September, 2007
9 Killed - Afghanistan    66 Killed - Iraq    Total: 75
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09/01/07 (I) Spc. Christopher G. Patton 21, Lawrenceville, Georgia U.S. Army Baghdad Non-combat Killed in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/02/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Delmar White 37, Wallins, Kentucky U.S. Army Baghdad (near) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, Kentucky Army National Guard, Carrollton, Ky.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/04/07 (I) Pvt. Randol S. Shelton 22, Schiller Park, Illinois U.S. Army Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/04/07 (A) Master Sgt. Patrick D. Magnani 38, Martinez, California U.S. Air Force Gardez Non-combat Died near Bagram, Afghanistan, in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 31st Medical Support Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	09/04/07 (I) David J. Lane 20, Emporia, Kansas U.S. Army Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo
09/04/07 (I) Sgt. Joel L. Murray 26, Kansas City, Kansas U.S. Army Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	09/04/07 (I) Spc. Rodney J. Johnson 20, Houston, Texas U.S. Army Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/05/07 (I) Spc. Keith A. Nurnberg 26, McHenry, Illinois U.S. Army Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit during combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/05/07 (I) Cpl. Javier G. Paredes 24, San Antonio, Texas U.S. Army Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire Died of wounds suffered from a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/05/07 (I) Pfc. Dane R. Balcon 19, Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S. Army Balad - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo
09/05/07 (I) Cpl. William T. Warford III 24, Temple, Texas U.S. Army Balad - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/05/07 (I) Sgt. 1st Class David A. Cooper Jr. 36, State College, Pennsylvania U.S. Army Baghdad Non-combat - Homicide Died from a non-combat related injury. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	09/06/07 (A) Pfc. Mykel F. Miller 19, Phoenix, Arizona U.S. Army Zabul Province Hostile - hostile fire Died in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona Army National Guard Phoenix.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	09/06/07 (I) Sgt. Michael J. Yarbrough 24, Malvern, Arkansas U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire Died while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province. He was assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/06/07 (I) Staff Sgt. John C. Stock 26, Longview, Texas U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire Died while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province. He was assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo
09/06/07 (I) Cpl. Bryan J. Scripsick 22, Wayne, Oklahoma U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire Died while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province. He was assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	09/06/07 (I) Cpl. Christopher L. Poole Jr. 22, Mount Dora, Florida U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire Died while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province. He was assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	09/06/07 (I) Sgt. Lee Christian Wilson 30, Chapel Hill, North Carolina U.S. Army Mosul - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations Sept. 6 in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo	09/07/07 (I) Spc. Jason J. Hernandez 21, Streetsboro, Ohio U.S. Army Mosul - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations Sept. 6 in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/07/07 (I) Spc. Thomas L. Hilbert 20, Venus, Texas U.S. Army Ninawa Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations Sept. 6 in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link
09/07/07 (I) Capt. Drew N. Jensen 27, Clackamas Cty, Oregon U.S. Army Ba'qubah - Diyala Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died in Seattle of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire during combat operations May 7 in Ba’qubah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/07/07 (I) Lance Cpl. Lance M. Clark 21, Cookeville, Tennessee U.S. Marine Corps Ninawa Province Non-combat - Gunshot wound Died from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The incident is under investigation.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo	09/07/07 (I) Spc. Marisol Heredia 19, El Monte, California U.S. Army Baghdad Non-combat - Accident - fire Died at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related injury. She was assigned to the 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/08/07 (I) Cpl. Ryan A. Woodward 22, Fort Wayne, Indiana U.S. Army Baghdad (near) Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Died in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire during combat operations near Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/08/07 (I) Sgt. Nickolas Lee Hopper 27, Montrose, Illinois U.S. Marine Corps Anbar province, Iraq Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on June 20, 2005. He was assigned to the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group-28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Cherry Point, N.C.   Military Times Link Link   Link     Link
