Maine
15 Killed - Afghanistan    25 Killed - Iraq    Total: 40
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02/13/04 (A) Sgt. Nicholes D. Golding 24, Addison, Maine U.S. Army Ghazni Hostile - hostile fire - land mine Company C, 2/87th Infantry Regiment   Military Times Link W.Post Link	02/26/06 (I) Spec. Joshua U. Humble 21, Appleton, Maine U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on February 26, 2006 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry REG, 10th Mountain Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/06/06 (I) Spec. Dustin J. Harris 21, Bangor, Maine U.S. Army Hostile - Bomb Killed when a homemade bomb detonated during dismounted patrol operations in Bayji, Iraq, on April 6, 2006 172nd Brigade Support BN, 172nd Stryker BCT, 101st Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	12/07/06 (I) Staff Sgt. James Kristofer R. Ciraso 26, Bangor, Maine U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his military vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 7, 2006 1st BN, 5th Cavalry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/29/07 (A) Spc. Christopher M. Wilson 24, Bangor, Maine U.S. Army Korengal Outpost Hostile - hostile fire - bomb 1st BN, 32nd Infantry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link
03/21/08 (I) Pvt. Tyler J. Smith 22, Bethel, Maine U.S. Army Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack BAGHDAD - A Coalition force Soldier was killed from wounds sustained from indirect fire south of Baghdad March 21. 3rd BN, 7th Infantry Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division   Personal Tribute Site   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo	03/28/07 (A) Sgt. Edmund W. McDonald 25, Casco, Maine U.S. Army Kabul (north) Non-combat - Accident - vehicular 782nd Brigade Support BN, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/31/09 (A) Pfc. Jordan M. Brochu 20, Cumberland, Maine U.S. Army Shuyene Sufia, Afghanistan Hostile - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	06/27/10 (A) Staff Sgt. Eric B. Shaw 31, Exeter, Maine U.S. Army Konar, Afghanistan Hostile - Small arms fire Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.   Military Times Link Link	06/15/06 (A) Capt. Patrick D. Damon 41, Falmouth, Maine U.S. Army National Guard Bagram Non-combat - Natural causes 240th Engineer Group   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link
12/21/04 (I) Sgt. Lynn R. Poulin Sr. 47, Freedom, Maine U.S. Army National Guard Hostile - Bomb Killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside the mess hall at Camp Marez in Mosul, Iraq, on December 21, 2004 Company A, 133rd Engineer Battalion, Maine Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link	12/14/07 (I) Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan A. Lowery 38, Houlton, Maine U.S. Army Ninawa Province Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Died of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas. 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, III Corps   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	02/09/07 (I) Staff Sergeant Eric Ross 26, Kenduskeag, Maine U.S. Army Ba'qubah (E of) - Diyala Hostile - hostile fire - explosion 1st BN, 12th Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	06/23/07 (I) Sgt. Joel A. House 22, Lee, Maine U.S. Army Taji - Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 2nd BN, 8th Cavalry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo     photo	11/30/07 (I) Cpl. Blair W. Emery 24, Lee, Maine U.S. Army Baqubah - Diyala Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash. 504th Military Police BN, 42nd Military Police Brigade   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link
04/04/03 (I) Spec. Daniel Francis J. Cunningham 33, Lewiston, Maine U.S. Army Non-combat - Accident - vehicular Killed when his vehicle fell into a ravine in Iraq on April 4, 2003 Battery C, 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	12/30/05 (I) Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Christopher Dostie 32, Lewiston, Maine U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when a roadside bomb detonated while he was patrolling a main supply route near Baghdad, Iraq, on December 30, 2005 2nd BN, 502nd INF REG, 2nd BCT, 101st Airborne Division   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link	05/24/04 (I) Spec. Beau R. Beaulieu 20, Lisbon, Maine U.S. Army Hostile - Mortar attack Killed during a mortar attack on Camp Cooke in Taji, Iraq, on May 24, 2004 27th Main Support BN, 1st Cavalry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	07/08/07 (I) Pfc. Jason E. Dore 25, Moscow, Maine U.S. Army Baghdad (western of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 2nd BN, 5th Cavalry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	08/14/09 (A) Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard 21, New Portland, Maine U.S. Marine Corps Helmand province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - RPG Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay.   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link
03/29/04 (I) Spec. Jeremiah J. Holmes 27, North Berwick, Maine U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack Killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb and fell from a bridge near Balad, Iraq, on March 29, 2004 744th Transportation Company, New Hampshire Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/13/06 (I) Sgt. Corey A. Dan 22, Norway, Maine U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack One of two soldiers killed when they came under small-arms fire and a roadside bomb detonated during combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq, onMarch 13, 2006 1st BN, 506th INF REG, 4th Brigade, 101st Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	04/03/08 (A) Sgt. Nicholas A. Robertson 27, Old Town, Maine U.S. Army Landstuhl Reg. Med. Center Hostile - hostile fire Died at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered April 2 while conducting dismounted combat operations in the Zahn Khan District, Afghanistan. 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link	06/20/10 (A) Sergeant Brandon Silk 25, Orono, Maine U.S. Army southern Afghanistan Hostile - Plane crash Died when the blackwawk helicopter he was riding in went down in a rugged area of southern Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, US Army.   Military Times Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo   photo	06/14/07 (I) Sgt. Richard K. Parker 26, Phillips, Maine U.S. Army National Guard Tikrit - Salah ad Din Hostile - IED attack Company A, 1st Battalion, 152nd Field Artillery Regiment, Maine Army Nation   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link   photo
04/20/04 (I) Spec. Christopher D. Gelineau 23, Portland, Maine U.S. Army National Guard Hostile - IED attack Killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Mosul, Iraq, on April 20, 2004 133rd Engineer Battalion, Maine Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link	12/06/06 (I) Cpl. Dustin J. Libby 22, Presque Isle, Maine U.S. Marine Corps Hostile - hostile fire Died during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on December 6, 2006 2nd BN, 4th Marine Reg, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force   Military Times Link W.Post Link	05/06/06 (I) Staff Sgt. Dale J. Kelly Jr. 48, Richmond, Maine U.S. Army Hostile - IED attack One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their M1083cargo truck during combat operations in Diwaniya, Iraq, on May 6, 2006 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry, Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link	11/26/06 (A) 1st Lt. Benjamin D. Keating 27, Shapleigh, Maine U.S. Army Kamdesh (Nuristan province) Non-combat - Accident - vehicular 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link	10/10/01 (A) MSgt. Evander E. Andrews 36, Solon, Maine U.S. Air Force Northern Arabian Peninsula Non-combat - Accident 366th Civil Engineer Squadron   Arlington   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link
12/21/04 (I) Spec. Thomas J. Dostie 20, Sommerville, Maine U.S. Army Hostile - Bomb Killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside the mess hall at Camp Marez in Mosul, Iraq, on December 21, 2004 Headquarters Company, 133rd Engineer Battalion, Maine Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/13/07 (I) Lance Cpl. Angel Rosa 21, South Portland, Maine U.S. Marine Corps Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire 3rd BN, 6th Marine Reg, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link   photo	03/25/07 (I) Sgt. Jason W. Swiger 24, South Portland, Maine U.S. Army Diyala Province Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, IED 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link   photo	05/26/08 (A) Spc. Justin L. Buxbaum 23, South Portland, Maine U.S. Army Kushamond, Afghanistan, Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood Texas.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	10/03/09 (A) Sgt. Joshua J. Kirk 30, South Portland, Maine U.S. Army Kamdesh Hostile - hostile fire Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his contingency outpost with small arms, rocket-propelled grenade and indirect fires. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Col   Military Times Link W.Post Link   Link     Link     Link     Link   photo
03/03/05 (I) Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Jones 43, Unity, Maine U.S. Army Non-combat related illness Jones became ill at Fort Drum, New York, just after returning from duty in Iraq, and was taken to a hospital in Syracuse, where he died of a non-combat related illness on March 3, 2005 Company A, 133rd Engineer Battalion, Maine Army National Guard   Military Times Link W.Post Link	03/21/03 (I) Maj. Jay T. Aubin 36, Waterville, Maine U.S. Marine Corps Kuwait Hostile - Helicopter crash Killed in Kuwait when his CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed on March 21, 2003 Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron - 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.   Military Times Link W.Post Link	05/06/10 (A) Spc. Wade A. Slack 21, Waterville, Maine U.S. Army Jaghatu Hostile - Indirect fire Died of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using indirect fire. He was assigned to the 707th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.   Military Times Link Link   Link   photo	04/26/04 (I) Sgt. Lawrence A. Roukey 33, Westbrook, Maine U.S. Army Reserve Hostile - Explosion Killed in a large explosion during a military raid looking for suspected"chemical munitions" at a building in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, onApril 26, 2004 Detachment 1, 3rd Battalion, 304th Regiment, 98th Division, Army Reserve   Military Times Link W.Post Link	08/11/06 (A) Pfc. Andrew R. Small 19, Wiscasset, Maine U.S. Army Nangalam (Nuristan province) Hostile - hostile fire - RPG, small arms fire 1st BN, 32nd Infantry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division   Military Times Link W.Post Link