U.S. Casualties - Operation Iraqi Freedom May 2005

U.S. Casualties - Operation Iraqi Freedom
May 2005

Monthly Summaries

Total Casualties- 80

Details

Spc. Derrick J. Lutters

01 May 2005

Army National Guard's 891st Engineer Brigade

DoD Release: Died May 1 along a supply route in Iraq when a VBIED detonated while his unit was inspecting a bridge for enemy tampering

Sgt. John E. McGee

02 May 2005

Army National Guard?s 2101st Transportation Co., assigned to 1st COSCOM

Killed when an IED detonated near vehicle during a combat logistics patrol south of Baghdad IAP at approximately 9:45 p.m. May 2, 2005 / DoD Release: Died May 2 near Diwaniyah, Iraq, when an IED detonated near his convoy vehicle

Maj. John C. Spahr

02 May 2005

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, MAG 11, 3rd MAW, embarked aboard the U.S.S. Carl Vinson

Killed when aircraft was lost at approximately 10:10 p.m. May 2 / DoD Release: Died May 2 from injuries received when the F/A-18 Hornet aircraft he was piloting apparently crashed in Iraq

Capt. Kelly C. Hinz

02 May 2005

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, MAG 11, 3rd MAW, embarked aboard the U.S.S. Carl Vinson

Died May 2 from injuries received when the F/A-18 Hornet aircraft he was piloting crashed in Iraq while flying in support of OIF

Staff Sgt. Tommy S. Little

02 May 2005

2nd Bn, 114th Field Artillery

DoD Release: Died May 2 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, of injuries sustained on April 19 near Iskandariyah, Iraq, when an IED detonated near his HMMWV

Sgt. Stephen P. Saxton

03 May 2005

3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, TF Baghdad

Died when vehicle was struck by roadside bombs / DoD Release: Died May 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his unit was conducting a route security mission and an IED detonated near his HMMWV

Staff Sgt. William J. Brooks

03 May 2005

1st Bn, 64th Armor, 3rd Infantry Division, TF Baghdad

Died when vehicle was struck by roadside bombs / DoD Release: Died May 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his unit was conducting a route security mission and an IED detonated near his HMMWV

Lance Cpl. Michael V. Postal

07 May 2005

3rd Bn, 8th Marine, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Died as the result of injuries received from the detonation of an IED May 7 during combat operations in Al Karmah, Iraq

Sgt. Aaron N. Cepeda Sr.

07 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 3rd Bn, 25th Marine, 4th MARDIV, attached to 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed during a May 7 engagement with a number of terrorists who had used a civilian hospital in Hadithah to conduct an attack on coalition forces / DoD Release: Died from explosions

Lance Cpl. Lance T. Graham

07 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 3rd Bn, 25th Marine, 4th MARDIV, attached to 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed during a May 7 engagement with a number of terrorists who had used a civilian hospital in Hadithah to conduct an attack on coalition forces / DoD Release: Died from explosions

Sgt. Michael A. Marzano

07 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 3rd Bn, 25th Marine, 4th MARDIV attached to 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed during a May 7 engagement with a number of terrorists who had used a civilian hospital in Hadithah to conduct an attack on coalition forces / DOD Release: died May 7 as the result of an explosion caused by suicide VBIED

Petty Officer Third Class Jeffery L. Wiener

07 May 2005

Navy hospital corpsman assigned to II MEF

Killed during a May 7 engagement with a number of terrorists who had used a civilian hospital in Hadithah to conduct an attack on coalition forces /

Sgt. Gary A. Eckert Jr.

08 May 2005

Army Reserve's 983rd Engineer Bn, TF Liberty

Killed when an IED detonated next to his combat logistics patrol near Samarra at about 2:30 p.m., May 8 / DoD Release: Died in Balad, Iraq, from injuries sustained earlier that day in Samarra

Spec. Steven R. Givens

08 May 2005

1st Bn, 15th Infantry, 3d BDE, 3d Infantry Division, TF Liberty

Killed by small arms fire near Samarra at about 2:30 p.m. on May 8 / DoD Release: Died May 8 in Balad, Iraq, from injuries sustained from enemy small arms fire

Cpl. Dustin A. Derga

08 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 3rd Bn, 25th Marine, 4th MARDIV attached to 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed May 8 during combat operations in Ubaydi, Iraq / DoD Release: Died May 8 as the result of enemy small arms fire

Lance Cpl. Lawrence R. Philippon

08 May 2005

3rd Bn, 2nd Marine, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed May 8 during combat operations in Al Qaim, Iraq / DoD Release: Died May 8 from enemy small-arms fire

Staff Sgt. Thor H. Ingraham

08 May 2005

1st Bn, 506th Infantry, 2nd BCT, 2nd Infantry Division assigned to 2nd BCT, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed by the detonation of an IED during combat operations near Khalidiyah, Iraq / DoD Release: IED detonated near their HMMWV / Initial CENTCOM Release reported he had died on May 9, 2005

Pfc. Nicolas E. Messmer

08 May 2005

1st Bn, 506th Infantry, 2nd BCT, 2nd Infantry Division assigned to 2nd BCT, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed by the detonation of an IED during combat operations near Khalidiyah, Iraq / DoD Release: IED detonated near their HMMWV / Initial CENTCOM Release reported he had died on May 9, 2005

U/I pending notification of next-of-kin

09 May 2005

Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed May 9 by enemy small-arms fire near Al Qaim, Iraq

Pfc. Stephen P. Baldwyn

09 May 2005

3rd Bn, 8th Marine, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Died May 9 from injuries received from an IED during combat operations in Nasser Wa Salaam, Iraq

Lance Cpl. Taylor B. Prazynski

09 May 2005

3rd Bn, 8th Marine, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Died May 9 from injuries received from an indirect fire explosion during combat operations in Al Karmah, Iraq

Lance Cpl. Marcus Mahdee

09 May 2005

3rd Bn, 8th Marine, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

DoD Release: Died May 9 as a result of wounds received from an enemy explosion while conducting combat operations in the vicinity of Al Karmah, Iraq

1st Sgt. Michael J. Bordelon

10 May 2005

1st Bn, 24th Infantry, 1st BDE, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker BCT)

DoD Release: Died May 10 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, from injuries sustained April 23 in Mosul, Iraq, when a VBIED detonated near his Stryker military vehicle

Staff Sgt. Kendall H. Ivy II

11 May 2005

Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed 11 May when amphibious assault vehicle struck an explosive device in Al Qa?im during Operation Matador / DoD Release: Killed from an explosion in Karabilah, Iraq

U/I pending notification of next-of-kin

11 May 2005

Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed 11 May when amphibious assault vehicle struck an explosive device in Al Qa?im during Operation Matador

Lance Cpl. Wesley G. Davids

11 May 2005

3rd Bn, 25th Marines, 4th MARDIV

DoD Release: Died May 11 from an explosion while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Karabilah, Iraq

Lance Cpl. John T. Schmidt III

11 May 2005

3rd Bn, 8th Marine, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF, which during OIF, was attached to 1st MARDIV, I MEF

DoD Release: Died May 11 from wounds received as a result of an explosion while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Jan. 30

Staff Sgt. Samuel T. Castle

11 May 2005

327th Signal Bn, 35th Signal Brigade

DoD Release: Died May 11 in Al Asad, Iraq, from injuries sustained from an IED detonation

Pfc. Christopher R. Dixon

11 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 3rd Bn, 25th Marine, 4th MARDIV, assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd MARDIV

Killed in action May 11 when the assault amphibian he rode struck an explosive device during Operation Matador near Karabilah

Lance Cpl. Nicholas B. Erdy

11 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 3rd Bn, 25th Marine, 4th MARDIV, assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd MARDIV

Killed in action May 11 when the assault amphibian he rode struck an explosive device during Operation Matador near Karabilah

Lance Cpl. Jonathan W. Grant

11 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 4th Reconnaissance Bn, 4th MARDIV, assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd MARDIV

Killed in action May 11 when the assault amphibian he rode struck an explosive device during Operation Matador near Karabilah

Lance Cpl. Jourdan L. Grez

11 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 4th Combat Engineer Bn, 4th MARDIV, assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd MARDIV

Killed in action May 11 when the assault amphibian he rode struck an explosive device during Operation Matador near Karabilah

U/I pending notification of next-of-kin

12 May 2005

155th Brigade Combat Team, II MEF (Forward)

Died May 12 when an IED detonated near the soldier's vehicle during combat operations about nine miles east of Musayib

Sgt. Andrew R. Jodon

12 May 2005

3rd Bn, 69th Armor, 3rd Infantry Division, TF Liberty

Killed when an IED detonated next to their combat patrol near Samarra at about 2:45 p.m., May 12

Pfc. Kenneth E. Zeigler II

12 May 2005

1st Bn, 64th Armor, 3rd Infantry Division, TF Baghdad

Died from wounds suffered when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in east Baghdad at approximately 1:00 p.m., May 12

Sgt. John M. Smith

12 May 2005

2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

DoD Release: Died May 12 in Iskandariyah, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an IED detonated near his vehicle

Pfc. Travis W. Anderson

13 May 2005

2nd Bn, 7th Infantry, 1st BDE, 3rd Infantry Division, TF Liberty

Killed when a VBIED detonated next to their combat patrol near Bayji at about 3:00 p.m. May 13

Sgt. Charles C. Gillican, III

14 May 2005

1st Bn, 118th Field Artillery, 48th Infantry Brigade

DoD Release: Died May 14 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, from injuries sustained in a military vehicle accident

Sgt Jacob M. Simpson

16 May 2005

2d Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment

DoD Release: Died in Tal Afar, Iraq, when an RPG struck the building he was securing

Pfc. Wesley R. Riggs

17 May 2005

2d Bn, 7th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division, TF Liberty

Killed when an IED detonated next to his combat patrol about 30km south of Tikrit at about 7:00 a.m., May 17 / DoD Release: IED detonated near his dismounted position

Sgt. Antwan L. Walker

18 May 2005

2nd Forward Support Bn, 2nd Infantry Division, assigned to the 2nd BCT, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed May 18 during an indirect fire attack on FOB Ramadi

Pfc. Wyatt D. Eisenhauer

19 May 2005

2nd Bn, 70th Armor, 3rd BDE, 1st Armored Division, TF Baghdad

Died May 19 en route to a military hospital at approximately 11:45 a.m. from wounds suffered when his convoy struck a roadside bomb in southeast Baghdad / DoD Release: Died May 19 in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, on an escort mission in a HMMWV when an IED detonated on a bridge

Spec. Bernard L. Sembly

19 May 2005

1st Bn, 156th Armor, 256th Brigade Combat Team, TF Baghdad

Died May 19 at approximately 5:40 p.m. from wounds suffered when their convoy was fired upon by terrorists in another vehicle in central Baghdad

Sgt. Robin V. Fell

19 May 2005

1st Bn, 156th Armor, 256th Brigade Combat Team, TF Baghdad

Died May 19 at approximately 5:40 p.m. from wounds suffered when their convoy was fired upon by terrorists in another vehicle in central Baghdad

Sgt. Brad A. Wentz

20 May 2005

Army Reserve's 180th Transportation Company, assigned to 1st COSCOM

Killed in a vehicular accident following an IED attack during a combat logistic patrol north of Taji at approximately midnight May 20 / DoD Release: Died May 20 on a main supply route in Iraq when his convoy came under attack by enemy forces

Sgt. Kurt D. Schamberg

20 May 2005

2nd Bn, 14th Infantry, 2nd BDE, 10th Mountain Division

DoD Release: Died in Baghdad, Iraq, when an IED detonated near his HMMWV

Sgt. Benjamin C. Morton

22 May 2005

1st Bn, 24th Infantry, 1st BDE, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker BCT), TF Freedom

