Memoriam

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Listed below are the 159 Coalition troops whose deaths in the Iraq War have been confirmed. In addition to these soldiers, two are still missing in action. Hundreds of Iraqis, both soldiers and civilians, have also lost their lives. Their names will likely never be known to the Western world.
James F. Adamouski Age: 29 Hometown: Springfield, Virginia Killed when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq on April 2, 2003 Thomas Mullin Adams Age: 27 Hometown: La Mesa, California Killed when two British helicopters collided on March 22, 2003 Jamaal R. Addison Age: 22 Hometown: Roswell, Georgia Killed in an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Tristan N. Aitken Age: 31 Hometown: State College, Pennsylvania Killed in action in Iraq on April 4, 2003 Stephen John Allbutt Age: 35 Hometown: Stoke-on-Trent, England Killed when his tank was struck by a shell from another British tank on March 25, 2003 Luke Allsopp Age: 24 Hometown: North London, England Killed in attack on British vehicles in southern Iraq on March 23, 2003 Brian E. Anderson Age: 26 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina Killed April 2, 2003, in a non-hostile vehicle accident west of Nasiriya, Iraq Jay Aubin Age: 36 Hometown: Waterville, Maine Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash on March 21, 2003 Andrew Julian Aviles Age: 18 Hometown: Palm Beach, Florida Killed on April 7, 2003, in central Iraq when an enemy artillery round struck his amphibious assault vehicle Chad E. Bales Age: 20 Hometown: Coahoma, Texas Killed on April 3 in a non-hostile vehicle accident during convoy operations east of Ash Shahin, Iraq Steve Ballard Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Died March 30, 2003, of natural causes Ryan Beaupre Age: 30 Hometown: Bloomington, Illinois Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash on March 21, 2003 Wilfred D. Bellard Age: 20 Hometown: Lake Charles, Louisiana Killed when his vehicle fell into a ravine in Iraq on April 4, 2003 Michael E. Bitz Age: 31 Hometown: Ventura, California Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Thomas A. Blair Age: 24 Hometown: Oklahoma Initially listed as missing in action after operations near Nasiriya on March 24, 2003; his remains were recovered on March 28, 2003 Jeffrey E. Bohr, Jr. Age: 39 Hometown: Ossian, Iowa Killed in northern Baghdad while engaging enemy forces on April 10, 2003 Stevon A. Booker Age: 34 Hometown: Apollo, Pennsylvania Killed by enemy fire during a raid into Baghdad on April 5, 2003, in Iraq Mathew G. Boule Age: 22 Hometown: Dracut, Massachusetts Killed when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq on April 2, 2003 Shaun Andrew Brierley Age: 28 Hometown: West Yorkshire, England Killed March 30, 2003, in a traffic accident in Kuwait Henry L. Brown Age: 22 Hometown: Natchez, Mississippi Died April 8, 2003, of wounds received from an enemy rocket attack south of Baghdad Larry K. Brown Age: 22 Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi Killed in action on April 5, 2003, in Iraq Brian Rory Buesing Age: 20 Hometown: Cedar Key, Florida Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 George Edward Buggs Age: 31 Hometown: Barnell, South Carolina Killed after his convoy was ambushed in Iraq on March 23, 2003 Tamario D. Burkett Age: 21 Hometown: Erie, New York Killed in operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Jacob L. Butler Age: 24 Hometown: Wellsville, Kansas Killed in action April 1, 2003, in Assamawah, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his vehicle James W. Cawley Age: 41 Hometown: Roy, Utah Killed when he was accidentally struck by a Humvee on March 29, 2003 John Cecil Age: unavailable Hometown: Plymouth, England Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003 Therrel S. Childers Age: 30 Hometown: Harrison, Mississippi Killed in combat in southern Iraq on March 21, 2003 David Jeffrey Clarke Age: 19 Hometown: Littleworth, England Killed when his tank was struck by a shell from another British tank on March 25, 2003 Donald J. Cline Jr. Age: 21 Hometown: Washoe, Nevada Killed in operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Aaron J. Contreras Age: 31 Hometown: Sherwood, Oregon Killed March 30, 2003, in a helicopter crash in southern Iraq Simon Cullingworth Age: 36 Hometown: Essex, England Killed in attack on British vehicles in southern Iraq on March 23, 2003 Daniel Francis J. Cunningham Age: 33 Hometown: Lewiston, Maine Killed when his vehicle fell into a ravine in Iraq on April 4, 2003 Michael Edward Curtin Age: 23 Hometown: South Plains, New Jersey Killed in car bomb attack in Iraq on March 29, 2003 Wilbert Davis