January, 2004
9 Killed - Afghanistan    46 Killed - Iraq    Total: 55
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01/01/04 (I) Sgt. Dennis A. Corral 33, Kearney, Nebraska U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Killed when his five-ton truck went out of control and flipped on its side while in a convoy traveling to Baghdad International Airport inBaghdad, Iraq, on January 1, 2004 Company C, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/02/04 (I) Spec. Marc S. Seiden 26, Brigantine, New Jersey U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when the convoy he was in was ambushed with a roadside bomb, small-armsfire, and a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 2,2004 2nd BN, 325th Airborne INF REG, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	01/02/04 (I) Capt. Kimberly N. Hampton 27, Easley, South Carolina U.S. Army Hostile - Helicopter shot down Killed when the OH-58 Kiowa observation helicopter she was piloting was shot down by enemy ground fire in Falluja, Iraq on January 2, 2004 1st BN, 82nd Aviation REG, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	01/02/04 (I) Capt. Eric T. Paliwoda 28, , Texas U.S. Army Hostile - Mortar attack Killed when his command post was hit by a mortar attack in Balad, Iraq, on January 2, 2004 4th Engineer BN, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	01/02/04 (I) Spec. Solomon C. Bangayan 24, Jay, Vermont U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when the convoy he was in was ambushed with a roadside bomb, small-armsfire, and a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 2,2004 2nd BN, 325th Airborne INF REG, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
01/05/04 (I) Spec. Luke P. Frist 20, West Lafayette, Indiana U.S. Army Hostile - Bomb Died on January 5, 2004, at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston,Texas, of wounds received when his convoy was attacked with a roadsidebomb near Ramadi, Iraq, on January 2 209th Quartermaster Company, U.S. Army Reserve   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/07/04 (I) Pfc. Jesse D. Mizener 24, Auburn, California U.S. Army Hostile - Mortar attack Killed in a mortar attack on Logistical Base Seitz west of Baghdad, Iraq, on January 7, 2004 542nd Maint. Company, 44th Support BN, 593rd Corps Support Group   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/08/04 (I) Chief Warrant Officer Philip A. Johnson Jr. 31, Mobile, Alabama U.S. Army Hostile - Helicopter shot down Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance)   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/08/04 (I) Sgt. Jeffery C. Walker 33, Havre de Grace, Maryland U.S. Army Hostile - Helicopter shot down Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 C Company, 782nd Main Support BN, 82nd Airborne Division   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/08/04 (I) Chief Warrant Officer Aaron A. Weaver 32, Inverness, Florida U.S. Army Hostile - Helicopter shot down Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 C Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry REG, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link
01/08/04 (I) Spec. Michael A. Diraimondo 22, Simi Valley, California U.S. Army Hostile - Helicopter shot down Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance)   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/08/04 (I) Spec. Christopher A. Golby 26, Johnstown, Pennsylvania U.S. Army Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot downduring a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance)   State Tribute Site   Personal Tribute Site   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/08/04 (I) Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel 23, Jacksonville, Florida U.S. Army Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot downduring a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance)   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/08/04 (I) Spec. Nathaniel H. Johnson 22, Augusta, Georgia U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot downduring a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 D Company (Aviation), 82nd Support BN, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/08/04 (I) Staff Sgt. Craig Davis 37, Opelousas, Louisiana U.S. Army Hostile - Helicopter shot down Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 603rd Transportation Company, 142nd Corps Support Battalion   Military Times Link W.Post Link
01/08/04 (I) Sgt. 1st Class Gregory B. Hicks 35, Duff, Tennessee U.S. Army Hostile - Helicopter shot down Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was onboard was shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Falluja, Iraq, on January 8, 2004 B Company, 1st BN, 9th Cavalry REG, 1st Cavalry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/09/04 (A) Sgt. Roy A. Wood 47, Alva, Florida U.S. Army National Guard Kabul Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Incident: The vehicle he was riding in crashed into another vehicle in Kabul. C Co., 3rd Bat., 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne)   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	01/12/04 (I) Staff Sgt. Ricky L. Crockett 37, Broxton, Georgia U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when he was hit by a roadside bomb while on mounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 12, 2004 D Company, 51st Signal BN, XVIII Airborne Corps   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/14/04 (I) Sgt. Keicia M. Hines 27, Citrus Heights, California U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died when she was struck by a vehicle on Mosul Airfield in Mosul, Iraq, on January 14, 2004 108th Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne)   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/16/04 (I) Staff Sgt. Roland L. Castro 26, San Antonio, Texas U.S. Army Non-combat - Gunshot wound Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Camp Cedar II in southern Iraq on January 16, 2004 Battery A, 1st BN, 12th Field Artillery   Military Times Link W.Post Link
01/16/04 (I) Spec. Alain L. Kamolvathin 21, Blairstown, New Jersey U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died after he was in a motor vehicle accident in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 16, 2004 Company B, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/17/04 (I) Spec. Larry E. Polley Jr. 20, Center, Texas U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when his Bradley fighting vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb and overturned during a surveillance sweep for roadside bombs north ofBaghdad, Iraq, on January 17, 2004 2nd BN, 20th Field Artillery REG, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/17/04 (I) Pfc. Cody J. Orr 21, Ruskin, Florida U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when his Bradley fighting vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb andoverturned during a surveillance sweep for roadside bombs north ofBaghdad, Iraq, on January 17, 2004 2nd BN, 20th Field Artillery REG, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/17/04 (I) Sgt. Edmond L. Randle 26, Miami, Florida U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when his Bradley fighting vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb andoverturned during a surveillance sweep for roadside bombs north ofBaghdad, Iraq, on January 17, 2004 Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/18/04 (I) Master Sgt. Kelly L. Hornbeck 36, Fort Worth, Texas U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Died January 18, 2004, at the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad of injuries he sustained two days earlier when a roadside bomb hit hisvehicle during a combat patrol south of Samarra, Iraq C Company, 3rd BN, 10th Special Forces Group   Military Times Link W.Post Link
01/21/04 (I) Spec. Gabriel T. Palacios 22, Lynn, Massachusetts U.S. Army Hostile - Mortar attack Killed in a mortar attack on a forward operating base near Baquba, Iraq, on January 21, 2004. 588th Engineer Battalion (Heavy), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas 588th Engineer BN (Heavy), 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	01/21/04 (I) Pfc. James D. Parker 20, Bryan, Texas U.S. Army Hostile - Mortar attack Killed in a mortar attack on a forward operating base near Baquba, Iraq, on January 21, 2004 588th Engineer BN (Heavy), 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/23/04 (I) Chief Warrant Officer Michael T. Blaise 29, Wagoner, Tennessee U.S. Army Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed when his OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed while returning from acombat mission near Mosul in northern Iraq on January 23, 2004 2nd BN, 17th Cavalry REG, 101st Aviation Brigade   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/23/04 (I) Chief Warrant Officer Brian D. Hazelgrove 29, Fort Rucker, Alabama U.S. Army Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Killed when his OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed while returning from acombat mission near Mosul in northern Iraq on January 23, 2004 3rd BN, 17th Cavalry REG, 10th Av. Brigade, 10th Mnt. Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/24/04 (I) Sgt. Randy S. Rosenberg 23, Berlin, New Hampshire U.S. Army Hostile - Car bomb Killed when a car bomb detonated in Khalidiya, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 B Company, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo
01/24/04 (I) Sgt. Keith L. Smette 25, Fargo, North Dakota U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed after the convoy he was in was attacked with a roadside bomb north of Falluja, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 957th Engineer Company, 130th Engineer Brigade   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/24/04 (I) Spec. Jason K. Chappell 22, Hemet, California U.S. Army Hostile - Car bomb Killed when a car bomb detonated in Khalidiya, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 B Company, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/24/04 (I) Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Hendrickson 41, Bismarck, North Dakota U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed after the convoy he was in was attacked with a roadside bomb north of Falluja, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 957th Engineer Company, 130th Engineer Brigade   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/24/04 (I) Pfc. Ervin Dervishi 21, Fort Worth, Texas U.S. Army Hostile - RPG, small arms fire Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the Bradley fighting vehicle he was riding in during a combat patrol in Baji, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/24/04 (I) Spec. William R. Sturges Jr. 24, Spring Church, Pennsylvania U.S. Army Hostile - Car bomb Killed when a car bomb detonated in Khalidiya, Iraq, on January 24, 2004 B Company, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry   Military Times Link W.Post Link
