US Military Killed in Action During
Operation Iraqi Freedom

Jody Habayeb of theTampa Tribune compiled this list of the members of the United States of America military who were killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom based on US Department of Defense information.

As of Friday, April 25, 2003, EST, the Pentagon has reported that 132 U.S. Military have been killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Several sources under "Casualty Information" on the Iraq (War on Terrorism) page have current and compiled information about deaths in Iraq.

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ALABAMA
Army, Pfc. John E. Brown, 21, Troy, Ala., killed April 14, Iraq
Marine Chief Warrant Officer Robert W. Channell, Jr., 36, Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 23, 2003, Iraq
Army Pfc. Howard Johnson II, 21, Mobile, Ala., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Army Pvt. Kelley S. Prewitt, 24, Ala., April 6, 2003, Iraq

ALASKA

ARIZONA
Marine Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez, 26, San Luis, Ariz., March 28, 2003, Iraq
Army Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa, 23, Tuba City, Ariz., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Navy Lt. Nathan White, 30, Mesa, Ariz., April 2, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, Yuma, Ariz., March 23, 2003, Iraq

ARKANSAS
Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson, Jr., 25, Little Rock, Ark., March 25, 2003, Iraq

CALIFORNIA
Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, 27, La Mesa, Calif., March 22, 2003, over international waters
Marine Sgt. Michael E. Bitz, 31, Ventura, Calif., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, 21, Orange, Calif., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine, Cpl. Jesus A. Gonzalez, 22, Indio, Calif., killed April 12, Iraq
Marine Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, Los Angeles, Calif., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 22, Los Angeles, Calif., March 21, 2003, Iraq
Army Pvt. Devon D. Jones, 19, San Diego, Calif., April 4, 2003, Iraq
Marine Pfc. Francisco A. MartinezFlores, 21, Los Angeles, Calif., March 25, 2003, Iraq
Army, Sgt 1st Class, John W. Marshall, 50, Los Angeles, Calif., killed April 8, 2003, Iraq
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, San Jose, Calif., March 27, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day, 20, Sonoma, Calif., March 25, 2003, Iraq
Marine Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker, 21, San Diego, Calif., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine Cpl. Erik H. Silva, 22, Chula Vista, Calif., April 3, 2003, Iraq
Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Smith, 41, Calif., April 2, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar, 20, Escondido, Calif., March 27, 2003, Iraq

COLORADO
Army Sgt. 1st Class Randall S. Rehn, 36, Longmont, Colo., April 3, 2003, Iraq
Army Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe, 27, Colo., April 3, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, 22, Adams, Colo., March 23, 2003, Iraq

CONNECTICUT
Marine, Cpl. Kemaphoom Chanawongse, 22, Waterford, Conn., killed March 23, 2003, Iraq

DELAWARE
Army Spc. Ryan P. Long, 21, Seaford, Del., April 3, 2003, Iraq
Marine Sgt. Brian D. McGinnis, 23, St. George, Del., March 30, 2003, Iraq

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA
Army Capt. James F. Adamouski, 29, New Port Richey, Fla., April 2, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Julian Aviles, 18, Tampa, Fla., April 7, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing, 20, Cedar Key, Fla., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Army Staff Sgt. Wilbert Davis, 40, Tampa, Fla., April 3, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley, 26, Lee, Fla., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine, Cpl. Armando A. Gonzalez, 25, Hialeah, Fla., killed April 14, 2003, Iraq
Army Cpl. John T. Rivero, 23, Tampa, FL., April 17, 2003, Kuwait
Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, 33, Tampa, Fla., April 4, 2003, Iraq
Army Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20, Palm Bay, Fla., March 29, 2003, Iraq

GEORGIA
Army Capt. Edward J. Korn, 31, Savannah, Ga., April 3, 2003, Iraq
Army Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, Conyers, Ga., March 29, 2003, Iraq
Army Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22, Roswell, Ga., March 23, 2003, Iraq

HAWAII

IDAHO
Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40 Boise, Idaho, March 25, 2003, Kuwait