Age: 40 Hometown: Alaska Killed when his vehicle ran off the road into a canal in Iraq on April 3, 2003 Robert J. Dowdy Age: 38 Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio Killed after his convoy was ambushed in Iraq on March 23, 2003 Ruben Estrella-Soto Age: 18 Hometown: El Paso, Texas Killed after his convoy was ambushed in Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Llywelyn Karl Evans Age: 24 Hometown: Llandudno, Wales Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003 Mark A. Evnin Age: 21 Hometown: Burlington, Vermont Killed in action on April 3 during a firefight in central Iraq George A. Fernandez Age: 36 Hometown: El Paso, Texas Died on April 2, 2003, after being shot in northern Iraq Travis A. Ford Age: 30 Hometown: Ogallala, Nebraska Killed when his AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed during combat operations near Ali Aziziyal, Iraq, on April 4, 2003 David K. Fribley Age: 26 Hometown: Lee, Florida Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Jose A. Garibay Age: 21 Hometown: Orange, California Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Juan Guadalupe Garza Jr. Age: 20 Hometown: Temperance, Michigan Killed in action on April 8, 2003, in central Iraq Jonathan L. Gifford Age: 20 Hometown: Macon, Illinois Killed in operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Jesus A. Gonzalez Age: 22 Hometown: Indio, California Killed while manning a checkpoint in Baghdad on April 12, 2003 Jorge A. Gonzalez Age: 20 Hometown: Los Angeles, California Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Bernard G. Gooden Age: 22 Hometown: Mt. Vernon, New York Killed during a firefight in Central Iraq, on April 4, 2003 Philip D Green RN Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Killed when two British helicopters collided over the Persian Gulf on March 22, 2003 Christian D. Gurtner Age: 19 Hometown: Ohio City, Ohio Killed April 2, 2003, by a non-combat weapons discharge in Southern Iraq Jose Gutierrez Age: 22 Hometown: Los Angeles, California Killed in combat in southern Iraq on March 21, 2003 Philip Stuart Guy Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003 Erik A. Halvorsen Age: 40 Hometown: Bennington, Vermont Killed when his UH-6 0 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq on April 2, 2003 Sholto Hedenskog Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003 Les Hehir Age: 34 Hometown: unavailable Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003 Nicholas M. Hodson Age: 22 Hometown: Smithville, Missouri Killed in a vehicle accident on March 23, 2003 Lincoln D. Hollinsaid Age: 27 Hometown: Malden, Illinois Killed by enemy fire on April 7, 2003, in Iraq Matty Hull Age: 25 Hometown: Windsor, England Killed in action March 28, 2003, in southern Iraq Nolen R. Hutchings. Age: 19 Hometown: Boiling Springs, South Carolina Killed in operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Gregory P. Huxley, Jr. Age: 19 Hometown: Forestport, New York Killed by enemy fire on April 6, 2003, in Iraq Scott Jamar Age: 32 Hometown: Granbury, Texas Killed when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq on April 2, 2003 Evan T. James Age: 21 Hometown: Hancock, Illinois Drowned while crossing the Saddam Canal on March 24, 2003 William A. Jeffries Age: 39 Hometown: Evansville, Illinois Died from a sudden illness March 26, 2003, in Rota, Spain, after he was evacuated from Kuwait Howard Johnson II Age: 21 Hometown: Mobile, Alabama Killed in an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Michael Vann Johnson Jr. Age: 25 Hometown: Little Rock, Arkansas Killed in action in Iraq on March 25, 2003 Devon D. Jones Age: 19 Hometown: San Diego, California Killed when his vehicle fell into a ravine in Iraq on April 4, 2003 Phillip A. Jordan Age: 42 Hometown: Enfield, Connecticut Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Jeffrey J. Kaylor Age: 24 Hometown: Clifton, Virginia Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash on March 21, 2003 Brian Kennedy Age: 25 Hometown: Houston, Texas Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash on March 21, 2003 James M. Kiehl Age: 22 Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa Killed when his convoy was ambushed near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Antony King Age: unavailable Hometown: Helston, England Killed when two British helicopters collided over the Persian Gulf on March 22, 2003 Edward J. Korn Age: 31 Hometown: Savannah, Georgia Killed as he investigated the wreckage of an Iraqi T-72 tank destroyed by his unit in central Iraq on April 3, 2003 Bradley S. Korthaus Age: 28 Hometown: Scott, Iowa Drowned while crossing the Saddam Canal on March 24, 2003 Michael V. Lalush Age: 