Killed in terrorist attack in Mosul May 22 / DoD Release: Died May 22, in Mosul, Iraq, when his dismounted patrol encountered enemy small arms fire

1st Lt. Aaron N. Seesan

22 May 2005

73rd Engineer Company, TF Freedom

Killed in terrorist attack in Mosul May 22 / DoD Release: Died from injuries sustained when an IED detonated near their HMMWV

Spc. Tyler L. Creamean

22 May 2005

73rd Engineer Company, TF Freedom

Killed in terrorist attack in Mosul May 22 / DoD Release: Died from injuries sustained when an IED detonated near their HMMWV

Sgt. Carl J. Morgain

22 May 2005

Army National Guard's 1st Bn, 112th Infantry, TF Liberty

Died of wounds sustained in an attack at 10:00 a.m., May 22 when a VBIED was detonated near a combat patrol, just north of Tikrit / DoD Release: Died May 22, in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in Kadasia, Iraq, when a VBEID detonated near his HMMWV

Sgt. John B. Ogburn III

22 May 2005

Army National Guard's 3rd Bn, 116th Armored Cavalry Regiment, TF Liberty

Died of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident near Kirkuk at about 2:30 p.m., May 22 / DoD Release: Died May 22, in Kirkuk, Iraq, when his HMMWV overturned after the driver avoided striking a civilian vehicle

Sgt. Kenneth J. Schall

22 May 2005

2nd Bn, 70th Armor, 3rd BDE, 1st Armored Division

DoD Release: Died May 22, in Yusafiyah, Iraq, when the HMMWV in which he was riding was involved in an accident

Sgt. Charles T. Wilkerson

22 May 2005

3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment

DoD Release: Died May 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an unknown ordnance detonated near his tent

Spec. Bryan Edward Barron

23 May 2005

Army National Guard's C Company, 1st Bn, 155th Infantry 155th BCT, II MEF (Forward)

Killed when an IED detonated near their vehicle during combat operations in Haswa, Iraq [~30 miles south of Baghdad]

Spec. Audrey Daron Lunsford

23 May 2005

Army National Guard's HHC, 1st Bn, 155th Infantry 155th BCT, II MEF (Forward)

Killed when an IED detonated near their vehicle during combat operations in Haswa, Iraq [~30 miles south of Baghdad]

Staff Sgt. Saburant Parker

23 May 2005

Army National Guard's C Company, 1st Bn, 155th Infantry 155th BCT, II MEF (Forward)

Killed when an IED detonated near their vehicle during combat operations in Haswa, Iraq [~30 miles south of Baghdad]

Sgt. Daniel Ryan Varnado

23 May 2005

Army National Guard's C Company, 1st Bn, 155th Infantry 155th BCT, II MEF (Forward)

Killed when an IED detonated near their vehicle during combat operations in Haswa, Iraq [~30 miles south of Baghdad]

Spc. Joshua T. Brazee

23 May 2005

1st Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment

DoD Release: Died May 23, in Al Qaim, Iraq, from non-combat related injuries

Sgt. Christopher S. Perez

23 May 2005

Headquarters and Service Bn, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed May 23 during an indirect fire attack on Camp Blue Diamond, Ramadi, Iraq

Staff Sgt. Russell J. Verdugo

23 May 2005

767th Ordnance Company

DoD Release: Died May 23, in Baghdad, Iraq, when an IED detonated as he was responding to a report of an IED

Sgt. Charles A. Drier

24 May 2005

1st Bn, 76th Field Artillery, 4th BCT, 3rd Infantry Division, TF Baghdad

Killed May 24 in central Baghdad when a VBIED exploded near his convoy at 1:30 p.m.

Spec. Dustin C. Fisher

24 May 2005

1st Bn, 76th Field Artillery, 4th BCT, 3rd Infantry Division, TF Baghdad

Killed May 24 in central Baghdad when a VBIED exploded near his convoy at 1:30 p.m.