09/09/07 (A) Cpl. Travis M. Woods 21, Redding, California U.S. Marine Corps Sangin (Helmand Province) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Northern Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1stMarine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/09/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Courtney Hollinsworth 26, Yonkers, New York U.S. Army Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device and grenades. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/09/07 (I) Sgt. Alexander U. Gagalac 28, Wahiawa, Hawaii U.S. Army Hawijah - At-Ta'mim Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack Died of wounds suffered from a rocket propelled grenade during combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield, Barracks, Hawaii.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/10/07 (I) Private 1st Class Sammie Phillips 19, Vine Grove, Kentucky U.S. Army National Guard Baghdad (East of) Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died when the vehicle he was traveling in overturned and caught fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, Kentucky Army National Guard, Carlisle, Ky   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/10/07 (I) Sergeant Omar Mora 28, Texas City, Texas U.S. Army Baghdad (East of) Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died in a vehicle accident Sept 10. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link
09/10/07 (I) Staff Sergeant Yance Gray 26, Miles City, Montana U.S. Army Baghdad (East of) Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died in a vehicle accident Sept 10. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo     photo	09/10/07 (I) Spc. Steven R. Elrod 20, Hope Mills, North Carolina U.S. Army Baghdad (East of) Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related vehicle rollover. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	09/10/07 (I) Spc. Ari D. Brown-Weeks 23, Abingdon, Maryland U.S. Army Baghdad (East of) Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related vehicle rollover. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	09/10/07 (I) Sgt. Nicholas J. Patterson 24, Rochester, Indiana U.S. Army Baghdad (East of) Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related vehicle rollover. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	09/10/07 (I) Sgt. Michael C. Hardegree 21, Villa Rica, Georgia U.S. Army Baghdad (East of) Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related vehicle rollover. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo
09/10/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Gregory Rera-Santiago IV 26, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Army Baghdad (East of) Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related vehicle rollover. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	09/10/07 (I) Cpl. Carlos E. Gil Orozco 23, San Jose, California U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire Died while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	09/10/07 (I) Lance Cpl. Jon T. Hicks Jr. 20, Atco, New Jersey U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire Died while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/14/07 (I) Pvt. Christopher M. McCloud 24, Malakoff, Texas U.S. Army Diyala Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th U.S. Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/14/07 (I) Spc. Jonathan Radeneira IV 22, Jackson Heights, New York U.S. Army Diyala Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th U.S. Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo
09/14/07 (I) Spc. Todd A. Motley 23, Clare, Michigan U.S. Army Diyala Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th U.S. Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/14/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Terry D. Wagoner 28, Piedmont, South Carolina U.S. Army Diyala Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th U.S. Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/14/07 (I) Sgt. John Mele 25, Union City, Tennessee U.S. Army Arab Jabou Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/15/07 (I) Cpl. Terrence P. Allen 21, Pennsauken, New Jersey U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire Cpl. Allen's death was apparently caused by a gunshot wound to the head at Al Asad Air Base, where he was waiting to leave for home, according to the family. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	09/15/07 (I) Pfc. Brandon T. Thorsen 22, Trenton, Florida U.S. Army Baghdad Non-combat - Gunshot wound Military officials did not release details of the incident, but Thorsen's father told The Gainesville Sun that his son died from a gunshot wound. The incident is under investigation. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo
09/16/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Michael L. Townes 29, Las Vegas, Nevada U.S. Army Balad Non-combat - non-combat related illness Died from a non-combat related illness. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, Aviation Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	09/18/07 (I) Spc. Donald E. Valentine III 21, Orange Park, Florida U.S. Army Muqdadiyah Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.   Personal Tribute Site   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/18/07 (I) Spc. Nicholas P. Olson 22, Novato, California U.S. Army Muqdadiyah Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo   photo     photo	09/18/07 (I) Spc. Joseph N. Landry III 23, Pensacola, Florida U.S. Army Muqdadiyah Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/18/07 (I) Spc. Matthew J. Emerson 20, Grandview, Washington U.S. Army Nineveh Province Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died in Ninewah Province, Iraq, of injuries suffered when he was thrown from his vehicle during an evening patrol in Mosul, just north of Baghdad. He was   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link