23 Hometown: Troutville, Virginia Killed in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in Southern Iraq on March 30, 2003 Marc A. Lawrence RN Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Killed when two British helicopters collided over the Persian Gulf on March 22, 2003 Nino D. Livaudais Age: 23 Hometown: Utah Died from severe injuries on April 3, 2003, in Iraq Ryan P. Long Age: 21 Hometown: Seaford, Delaware Died from severe injuries on April 3, 2003, in Iraq Christopher R Maddison Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Killed during fighting in the area of Basra on March 30, 2003 Joseph B. Maglione Age: 22 Hometown: Lansdale, Pennsylvania Killed April 1, 2003, by a noncombat weapon discharge at Camp Coyote, Kuwait Kevin Barry Main Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Killed when his aircraft was downed by a U.S. Patriot missile near the Kuwaiti border on March 23, 2003 Ian Keith Malone Age: 28 Hometown: unavailable Killed in action in Basra on April 6, 2003 John W. Marshall Age: 50 Hometown: Los Angeles, California Killed while his unit was conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River on March 25, 2003 Francisco A. Martinez Flores Age: 21 Hometown: Los Angeles, California Killed while his unit was conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River on March 25, 2003 Johnny Villareal Mata Age: 35 Hometown: El Paso, Texas Killed when his convoy was ambushed at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Donald C. May, Jr. Age: 31 Hometown: Richmond, Virginia Killed while his unit was conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River on March 25, 2003 Brian D. McGinnis Age: 23 Hometown: St. George, Delaware Killed March 30, 2003, in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in southern Iraq Brian M. McPhillips Age: 25 Hometown: Pembroke, Massachusetts Killed during a firefight in Central Iraq, on April 4, 2003 Jesus Martin Antonio Medellin Age: 21 Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas Killed on April 7 in central Iraq when an enemy artillery round struck his amphibious assault vehicle Joseph Menusa Age: 33 Hometown: San Jose, California Killed in action on March 27, 2003 Jason M. Meyer Age: 23 Hometown: San Antonio, Texas Killed by enemy indirect fire April 7, 2003, in Iraq Anthony S. Miller Age: 19 Hometown: San Antonio, Texas Killed by enemy indirect fire April 7, 2003, in Iraq George A. Mitchell Age: 35 Hometown: Rawlings, Maryland Died April 7, 2003, of wounds received from an enemy rocket attack south of Baghdad Chris Muir Age: 32 Hometown: Romsey, England Killed March 31, 2003, during an explosive ordnance disposal operation in southern Iraq Christopher Muzvuru Age: 21 Hometown: unavailable Killed in action in Basra on April 6, 2003 Kevin G. Nave Age: 36 Hometown: Union Lake, Michigan Killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Iraq on March 26, 2003 Patrick R. Nixon Age: 21 Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri Went missing engaged in operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Donald S. Oaks Jr. Age: 20 Hometown: Erie, Pennsylvania Killed in action on April 3, 2003, in Iraq Patrick T. O'Day Age: 20 Hometown: Sonoma, California Killed while his unit was conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River on March 25, 2003 Eric J. Orlowski Age: 26 Hometown: Buffalo, New York Killed by an accidental discharge of a machine gun on March 23, 2003 Fernando Padilla- Ramirez Age: 26 Hometown: Yuma, Arizona Killed in action after conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of Nasiriya on March 28, 2003 Michael F. Pedersen Age: 26 Hometown: Flint, Michigan Killed when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq on April 2, 2003 Lori Piestewa Age: 22 Hometown: Tuba City, Arizona Killed when her convoy was ambushed on March 23, 2003 near Nasiriya Frederick E. Pokorney Jr. Age: 31 Hometown: Nye, Nevada Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Kelley S. Prewitt Age: 24 Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama Killed in action by enemy fire on April 6, 2003, in Iraq Randall S. Rehn Age: 36 Hometown: Longmont, Colorado Killed in action on April 3, 2003, in Iraq Brendon C. Reiss Age: 23 Hometown: Natrona, Wyoming Killed in action after his unit was engaged in combat operations March 23, 2003, near Nasiriya Diego Fernando Rincon Age: 19 Hometown: Conyers, Georgia Killed in car bomb attack in Iraq on March 29, 2003 Duane R. Rios Age: 25 Hometown: Hammond, Indiana Killed during a firefight in Central Iraq, on April 4, 2003 Russell B. Rippetoe Age: 27 Hometown: Colorado Died from severe injuries on April 3, 2003, in Iraq Todd J. Robbins Age: 33 Hometown: Pentwater, Michigan Killed in action on April 3, 2003, in Iraq Steven Mark Roberts Age: 33 Hometown: Bradford, West Yorkshire Killed in action near Al Zubayr southwest of Basra on March 24, 2003 Robert M. Rodriguez Age: 21 Hometown: Queens, New York Killed in action March 27, 2003, along the Euphrates River near Nasiriya Randal Kent Rosacker Age: 21 Hometown: San Diego, California Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Brandon J. Rowe Age: 20 Hometown: Roscoe, Illinois Killed in action March 31, 2003, in Ayyub, Iraq, by enemy artillery Benjamin W. Sammis Age: 29 Hometown: Rehobeth, Massachusetts Killed in action on April 4 when his AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed during combat operations near Ali Aziziyal, Iraq Gregory P. Sanders Age: 19 Hometown: Indiana Killed in action in Iraq on March 24, 2003 Scott D. Sather Age: 29 Hometown: Clio, Michigan Killed in action April 8, 2003, in Iraq Christopher Scott Seifert Age: 27 Hometown: unavailable Killed by a grenade thrown by a fellow U.S. soldier in Kuwait on March 23, 2003 Ian Seymour Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003 Karl Shearer Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Killed April 1, 2003, in an accident involving a light armored vehicle Erik H. Silva Age: 22 Hometown: Chula Vista, California Killed in action in Iraq on April 3 Brandon Sloan Age: 19 Hometown: Bedford, Ohio Killed when his convoy was ambushed at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Thomas J. Slocum Age: unavailable Hometown: Adams, Colorado Killed in action near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Edward Smith Age: 38 Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Died April 5, 2003, in Doha, Qatar, died after he was wounded in action Eric A. Smith Age: 41 Hometown: California Killed when his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Iraq on April 2, 2003 Paul R. Smith Age: 33 Hometown: Tampa, Florida Killed in action in Iraq on April 4, 2003 Roderic A. Solomon Age: 32 Hometown: Fayetteville, North Carolina Killed when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled off a cliff on March 28, 2003 Barry 'Baz' Stephen Age: 31 Hometown: Perth, Scotland Killed in action near Al Zubayr, Iraq, on March 24, 2003 Robert A. Stever Age: 36 Hometown: Pendleton, Oregon Killed in action by enemy fire on April 8, 2003, in Iraq Gregory Stone Age: 40 Hometown: unavailable Killed by a grenade thrown by a fellow U.S. soldier in Kuwait on March 23, 2003 Mark Stratford Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003 Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar Age: 20 Hometown: Escondido, California Killed in action on March 27, 2003 Riayan A. Tejeda Age: 26 Hometown: New York, New York Killed during combat operations against enemy forces in northeast Baghdad on April 11, 2003 Brandon S. Tobler Age: 19 Hometown: unavailable Died in a vehicle accident in Iraq on March 22, 2003 Kelan John Turrington Age: 18 Hometown: unavailable Killed in action in Basra on April 6, 2003 Donald Walters Age: 33 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri Killed after his convoy was ambushed at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003 Jason Ward Age: 34 Hometown: unavailable Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash south of the Kuwait border on March 21, 2003 Kendall Damon Waters-Bey Age: 29 Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland Killed in a U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crash on March 21, 2003 Michael Russell Creighton Weldon Age: 20 Hometown: Conyers, Georgia Killed in car bomb attack in Iraq on March 29, 2003 Philip West Age: 32 Hometown: Budock Water, England Killed when two British helicopters collided over the Persian Gulf on March 22, 2003 Nathan D. White Age: 30 Hometown: Mesa, Arizona Killed in action April 2, 2003, flying over Iraq William W. White Age: 24 Hometown: Brooklyn, New York Killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq on March 29, 2003 David Rhys Williams Age: unavailable Hometown: unavailable Killed when his aircraft was downed by a U.S. Patriot missile near the Kuwaiti border on March 23, 2003 Eugene Williams Age: 24 Hometown: Highland, New York Killed in car bomb attack in Iraq on March 29, 2003 James Williams Age: 28 Hometown: Falmouth, England Killed when two British helicopters collided over the Persian Gulf on March 22, 2003 Michael J. Williams Age: 31 Hometown: Arizona Initially listed as missing in action after operations near Nasiriya on March 23, 2003; his remains were recovered on March 28, 2003 Andrew S. Wilson RN Age: 36 Hometown: unavailable Killed when two British helicopters collided over the Persian Gulf on March 22, 2003