AUGUST  2003
 
 
 
   Justin W. Hebert - 20
Army Specialist
Arlington, Washington
08-01-2003
Kirkuk, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - killed when his vehicle was
struck by a Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPG).  

 
   David L. Loyd - 44
Army National Guard  Staff Sergeant
Brownsville, Tennessee
08-05-2003
Kuwait
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - was on a mission when he experienced
severe chest pains. The soldier was sent to the hospital
where he was pronounced dead from a heart attack.

 
   Farao K. Letufuga - 20
Army Specialist
Pago Pago, American Samoa
08-05-2003
Mosul, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Died after falling from the top of a
building while he was performing guard duty

 
Kyle C. Gilbert - 20
Army Private
Brattleboro, Vermont
08-06-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Ambushed and killed when Iraqi
gunmen in a vehicle opened fire in drive by shooting Small Arms Fire.

 
Zeferino E. Colunga - 20
Army Specialist
 Bellville, Texas
08-06-2003
Homburg Hospital, Germany
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Died after a battle with acute Leukemia. Initially evacuated
to the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq. Then evacuated to
Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center and later to Homburg
University Hospital in Germany for further evaluation and
remained at Homburg until his death.  

 
Leonard D. Simmons - 33
Army Sergeant
New Bern, North Carolina
08-06-2003
Mosul, Iraq
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Died of cardiac arrest
while performing his duties.

 
Brian R. Hellerman - 35
Army Staff Sergeant
Freeport, Minnesota
08-06-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Ambushed and killed when Iraqi
gunmen in a vehicle opened fire in drive by shooting Small Arms Fire.



 
Duane E. Longstreth -19
Army Private 1st Class
Green Acres, Washington
08-07-2003
Bayji, Iraq 
Non-Hostile -  Accidental Weapon Discharge

 
Matthew D. Bush - 20
Army Private
Alton, Illinois
08-08-2003
Camp Caldwell, Iraq
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Authorities are blaming his death
on the blistering summer heat when he was found
dead in his bed and A heat-related illness probably
caused his death, according preliminary findings from an
autopsy conducted at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware

 
Brandon Ramsey - 21
Army Private 1st Class
Calumet City, Illinois
08-08-2003
Tall Afar, Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident - In a convoy escort
mission when the vehicle in which he was riding rolled
over during the chase of a suspicious vehicle.

 
Floyd G. Knighten Jr. - 55
Army National Guard Sergeant
Olla, Louisiana
08-09-2003
North Of Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Attributed the death to possible heat
injury suffered while with a convoy traveling
from Camp Bilad to Camp Pennsylvania.

 
Levi B. Kinchen - 21
Army Specialist
Tickfaw, Louisiana
08-09-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Passed Away In His Sleep.

 
David S. Perry - 36
Army Military Police Staff Sergeant
Bakersfield, California
08-10-2003
Ba'qubah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - A package that had been
dropped off at police headquarters that he was inspecting
exploded and fatally injured him .

 
Daniel R. Parker - 18
Army Private 1st Class
Lake Ellsinore, California
08-12-2003
Mosul, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident - was thrown from his vehicle when the driver
swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle in another lane.

 
Richard S. Eaton Jr. - 37
Army Staff Sergeant
Guilford, Connecticut
08-12-2003
Ramadi, Iraq
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Authorities are blaming his death
on the blistering summer heat when he was found
dead in his bed and A heat-related illness probably
caused his death.


  
Taft V. Williams - 29
Army Sergeant
New Orleans, Louisiana
08-12-2003
Taji, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Fatally injured  in a convoy in
Taji, Iraq when he was injured by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).

 
Timmy R. Brown Jr. - 21
Army Private 1st Class
Conway, Pennsylvania
08-12-2003
Taji, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Fatally injured  in a convoy in
Taji, Iraq when he was injured by an Improvised Explosive
Device (IED)

 
Steven W. White - 29
Army Sergeant
Lawton, Oklahoma
08-14-2003
Tikrit, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Killed when his M113
armored personnel carrier hit an antitank mine.

 
David M. Kirchhoff - 31
Iowa Army National Guard Private First Class
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
08-14-2003
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Died after suffering a heat
stroke in Iraq, where temperatures had reached 125 to 130 degrees.



 
Craig S. Ivory - 26
Army Specialist
Port Matilda, Pennsylvania
08-17-2003
Homburg University Hospital, Germany
Non-Hostile -  Illnesses - Died of heat stroke after
he was medically evacuated from Kuwait

 
Eric R. Hull - 23
Army Specialist
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
08-20-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Killed when a military vehicle he was riding
in hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) while hauling supplies  .

 
Kenneth W. Harris Jr. - 23
Army Reserves Specialist
Charlotte, North Carolina
08-20-2003
Scania - Qadisiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Vehicle Accident - Killed in two-vehicle accident on
the main supply route near Scania.

 
Bobby C. Franklin - 38
Army National Guard Staff Sergeant
Mineral Bluff,  Georgia
08-20-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Killed when a military vehicle he was riding
in hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) while hauling supplies  .

 
Michael S. Adams - 20
Army Private First Class
 Spartanburg, South Carolina
08-21-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Adams was participating in a small-arms-fire
exercise on the range when a bullet ricocheted and ignited
a fire in the building. He died as a result of injuries sustained during the fire.

 
Kylan A. Jones-Huffman - 31
Navy Lieutenant
Aptos, California
08-21-2003
Al Hillah - Babil, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Was shot by an unidentified
gunman while riding in an SUV and died soon after at
Camp Babylon Medical Facility Small Arms Fire.

 
Vorn J. Mack - 19
Army Private First Class
Orangeburg, South Carolina
08-23-2003
Ramadi, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Mack jumped into the Euphrates River
near the Hadithah Dam,  to take a swim and did not resurface.
A search party found his body downstream.

 
Stephen M. Scott - 21
Army Specialist
Lawton, Oklahoma
08-23-2003
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Accidental Weapon Discharge

 
Ronald D. Allen Jr. - 22
Army Specialist
Mitchell, Indiana
08-25-2003
Balad - Salah ad Din, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident - Allen was conducting convoy operations when
he was involved in a vehicular accident near Balad.

 
Pablo Manzano - 19
Army Private First Class
Heber, California
08-25-2003
15 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Died of a non-combat weapons
discharge in Logistical Support Area Dogwood, Iraq
 
Darryl T. Dent - 21
Army National Guard Specialist
Washington D.C.
08-26-2003
Hamamiyat (15 mi. N. of Baghdad), Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - In a convoy when an
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) struck his vehicle.



 
Rafael L. Navea - 34
Army Specialist
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
08-27-2003
Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - An Improvised Explosive
Device (IED) struck Navea's vehicle.

 
Gregory A. Belanger - 24
Army Sergeant
 Narragansett, Rhode Island
08-27-2003
Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - An Improvised Explosive
Device (IED) struck Navea's vehicle.

 
Anthony L. Sherman - 43
Army Lieutenant Colonel
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
08-27-2003
Camp Arifjan South of Kuwait City, Kuwait
Non-Hostile - Mysterious Pneumonia-like -  Illnesses - and
breathing problems appear to be cause of death.

 
Mark A. Lawton - 41
Army Staff Sergeant
Hayden, Colorado
08-29-2003
As Suaydat (nr. Ba'qubah), Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - killed when his convoy
was hit by a Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPG).

 
Sean K. Cataudella - 28
Sergeant
Tucson, Arizona
08-30-2003
Tikrit (near) Salah ad Din, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident - was driving a military vehicle when
vehicle hit an embankment and rolled into
a canal causing him to drowned.

    

Numbers will be posted as soon as I can get to them.