09/18/07 (I) Spc. Aaron J. Walker 23, Harker Heights, Texas U.S. Army Baghdad (southern part) Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Died of wounds from small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Vilseck, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo	09/18/07 (I) Sgt. Edmund J. Jeffers 23, Daleville, Alabama U.S. Army Taqqadum - Salah Ad Din Province Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	09/19/07 (I) Cpl. Graham M. McMahon 22, Corvallis, Oregon U.S. Army Al Anbar Province Non-combat - Illness Died from a non-combat related illness. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Lewis, Wash.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/19/07 (I) Pfc. Christian M. Neff 19, Lima, Ohio U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/20/07 (I) Pfc. Luigi Marciante Jr. 25, Elizabeth, New Jersey U.S. Army Muqdadiyah - Diyala Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Lewis, Wash.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo
09/20/07 (I) Capt. (Dr.) Roselle M. Hoffmaster 32, Cleveland, Ohio U.S. Army Kirkuk - At-Ta'mim Non-combat Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo	09/21/07 (I) Spc. John J. Young 24, Savannah, Georgia U.S. Army Baghdad Non-combat Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link	09/22/07 (I) Command Sgt. Maj. Jonathan M. Lankford 42, Scottsboro, Alabama U.S. Army Baghdad Non-combat - Illness - Heart Attack Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 79th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo     photo	09/22/07 (I) Spc. Joshua H. Reeves 26, Watkinsville, Georgia U.S. Army Baghdad 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, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/22/07 (I) Spc. David L. Watson 29, Newport, Arkansas U.S. Army Baqubah Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link
09/23/07 (A) Sgt. 1st Class Matthew D. Blaskowski 27, Levering, Michigan U.S. Army Asadabad Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire during combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/24/07 (I) Cpl. Anthony K. Bento 23, San Diego, California U.S. Army Bayji - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/25/07 (A) Pfc. Christopher F. Pfeifer 21, Spalding, Nebraska U.S. Army San Antonio, Texas (wounded in Kamu) Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Died in San Antonio, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire Aug. 17 near Kamu, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Schweinfurt, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/25/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Kevin R. Brown 38, Harrah, Oklahoma U.S. Army Muqdadiyah - Diyala Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/25/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Zachary B. Tomczak 24, Huron, South Dakota U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link
09/26/07 (A) Pfc. Mathew D. Taylor 21, Cameron Park, California U.S. Army San Antonio, Texas (wounded in Sarobi District) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died in San Antonio of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle July 23 in Sarobi District, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/26/07 (A) Petty Officer Second Class Charles Luke Milam 26, Littleton, Colorado U.S. Marine Corps Helmand Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He was a hospital corpsman assigned to 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	09/27/07 (I) Sgt. 1st Class Randy L. Johnson 34, Washington D.C., District of Columbia U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/29/07 (A) Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier 31, Charlotte, North Carolina U.S. Army Firebase Wilderness Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Died at Firebase Wilderness, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/29/07 (A) Cpl. Ciara M. Durkin 30, Quincy, Massachusetts U.S. Army National Guard Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Non-combat - Homicide Specialist Ciara Durkin, 30, was killed Thursday just outside a chapel near her office at Bagram Airfield. She suffered from a gunshot to the head. The Durkin family has now asked the Irish government to get involved. Ciara was born in Ireland before arriving in the Boston area when she was a child. Our sympathies to the Durkin family. May the truth be found. She was assigned to the 726th Finance Battalion, Massachusetts Army National Guard, West Newton, Mass   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link
09/29/07 (I) Staff Sgt. Donnie D. Dixon 37, Miami, Florida U.S. Army Diyala Province Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Died in Baloor, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	09/29/07 (I) Sgt. Robert T. Ayres III 23, Los Angeles, California U.S. Army Baghdad (Southern part) Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Died of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	09/29/07 (I) Sgt. 1st Class James D. Doster 37, Pine Bluff, Arkansas U.S. Army Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive devise and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	09/29/07 (I) Spc. Chirasak Vidhyarkorn 32, Queens, New York U.S. Army Diwaniyah - Qadisiyah Non-combat Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 142nd Field Artillery Regiment, Camp Shelby, Miss.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link	09/30/07 (I) Sgt. Randell Olguin 24, Ralls, Texas U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo