JUNE  2003
  

   
 Jonathan W. Lambert - 28

 Sergeant
Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division
 Newsite, Mississippi
 06-01-2003
 Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Roll Over While Traveling By Convoy
 From Baghdad To Kuwait To Prepare To Return To Their
 Home Base At Camp Pendleton, California.

 
Atanasio Haro-Marin Jr - 27

Sergeant
Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment
 Baldwin Park, California
 06-03-2003
 South Of Balad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Manning A Checkpoint
When His Unit Came Under Fire From Rocket-Propelled
Grenade (RPG) And Small Arms.
 
Branden F. Oberleitner - 20

Private First Class
Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment
 Worthington, Ohio
 06-05-2003
 Al Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Was Returning From A
Dismounted Patrol When The Element Was
Fired Upon By A Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG)
                          

 
Doyle W. Bollinger Jr - 21

Seabee Petty Officer Third Class
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133
 Poteau, Oklahoma
 06-06-2003
 Al Kut, Iraq
Non-Hostile - When A Piece Of Unexploded Ordnance
Accidentally Detonated In The Area He Was Working.

 
Travis L. Burkhardt - 26

Military Police Sergeant
170th Military Police Company
 Edina, Missouri
 06-06-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Part Of An Escort Mission
When The Vehicle He Was In Hit A Curb Along
The Roadway And Rolled Over.

   
David Sisung - 21

 Petty Officer Third Class
USS Nimitz
 Phoenix, Arizona
 06-06-2003
 Persian Gulf - USS Nimitz 
Non-Hostile - Died Of  Cardiac Arrest On Board His Ship
 
Jesse M. Halling - 19

Military Police Private
401ST Military Police Company
Indianapolis, Indiana
06-07-2003
Tikrit, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Ordering Others In His Unit To
Take Cover While He Remained At His
Post Returning Fire Until He Was Hit By Shrapnel
In A Fatal Gun Shot Wound. This While Manning
A Checkpoint When His Unit Came Under Fire From Rocket-Propelled
Grenade (RPG) And Small Arms While Defending
The Civilian Military Operations Center In Tikrit, Iraq.

The Navy League of the U.S. and the Headquarters of the Naval Sea Cadet Corps have tested a group of individuals and have found them worthy to be established as a unit of the Naval League Cadet Corps and that establishment is today.

The name of the newly commissioned unit is to be the Private First Class (PFC) Jesse M. Halling division, in memory of a young soldier who gave his life heroically in the war on terror in Iraq and whose sacrifice will be remembered thereby.


 
Michael E. Dooley - 23

 Sergeant
1st Squadron 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
 Pulaski, Virginia
 06-08-2003
 Al Asad, Iraq Near The Syrian Border
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Manning A Traffic Control Point When
A Vehicle Came Up To The Checkpoint And Two
Individuals Got Out Requesting A Medic For Their
Sick Friend. Immediately Following The Request For
Help, They Opened Fire Which Resulted In His Death.



 
Gavin L. Neighbor - 20

 Corporal
Company C, 3rd Battalion 325th Infantry, 82nd Airborne
 Somerset, Ohio
 06-10-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Neighbor Was Off Work From
Guard Duty June 10, Resting In A Bus, When
A Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) Round Was Fired
From A Nearby House. He Died As A Result Of His Wounds.

 
John K. Klinesmith Jr - 25

 Specialist
Company C, 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division
 Stockbridge, Georgia
 06-12-2003
 Al Fallujah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Drowning Last Seen Wading In The Lake On
The Palace Compound. A Search Was Launched
And Searchers Found His Clothes And Gear On
The Lake Shore And Recovered His Body The Next Day.

 
Andrew R. Pokorny - 30

 Staff Sergeant
3rd Air Defense Artillery, 3rd Armored Cavalry
 Naperville, Illinois
 06-13-2003
 Al Asad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident On The Way Back From
Patrol, Pokorny's M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
Threw A track And Went Over A Four Foot Drop-Off
On The Side Of The Road, Causing The Vehicle To Roll Over.

 
Ryan R. Cox - 19

 Private First Class
1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
 Derby, Kansas
 06-15-2003
 Najaf, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Weapon Discharge Accident
 
Joseph D. Suell - 24

 Specialist
5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
 Lufkin, Texas
 06-16-2003
 Todjie, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Specialist Suell Took His Life By
Ingesting A Bottle Of Tylenol.

 
Shawn D. Pahnke - 25

 Private
Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment
 Shelbyville, Indiana
 06-16-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire -  Pahnke Was On Patrol When
He Received A Fatal Sniper Gun Shot Wound.

                                                                                  

 
Robert L. Frantz - 19

 Private First Class
1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division
 San Antonio, Texas
 06-17-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - He Was On Guard Duty
When A Local Resident Threw A Grenade Over The Wall.

 
Michael L. Tosto - 24

 Sergeant
1st Battalion, 35th Armrd Regiment, 1st Arm. Division
 Apex, North Carolina
 06-17-2003
 Camp Wolf Kuwait
Non-Hostile - Illness - Pneumonia That Developed Rapidly
And Took His Life Before He Could Be Helped.
 
Michael R. Deuel - 21

Private First Class
2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Nemo, South Dakota
06-18-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire Received Fatal Gun Shot
Wounds While On Guard Duty At A Propane Distribution Center



 
William T. Latham - 29

 Staff Sergeant
Troop E, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry
 Kingman, Arizona
 06-18-2003
 Walter Reed Medical Center, Maryland
Hostile - Was participating in a raid at a suspected arms market
in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He ordered his troops to
fire a grenade at the door, and a piece of shrapnel flew under
his helmet and lodged in his head . Latham was evacuated back
to the United States where he died of his wounds.  
 
Paul T. Nakamura - 21

 Medic Specialist
437th Medical Company
 Santa Fe Springs, California
 06-19-2003
 Al Iskandariyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Was part of an ambulance crew
transporting an injured soldier when the vehicle was
hit by a Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG)
 
Orenthial Javon Smith - 21

 Specialist
Company A, 123rd Main Support Battalion
 Allendale, North Carolina
 06-22-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - He was a petroleum supply specialist
serving with the Army's First Armored Division when
his convoy was ambushed by small arms fire.

    
Seth Robert Michaud - 27

Captain
Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Hudson, Massachusetts - United States
 06-22-2003
Godoria Range, Djibouti
Non Hostile  - Accident - Friendly Fire

                       

 
Cedric Lamont Lennon - 32

Specialist Fourth Class
Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
West Bloc ton, Alabama
06-24-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - No Explanation Given For Death
                                                                                   

 
Gregory E. MacDonald - 29

 Lance Corporal
B Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
 Washington D.C.
 06-25-2003
 Hillah, Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident as light armored vehicle
he was traveling in rolled over.

 
Andrew F. Chris - 25

 Ranger Specialist
Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 San Diego, California
06-25-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire when a vehicle packed with
explosives on the side of a Baghdad road detonated

    
Thomas E. Retzer - 30

First Class Petty Officer
SEAL Team 2, Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
San Diego, California - United States
 06-25-2003
Near Gardez, Afghanistan
Hostile Fire

 
Gladimir Philippe - 32

 Sergeant First Class
Battalion B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment
 Linden, New Jersey
06-25-2003
 West Of Taji, Iraq
Hostile - Sergeant First Class Philippe had been
listed as missing in action after failing to respond
to a radio check south of Balad, Iraq. A
search party was sent to the location of last radio
transmission, but was unable to find the soldier.
His remains were located in Taji, Iraq.

   
Kevin C. Ott - 27

Private First Class
Battalion B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment
 Orient, Ohio
06-25-2003
West Of Taji, Iraq
 Hostile - Private First Class Ott had been
listed as missing in action after failing to respond
to a radio check south of Balad, Iraq. A
search party was sent to the location of last radio
transmission, but was unable to find the soldier.
His remains were located in Taji, Iraq.

 
Richard P. Orengo - 32

Puerto Rico National Guard Specialist
755th Military Police Company
Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
06-26-2003
Near Najaf, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Died in a gun battle while investigating
a car theft  in Najaf, Iraq, about 100 miles southwest of Baghdad.
Puerto Rico National Guard buries first combat casualty since Korean War

 
Corey A. Hubbell - 20

 Specialist
Company B, 46th Engineer Battalion
 Urbana, Illinois
06-26-2003
 Camden Yards Kuwait
Non-Hostile - Illness - Died after being hospitalized
in Kuwait with breathing difficulties.

 
Joshua McIntosh - 22

Hospital Corpsman
Seventh Marine Regiment
Kingman, Arizona
06-26-2003
Karbala, Iraq
Non-Hostile - On Duty Weapon Discharge



 
Tomas Sotelo Jr - 20

 Corporal
Headquarters Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry
 Houston, Texas
 06-27-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Was traveling in a convoy when
a Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) struck his vehicle.
    
Kelvin Feliciano Gutierrez - 21

Specialist
Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Anasco, Puerto Rico - United States Territory
 06-28-2003
Orgun-E, Afghanistan
Non Hostile  - Accident - Vehicular

 
Timothy M. Conneway - 22

Sergeant
3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Enterprise, Alabama
06-28-2003
 Baghdad, Iraq
 Hostile - As a result of enemy fire while  in a government
vehicle in Baghdad  when an explosive device
detonated and struck the vehicle. He died two days later.


 THE TOTAL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CASUALTY COUNT FOR JUNE 2003
 --- 30 ---




    



TOTAL SUMMARY FOR JUNE  2003
1 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
5 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
7 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
8 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
65 - American Deaths In IRAQ (2)
58 - Hostile Fire Death In IRAQ
7 - Non-Hostile Death In IRAQ
1 - No Explanation Given For Hostile or Non Hostile Cause Of Death This Month (1)
0 - Total American IED Deaths - *
0 - Total American RPG Deaths
10 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
8 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
4 - Total American Car Bomb Deaths
340 - Wounded In Action In IRAQ (3)
   

TOTAL SUMMARY TO DATE (4)
1 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
5 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
7 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
8 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
65 - American Deaths In IRAQ (2)
58 - Hostile Fire Death In IRAQ
7 - Non-Hostile Death In IRAQ
47 - No Explanation Given For Hostile or Non Hostile Cause Of Death Total (1)
0 - Total American IED Deaths
0 - Total American RPG Deaths
10 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
8 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
4 - Total American Car Bomb Deaths
340 - Wounded In Action In IRAQ (3)
   
  (2) = Include 18 - 21 Years Of Age 
  (3)= Includes Soldiers Who May Have Returned To Combat 
  (4) = All Conflict Totals To End Of This Month
* DOD Began Counting IED Deaths July 2003