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March 2003 casualties
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March 08, 2003
  • Army Pfc. Spence A. McNeil, 19, of Bennettsville, S.C.; assigned to B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas; died on March 8, 2003, as a result of injuries sustained from vehicle accident March 3 in Saudi Arabia.

    March 13, 2003
  • Marine Corps Pfc. James R. Dillon Jr., 19 of Grove City Pa.; assigned to B Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot on March 13, 2003, in Kuwait.

    March 17, 2003
  • Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Profitt, 23, of Charlestown, Md.; assigned to the destroyer Deyo, homeported in Norfolk, Va.; killed in a non-combat-related incident on March 17, 2003, in the Red Sea.

    March 20, 2003
  • Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston; assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait.

  • Marine Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine; assigned to the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.; killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait.

  • Marine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill.; assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait.

  • Marine Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29, of Baltimore; assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron – 268, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait.

    March 21, 2003
  • Marine 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, of Harrison County, Miss.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in action in Sothern Iraq.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 22, of Los Angeles; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in action in Southern Iraq.

    March 22, 2003
  • Army Reserve Spc. Brandon S. Tobler, 19, of Portland, Ore.; assigned to the 671st Engineer Brigade, Portland; killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, 26, of Buffalo, N.Y.; assigned to the 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in a machine-gun accident in Iraq.

  • Marine Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson, 22, of Smithville, Mo.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

  • Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, 27, of La Mesa, Calif.; assigned as an exchange officer with the British Royal Navy’s 849 Squadron; killed in a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter crash over the Persian Gulf.

  • Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, of Easton, Pa.; assigned to the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed in a grenade attack near the Iraq-Kuwait border.

    March 23, 2003
  • Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing, 20, of Cedar Key, Fla.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Sgt. Brendon C. Reiss, 23, of Natrona, Wyo.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq, on March 23.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, of Yuma, Ariz.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan, 42, of Enfield, Conn.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Hicks, 25, of Jefferson, S.C.; assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.; killed in a HH-60G Pave Hawk crash on March 23, 2003, in Afghanistan.

  • Air Force Senior Airman Jason Plite, 21, of Lansing, Mich.; assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.; killed in a HH-60G Pave Hawk crash on March 23, 2003, in Afghanistan.

  • Air Force Lt. Col. John Stein, 39, of Bardolph, Ill.; assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.; killed in a HH-60G Pave Hawk crash on March 23, 2003, in Afghanistan.

  • Air Force Staff Sgt. John Teal, 29, of Dallas, Texas; assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.; killed in a HH-60G Pave Hawk crash on March 23, 2003, in Afghanistan.

  • Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Maltz, 42, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.; killed in a HH-60G Pave Hawk crash on March 23, 2003, in Afghanistan.

  • Air Force 1st Lt. Tamara Archuleta, 23, of Los Lunas, N.M.; assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.; killed in a HH-60G Pave Hawk crash on March 23, 2003, in Afghanistan.

  • Marine 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31, of Tonopah, Nev.; assigned to the Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker, 21, of San Diego; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, 22, of Thornton, Colo.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Army Sgt. Donald Ralph Walters, 33, of Salem, Ore.; assigned to the 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas; captured by Iraqi fighters in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq, and later executed. At the time, the Defense Department said Walters was killed in the ambush. Officials revised that statement on May 27, 2004.

  • Army Sgt. George Edward Buggs, 31, of Barnwell, S.C.; assigned to 3rd Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed after his convoy was ambushed in Iraq.

  • Marine Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, 30, of Decatur, Ill.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah March 23. He was listed as missing until April 14, when the Defense Department announced his remains had been identified.

  • Army Master Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, of Cleveland; assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas; killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Army Pvt. 2 Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, of El Paso, Texas; assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas; killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Army Spc. James M. Kiehl, 22, of Comfort, Texas; assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas; killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, of Nashville, Tenn.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action March 23 near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, of Pecos, Texas; assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas; killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Army Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa, 23, of Tuba City, Ariz.; assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas; killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Army Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22, of Roswell, Ga.; assigned to the 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas; killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Army Pfc. Howard Johnson II, 21, of Mobile, Ala.; assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas; killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Army Pvt. 2 Brandon Ulysses Sloan, 19, of Bedford Heights, Ohio; assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas; killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Sgt. Michael E. Bitz, 31, of Ventura, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibious Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley, 26, of Warsaw, Ind.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, 21, of Costa Mesa, Calif.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, of Los Angeles; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, 21, of Erie, N.Y.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah March 23. He was listed as missing until April 13, when the Defense Department announced his remains had been identified.

  • Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse, 22, of Waterford, Conn.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed near Nasiriyah on March 23. He was listed as missing until April 14, when the Defense Department announced his remains had been identified.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline Jr., 21, of Washoe, Nev.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah on March 23. He was listed as missing until April 13, when the Defense Department announced his remains had been identified.

  • Marine Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, 19, of Boiling Springs, S.C.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah March 23. He was listed as missing until April 13, when the Defense Department announced his remains had been identified.

  • Army Sgt. Edward J. Anguiano, 24, of Brownsville, Texas; assigned to 3rd Combat Support Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in a convoy ambush in Iraq. His remains were recovered April 24. His status was changed from missing on April 28.

    March 24, 2003
  • Idaho Air National Guard Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, of Boise, Idaho; assigned to 124th Air Support Operations Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, Boise; died of injuries suffered in a grenade attack March 22 near the Iraq-Kuwait border.

  • Marine Cpl. Evan T. James, 20, of La Harpe, Ill.; assigned to Engineering Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, based in Peoria, Ill.; drowned in the Saddam Canal in southern Iraq.

  • Marine Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus, 28, of Davenport, Iowa; assigned to Engineering Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, based in Peoria, Ill.; drowned in the Saddam Canal in southern Iraq.

  • Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders, 19, of Hobart, Ind.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, of Wagoner, Okla.; assigned to 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group-28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point, N.C.; killed in action near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

    March 25, 2003
  • Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr., 31, of Richmond, Va.; assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed in action while conducting convoy operations near the Euphrates River, Iraq.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O’Day, 20, of Sonoma, Calif.; assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed in action while conducting convoy operations near the Euphrates River, Iraq.

  • Marine Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores, 21, of Los Angeles; assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed in action while conducting convoy operations near the Euphrates River, Iraq.

  • Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr., 25, of Little Rock, Ark.; assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego, 3rd Marine Division Detachment, Fleet Marine Force, San Diego; killed March 25 while tending to wounded colleagues in Iraq.

    March 26, 2003
  • Marine Maj. Kevin Nave, 36, of Union Lake, Mich.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

    March 27, 2003
  • Marine Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez, 21, of Queens, N.Y.; assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed in action near the Euphrates River northwest of Nasiriyah, Iraq.

  • Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, of San Jose, Calif.; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed March 27 in an ambush in Iraq.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez del Solar, 20, of Escondido, Calif.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in action in Iraq.

    March 28, 2003
  • Army Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon, 32, of Fayetteville, N.C.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed March 28 in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

  • Marine Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez, 26, of Yuma, Ariz.; assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron-371, Marine Wing Support Group-37, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz.; went missing while conducting convoy operations near Nasiriyah, Iraq. His remains were identified April 10.

    March 29, 2003
  • Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Frazier, 24, of St. Charles, Ill., assigned to the 169th Support Operations Squadron, 182nd Airlift Wing, Air National Guard, Peoria, Ill.; killed on March 29, 2003, in Afghanistan.

  • Army Sgt. Orlando Morales, 33, of Manati, Puerto Rico; assigned to A Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed on March 29, 2003, in Afghanistan.

  • Marine Staff Sgt. James W. Cawley, 41, of Roy, Utah; assigned to F Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, in Salt Lake City, Utah; killed in action in Iraq.

  • Marine Lance Cpl. William W. White, 24, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; assigned to 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

  • Army Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20, of Conyers, Ga.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in a suicide car-bombing near Najaf, Iraq.

  • Army Cpl. Michael Edward Curtin, 23, of South Plains, N.J.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in a suicide car-bombing near Najaf, Iraq.

  • Army Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, of Conyers, Ga.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in a suicide car-bombing near Najaf, Iraq.

  • Army Sgt. Eugene Williams, 24, of Highland, N.Y.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; killed in a suicide car-bombing near Najaf, Iraq.

    March 30, 2003
  • Marine Sgt. Michael V. Lalush, 23, of Troutville, Va.; assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Air Craft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a helicopter crash in southern Iraq.

  • Marine Capt. Aaron J. Contreras, 31, of Sherwood, Ore.; assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a helicopter crash in southern Iraq.

  • Marine Sgt. Brian McGinnis, 23, of St. Georges, Del.; assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a helicopter crash in southern Iraq.

    March 31, 2003
  • Army Spc. Brandon J. Rowe, 20, of Roscoe, Ill.; assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed in action by enemy artillery in Ayyub, Iraq.

  • Army Spc. William A. Jeffries, 39, of Evansville, Ill.; assigned to D Company, 1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard; evacuated from Kuwait to Rota, Spain, where he died as a result of a sudden illness.

     

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