01/25/04 (I) Chief Warrant Officer Patrick D. Dorff 32, Buffalo, Minnesota U.S. Army Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Dorff's OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter went down in the Tigris River during asearch on January 25, 2004, after a watercraft carrying four soldierscapsized. His remains were recovered on January 29. 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 10th Mountain Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/27/04 (I) Sgt. 1st Class James T. Hoffman 41, Whitesburg, Kentucky U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed in a roadside bomb attack in Khalidiya, just east of Ramadi, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 B Company, 1st Engineer BN, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/27/04 (I) Capt. Matthew J. August 28, Warwick, Rhode Island U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed in a roadside bomb attack in Khalidiya, just east of Ramadi, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 B Company, 1st Engineer BN, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/27/04 (I) Sgt. Travis A. Moothart 23, Brownsville, Oregon U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed in a roadside bomb attack in Khalidiyah, just east of Ramadi, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 B Company, 1st Engineer BN, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/27/04 (I) 2nd Lt. Luke S. James 24, Hooker, Oklahoma U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed in a roadside bomb attack near Iskandariya, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 2nd BN, 505th INF   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link
01/27/04 (I) Staff Sgt. Lester O. Kinney II 27, Zanesville, Ohio U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed in a roadside bomb attack near Iskandariya, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 2nd BN, 505th INF   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/27/04 (I) Sgt. Cory R. Mracek 26, Hay Springs, Nebraska U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed in an roadside bomb attack near Iskandariya, Iraq, on January 27, 2004 3rd BN, 319th Field Artillery   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/29/04 (A) Staff Sgt. Shawn M. Clemens 28, Allegany, New York U.S. Army Ghazni (W of) Non-combat - Ordnance explosion 2nd Bat., 87th Infantry Reg., 10th Mountain Div.   Personal Tribute Site   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	01/29/04 (I) Staff Sgt. Sean V. Landrus 31, Thompson, Ohio U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Died at the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq on January 29, 2004, of injuries sustained on January 27 when a roadside bomb exploded inKhalidiyah, Iraq B Company, 1st Engineer BN, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/29/04 (A) Spec. Justin A. Scott 22, Bellevue, Kentucky U.S. Army Ghazni (W of) Non-combat - Ordnance explosion 2nd Bat., 87th Infantry Reg., 10th Mountain Div.   Military Times Link W.Post Link
01/29/04 (A) Spec. Adam G. Kinser 21, Rio Vista, California U.S. Army Reserve Ghazni (W of) Non-combat - Ordnance explosion 304th Psychological Operations Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/29/04 (A) Sgt. 1st Class Curtis Mancini 43, Fort Lauderdale, Florida U.S. Army Reserve Ghazni (W of) Non-combat - Ordnance explosion 486th Civil Affairs Battalion   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/29/04 (I) Pfc. Luis A. Moreno 19, Bronx, New York U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire Moreno was shot on January 23, 2004, while guarding a gas station in Baghdad,Iraq. He was evacuated to Lakenheath Medical Treatment Facility inEngland, where he Died on his injuries on January 29, 2004. Battery A, 4th BN, 1st Field Artillery   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/29/04 (A) Sgt. Benjamin L. Gilman 28, Meriden, Connecticut U.S. Army Ghazni (W of) Non-combat - Ordnance explosion 41st Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/29/04 (A) Staff Sgt. James D. Mowris 37, Aurora, Missouri U.S. Army Reserve Ghazni (W of) Non-combat - Ordnance explosion 805th Military Police Company   Military Times Link W.Post Link
01/29/04 (A) Sgt. Danton K. Seitsinger 29, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma U.S. Army Reserve Ghazni (W of) Non-combat - Ordnance explosion 486th Civil Affairs Battalion   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/29/04 (A) Spec. Robert J. Cook 24, Sun Prarie, Wisconsin U.S. Army Ghazni (W of) Non-combat - Ordnance explosion 2nd Bat., 87th Infantry Reg., 10th Mountain Div.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/31/04 (I) Sgt. Eliu A. Miersandoval 27, San Clemente, California U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Kirkuk, Iraq, on on January 31, 2004 A Company, 4th Forward Support BN, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/31/04 (I) Cpl. Juan C. Cabral-Banuelos 25, Emporia, Kansas U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Kirkuk, Iraq, on on January 31, 2004 Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	01/31/04 (I) Pfc. Holly J. McGeogh 19, Taylor, Michigan U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when her vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Kirkuk, Iraq, on on January 31, 2004 A Company, 4th Forward Support BN, 4th Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link