ILLINOIS
Marine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, Bloomington, Ill., March 20, 2003, Kuwait
Marine Cpl. Evan T. James, 20, Hancock, Ill., March 24, 2003, Iraq
Marine Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, 30, Decatur, Ill., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Army Staff Sgt. Lincoln Hollinsaid, 27, Malden, Ill., April 7, 2003, Iraq
Army Spc. William A. Jeffries, 39, Evansville, Ill., March 26, 2003, Kuwait (died in Spain)
Army Spc. Brandon J. Rowe, 20, Roscoe, Ill., March 31, 2003, Iraq
Marine 1st. Sgt. Edward Smith, 38, Chicago, Ill., April 4, 2003, Iraq (died in Qatar on April 5)

INDIANA
Marine Sgt. Duane R. Rios, 25, Hammond, Ind., April 4, 2003, Iraq
Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders, 19, Hobart, Ind., March 24, 2003, Iraq

IOWA
Marine, Gunnery Sgt. Jeffrey E. Bohr, Jr., Ossian, Iowa, killed April 10, 2003, Iraq
Army Spc. James M. Kiehl, 22, Des Moines, Iowa, March 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus, 28, Scott, Iowa, March 24, Iraq

KANSAS
Army Sgt. Jacob L. Butler, 24, Wellsville, Kan., April 1, 2003, Iraq

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA
Army Pfc. Wilfred D. Bellard, 20, Lake Charles, La., April 4, 2003, Iraq

MAINE
Marine Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, Waterville, Maine, March 20, 2003, Kuwait
Army Spc. Daniel Francis J. Cunningham, 33, Lewiston, Maine, April 4, 2003, Iraq

MARYLAND
Marine Cpl. Jason David Mileo, 20, Centreville, Md., April 7, 2003, Iraq
Army Spc. George A. Mitchell, 35, Rawlings, Md., April 7, 2003, Iraq
Marine Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, Baltimore, Md., March 20, 2003, Kuwait

MASSACHUSETTS
Army Spc. Mathew G. Boule, 22, Dracut, Mass., April 2, 2003, Iraq
Marine 1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips, 25, Pembroke, Mass., April 4, 2003, Iraq
Marine Capt. Benjamin W. Sammis, 29, Rehoboth, Mass., April 4, 2003, Iraq

MICHIGAN
Marine Pfc. Juan Guadalupe Garza Jr., 20, Temperance, Mich., April 8, 2003, Iraq
Army, Spc. Richard A. Goward, 32, Midland, Mich., killed April 14, 2003, Iraq
Army Pfc. Jason M. Meyer, 23, Swartz Creek, Mich., April 8, 2003, Iraq
Marine Major Kevin G. Nave, 36, Union Lake, Mich., March 26, 2003, Iraq
Army Sgt. Michael F. Pedersen, 26, Flint, Mich., April 2, 2003, Iraq
Army Sgt. Todd J. Robbins, 33, Pentwater, Mich., April 3, 2003, Iraq
Air Force Staff Sgt. Scott D. Sather, 29, Clio, Mich., April 8, 2003, Iraq

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI
Army Cpl. Henry L. Brown, 22, Natchez, Miss., April 8, 2003, Iraq
Army Spc. Larry K. Brown, 22, Jackson, Miss., April 5, 2003, Iraq
Marine 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, Harrison, Miss., March 21, 2003, Iraq

MISSOURI
Marine Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson, 22, Smithville, Mo., March 24, 2003, Iraq

MONTANA

NEBRASKA
Marine Capt. Travis A. Ford, 30, Ogallala, Neb., April 4, 2003, Iraq

NEVADA
Marine 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31, Nye, Nev., March 23, 2003, Iraq

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY
Army Spc. Michael Edward Curtin, 23, South Plains, N.J., March 29, 2003, Iraq
Army, Staff Sgt. Terry W. Hemingway, Willingboro, N.J., killed April 10, 2003, Iraq
Army, Spc. Gil Mercado, 25, Paterson, N.J., killed April 13, 2003, Iraq

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK
Marine Cpl. Bernard G. Gooden, 22, Mt. Vernon, N.Y., April 4, 2003, Iraq
Army Pfc. Gregory P. Huxley, 19, Forestport, N.Y., April 6, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, 26, Buffalo, N.Y., March 24, 2003, Iraq
Marine Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez, 21, Queens, N.Y., March 27, 2003, Iraq
Marine, Staff Sgt. Riayan A. Tejada, 26, New York, N.Y., killed April 11, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. William W. White, 24, Brooklyn, N.Y., March 29, 2003, Iraq
Army Sgt. Eugene Williams, 24, Highland, N.Y., March 29, 2003, Iraq

NORTH CAROLINA
Marine Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, 26, Durham, N.C., April 2, 2003, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam, 19, Snow Camp, N.C., April 23, 2003, Iraq
Army Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon , 32, Fayetteville, N.C., March 23, 2003, Iraq

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO
Army Master Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, Cleveland, Ohio, March 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner, 19, Ohio City, Ohio, April 2, 2003, Iraq
Army Pvt. Brandon Ulysses Sloan, 19, Bedford, Ohio, March 23, 2003, Iraq

OKLAHOMA
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, Wagoner, Okla., March 24, 2003, Iraq

OREGON
Marine Capt. Aaron J. Contreras, 31, Sherwood, Ore., March 30, 2003, Iraq
Army Staff Sgt. Robert A. Stever, 36, Pendleton, Ore., April 8, 2003, Iraq
Army Spc. Brandon S. Tobler, 19, Portland, Ore., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Army Sgt. Donald Ralph Walters, 33, Salem, Ore., March 23, 2003. Iraq

PENNSYLVANIA
Army Capt. Tristan N. Aitken, 31, State College, Pa., April 4, 2003, Iraq
Army Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker, 34, Apollo, Pa., April 5, 2003, Iraq
Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, Easton, Pa., March 22, 2003, Kuwait
Marine Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione, 22, Lansdale, Pa., April 1, 2003, Kuwait
Army Spc. Donald S. Oaks Jr., 20, Erie, Pa., April 3, 2003, Iraq

PUERTO RICO

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA
Army Sgt. George Edward Buggs, 31, Barnwell, S.C., March 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, 20, Boiling Springs, S.C., March 23, 2003, Iraq

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE
Army, Spc. Thomas A. Foley III, 23, Dresden, Tenn., killed April 14, Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, Nashville, Tenn., March 23, 2003, Iraq

TEXAS
Marine Chief Warrant Officer Andrew T. Arnold, 30, Spring, Texas, April 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine Pfc. Chad E. Metcalf Bales, 20, Coahoma, Texas, April 3, 2003, Iraq
Air Force Capt. Eric B. Das, 30, Amarillo, Texas, April 7, 2003, Iraq
Army Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, El Paso, Texas, March 23, 2003, Iraq
Army Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez, 36, El Paso, Texas, April 3, 2003, Iraq
Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar, 32, Granbury, Texas, April 2, 2003, Iraq
Marine Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan, 42, Brazoria, Texas, March 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, Houston, Texas, March 20, 2003, Kuwait
Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, El Paso, Texas, Mar 23, 2003, Iraq
Marine Cpl. James Martin Antonio Medellin, 21, Fort Worth, Texas, April 7, Iraq
Army Pfc. Anthony S. Miller, 19, San Antonio, Texas, April, 7, 2003, Iraq

UTAH
Marine Staff Sgt. James W. Cawley, 41, Roy, Utah, March 29, 2003, Iraq
Army Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais, 23, Utah, April 3, 2003, Iraq

VERMONT
Marine Cpl. Mark A. Evnin, 21, Burlington, Vt., April 3, 2003, Iraq
Army Chief Warrant Officer Erik A. Halvorsen, 40, Bennington, Vt., April 2, 2003, Iraq

VIRGIN ISLANDS

VIRGINIA
Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey J. Kaylor, 24, Clifton, Va., April 7, 2003, Iraq
Marine Sgt. Michael V. Lalush, 23, Troutville, Va., March 30, 2003, Iraq
Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May, Jr., 31, Richmond, Va., March 25, 2003, Iraq
Marine, Lance Cpl., David E. Owens, Jr., 20, Winchester, Va., April 12, 2003, Iraq
Air Force Maj. William R. Watkins III, 3, Danville, Va., April 7, 2003, Iraq

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN

WYOMING
Army, Pfc. Jospeh P. Mayek, 20, Rock Springs, WY, killed April 14, 2003, Iraq
Marine, Sgt. Brendon C. Reiss, 23, Casper, WY, killed March 23, 2003, Iraq

Source: U.S. Department of Defense

Compiled and updated by: Tampa Tribune research manager, Jody Habayeb


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