Pfc. Jeffrey R. Wallace

24 May 2005

1st Bn, 76th Field Artillery, 4th BCT, 3rd Infantry Division, TF Baghdad

Killed May 24 in central Baghdad when a VBIED exploded near his convoy at 1:30 p.m.

Sgt. 1st Class Peter J. Hahn

24 May 2005

Army National Guard's 2nd Bn, 156th Infantry, 256th BCT, TF Baghdad

Shot May 24 at an observation post was shot in a drive-by shooting around 2 p.m.

Sgt. First Class Randy D. Collins

24 May 2005

11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

DoD Release: Died May 24 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., of injuries sustained in Mosul, Iraq, May 4 during a mortar attack

Sgt. Alfred B. Siler

25 May 2005

Army National Guard's Support Squadron, 278th Regimental Combat Team, TF Liberty

Died of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident near Tuz at about 1:30 p.m., May 25 / DoD Release: His HMMWV hit another vehicle

Sgt. David N. Wimberg

25 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 3rd Bn, 25th Marine, 4th MARDIV, attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

Killed May 25 by enemy small-arms fire Hadithah during Operation New Market

CW4 Matthew Scott Lourey

26 May 2005

1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 82nd Airborne Division, TF Liberty

Killed when their helicopter crashed near Buqubah May 26 / DoD Release: Died on May 27 from injuries sustained on May 26 in Buhriz, Iraq, when their OH-58 (Kiowa Warrior) came under small arms attack and crashed

CW2 Joshua Michael Scott

26 May 2005

1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 82nd Airborne Division, TF Liberty

Maj. Ricardo A. Crocker

26 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 5th Civil Affairs Group, attached for OIF to II MEF (Forward)

Killed May 26 by a RPG explosion during Operation New Market, a combat operation in Hadithah

Sgt. Mark A. Maida

27 May 2005

2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 155th BCT, II MEF (Forward)

Died May 27 from wounds sustained when an IED detonated near his vehicle during combat operations May 26 near Diyara, Iraq

First Sgt. Michael S. Barnhill

28 May 2005

Marine Forces Reserve?s 6th Engineer Support Bn, 4th FSSG, attached for OIF to 2nd FSSG, II MEF (Forward)

Killed when the vehicle he was riding in struck an improvised explosive device about 6 miles from Haqlaniyah, Iraq on May 28

Spc. Phillip N. Sayles

28 May 2005

1st Bn, 24th Infantry, 1st BDE, 25th Infantry Division

DoD Release: Died May 28 in Mosul, Iraq, when an IED detonated near his security position

Lt. Col. Albert E. Smart

28 May 2005

Army Reserve's 321st Civil Affairs Brigade

DoD Release: Died May 28 in Doha, Qatar, of a non-combat related illness

Staff Sgt. Victor M. Cortes III

29 May 2005

703rd Forward Support Bn, 3rd Infantry Division

DoD Release: Died May 29 in Baghdad, Iraq of non-combat-related injuries

Maj. William Downs

30 May 2005

6th Special Operations Squadron

Killed May 30 when an Iraqi Air Force Comp Air 7SL aircraft crashed in eastern Diyala province during an operational mission

Capt. Jeremy Fresques

30 May 2005

23rd Special Tactics Squadron

Killed May 30 when an Iraqi Air Force Comp Air 7SL aircraft crashed in eastern Diyala province during an operational mission

Capt. Derek Argel

30 May 2005

23rd Special Tactics Squadron

Killed May 30 when an Iraqi Air Force Comp Air 7SL aircraft crashed in eastern Diyala province during an operational mission

Staff Sgt. Casey Crate

30 May 2005

23rd Special Tactics Squadron

Killed May 30 when an Iraqi Air Force Comp Air 7SL aircraft crashed in eastern Diyala province during an operational mission

Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr

30 May 2005

1st B, 5th Marine, 1st MARDIV, I MEF attached for OIF to 2nd MARDIV, II MEF (Forward)

DoD Release: Died May 30 from small-arms fire while conducting combat operations against enemy forces near Ar Ramadi, Iraq