June, 2009
25 Killed - Afghanistan    15 Killed - Iraq    1 Missing in Action    Total: 41
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06/01/09 (A) Sgt. Jasper K. Obakrairur 26, Hilo, Hawaii U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	06/01/09 (A) Pfc. Matthew D. Ogden 33, Corpus Christi, Texas U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Fort Drum, N.Y.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/01/09 (A) Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Hall 28, Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Fort Drum, N.Y.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/01/09 (A) Pfc. Matthew W. Wilson 19, Miller, Missouri U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Fort Drum, N.Y.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/02/09 (I) Sgt. Justin J. Duffy 31, Cozad, Nebraska U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link
06/02/09 (A) Spc. Roberto A. Hernandez I 21, Far Rockaway, New York U.S. Army Paktya, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when his mounted patrol was attacked with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), Fort Stewart, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	06/03/09 (A) Spc Jarrett P. Griemel 20, La Porte, Texas U.S. Army Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. W.Post Link	06/04/09 (A) Maj. Rocco M. Barnes 50, Los Angeles, California U.S. Army National Guard Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was a member of the Tactical Command Post, 40th Infantry Division, California Army National Guard, assigned as an individual augmentee to the 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo	06/04/09 (A) Maj. Kevin M. Jenrette 37, Lula, Georgia U.S. Army National Guard Kapisa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard, Calhoun, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/04/09 (I) Sgt. Christopher M. Kurth 23, Alamogordo, New Mexico U.S. Army Kirkuk Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link
06/04/09 (A) Spc. Jeffrey W. Jordan 21, Rome, Georgia U.S. Army National Guard Kapisa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard, Calhoun, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/04/09 (A) Sgt. 1st Class John C. Beale 39, Riverdale, Georgia U.S. Army National Guard Kapisa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard, Calhoun, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/04/09 (I) Spc. Charles D. Parrish 23, Jasper, Alabama U.S. Army Balad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered earlier that day in Jalula, Iraq, when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade. He was assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/05/09 (I) Lance Cpl. Robert D. Ulmer 22, Landisville, Pennsylvania U.S. Marine Corps Anbar province, Iraq Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	06/06/09 (A) Lance Cpl. Joshua R. Whittle 20, Downey, California U.S. Marine Corps Helmand province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link
06/09/09 (A) Spc. Eduardo S. Silva 25, Greenfield, California U.S. Army Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 563rd Aviation Support Battalion, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	06/10/09 (A) Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky L. Richardson Jr. 33, Franklin, Missouri U.S. Marine Corps Farah province, Afghanistan. unspecified Died while conducting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo     photo	06/13/09 (I) Staff Sgt. Edmond L. Lo 23, Salem, New Hampshire U.S. Army Samarra City, Iraq Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died when an improvised explosive device that his explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team was acting to neutralize detonated. He was assigned to the 797th Ordnance Company, 79th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo     photo	06/15/09 (A) Spc. Jonathan C. O’Neill 22, Zephyr Hills, Florida U.S. Army Paktya, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered June 2 in Paktya, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) at Fort Stewart, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/16/09 (I) Capt. Kafele H. Sims 32, Los Angeles, California U.S. Army Mosul Non-combat Died of a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 18th Engineer Brigade, Schwetzingen, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link photo
06/16/09 (I) Sgt. Joshua W. Soto 25, San Angelo, Texas U.S. Army Samawah - Muthanna Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo	06/17/09 (A) Sgt. 1st Class Kevin A. Dupont 52, Templeton, Massachusetts U.S. Army National Guard Kandau, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered March 8 in Kandau, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 79th Troop Command, Rehoboth, Mass.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	06/19/09 (A) Sgt. Paul Smith 43, East Peoria, Illinois U.S. Army National Guard Not reported yet Not reported yet Died when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Troop C, 2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry, based in Aurora., Illinois, deployed to Afghanistan as part of the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT).   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	06/19/09 (I) Spc. Chancellor A. Keesling 25, Indianapolis, Indiana U.S. Army Reserve Baghdad Non-combat - Suicide Died of a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 961st Engineer Company, Sharonville, Ohio.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	06/19/09 (A) Staff Sgt. Joshua Melton 26, Germantown , Illinois U.S. Army National Guard Not reported yet Not reported yet Died when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Co. 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, based in Marion, Illinois, deployed to Afghanistan as part of the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT).   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link
06/20/09 (A) 1st Sgt. John D. Blair 38, Calhoun, Georgia U.S. Army National Guard Mado Zayi, Afghanistan Hostile - RPG attack Died of wounds suffered when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle. He was an Army National Guardsman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, Lawrenceville, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	06/20/09 (A) Command Master Chief effrey J. Garber 43, Hemingford, Nebraska U.S. Army USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of non-hostile causes June 20 aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the North Arabian Sea. He was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower iin the Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	06/21/09 (A) Sgt. Ricky D. Jones 26, Plantersville, Alabama U.S. Army Bagram Air Base Hostile - Rocket attack Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by indirect fire. He was assigned to the 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Fort Polk, La.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	06/21/09 (A) Spc. Rodrigo A. Munguia Rivas 27, Germantown, Maryland U.S. Army Bagram Air Base Hostile - Rocket attack Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by indirect fire. He was assigned to the 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. W.Post Link   Link     Link	06/24/09 (I) Spc. Casey L. Hills 23, Salem, Illinois U.S. Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was He was assigned to the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, Pago Pago, American Samoa.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link
06/25/09 (I) Spc. Joshua L. Hazlewood 22, Manvel, Texas U.S. Army Arifjan, Kuwait Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 614th Automated Cargo Documentation Detachment.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	06/25/09 (A) 1st Lt. Brian N. Bradshaw 24, Steilacoom, Washington U.S. Army Kheyl, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle, He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, based in Fort Richardson, Alaska.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	06/26/09 (A) Pfc. Peter K. Cross 20, Saginaw, Texas U.S. Army Combat Outpost Carwile, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	06/28/09 (A) Pvt. Steven T. Drees 19, Peshtigo, Wisconsin U.S. Army Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, in Landstuhl, Germany, Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries sustained June 24 in Konar Province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire and a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	06/28/09 (I) Sgt. Timothy A. David 28, Gladwin, Michigan U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - Died in Sadr City, Iraq, of wounds suffered earlier in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo
06/29/09 (A) Sgt. Terry J. Lynch 22, Shepherd, Montana U.S. Army Wardak Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	06/29/09 (I) Spc. Robert L. Bittiker 39, Jacksonville, North Carolina U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - IED attack Died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle June 29, in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, Wilmington, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	06/29/09 (I) Sgt. Juan C. Baldeosingh 30, Newport, North Carolina U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - IED attack Died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle June 29, in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, Wilmington, N.C.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo   photo	06/29/09 (I) Sgt. Roger L. Adams Jr. 36, Jacksonville, North Carolina U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - IED attack Died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle June 29, in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, Wilmington, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	06/29/09 (I) Sgt. 1st Class Edward C. Kramer 39, Wilmington, North Carolina U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - IED attack Died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle June 29, in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, Wilmington, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo
06/30/09 (M) Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl (captive) 23, Hailey, Idaho U.S. Army Afghanistan Kidnapping Captured and held captive by Taliban insurgents. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, based at Fort Richardson, Alaska.   Link     Link     Link     Link