin Kwot, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	08/14/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Stanley B. Reynolds 37, Rock, West Virginia U.S. Army Anbar province - Taqaddum air base Non-hostile - helicopter crash Died of injuries suffered when his helicopter crashed. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	04/21/07 (I) Pvt. Michael J. Slater 19, Scott Depot, West Virginia U.S. Army Baghdad Non-combat - Accident - vehicular 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	03/23/05 (I) Cpl. Bryan J. Richardson 23, Summersville, West Virginia U.S. Marine Corps Reserves Hostile - hostile fire Died as a result of hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 23, 2005 Company K, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve   Military Times Link W.Post Link
12/13/05 (I) Sgt. Brian C. Karim 22, Talcott, West Virginia U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during combat operations in Taji, Iraq, on December 13, 2005 2nd BN, 70th Armored REG, 1st Armored Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/23/06 (I) Sgt. Matthew D. Hunter 31, Valley Grove, West Virginia U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 23, 2006 1st BN, 502nd INF REG, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	07/20/04 (I) Spec. Danny B. Daniels II 23, Varney, West Virginia U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when his patrol vehicle came under attack by small-arms fire and hit a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 20, 2004 630th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police BN, 89th Military Police Brigade   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/30/04 (I) Cpl. Joshua S. Wilfong 22, Walker, West Virginia U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Died due to hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 30, 2004 2nd Combat Engineer BN, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force   Military Times Link W.Post Link