March 28 —
U.S. and British troop casualties from the war. U.S. totals
(which include only those identified by military or confirmed by
family members): 27 dead, seven captured, 16 missing. British total:
22 dead (only 10 names have been released).
DEATHS:
March 25:
Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, Boise, Idaho, grenade
attack
Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr., 25,
Little Rock, Ark., combat.
March 24:
Marine Cpl. Evan James, 20, La Harpe, Ill., drowned in canal
Marine Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus, 29, Davenport, Iowa, drowned in
canal
Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders, 19, Hobart, Ind., combat
March 23:
Army Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22, Roswell, Ga., combat
Marine Sgt. Michael E. Bitz, 31, Ventura, Calif., combat
Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing, 20, Cedar Key, Fla.,
combat
Marine Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley, 26, Fort Myers, Fla.,
combat
Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, 21, Costa Mesa, Calif., combat
Marine Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, Los Angeles, combat
Army Pfc. Howard Johnson II, 21, Mobile, Ala., combat
Marine Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan, 42, Enfield, Conn.,
combat
Marine 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31, Tonopah, Nev.,
combat
Marine Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker, 21, San Diego, combat
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, 22, Thornton, Colo.,
combat
March 22:
Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, 27, La Mesa, Calif., helicopter
collision
Marine Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, 26, Buffalo, N.Y., machine
gun accident
Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, Easton, Pa., grenade
attack
Army Reserve Spc. Brandon S. Tobler, 19, Portland, Ore., vehicle
accident
March 21:
Marine Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, Waterville, Maine, helicopter
crash
Marine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, Bloomington, Ill.,
helicopter crash
Marine 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, Harrison County, Miss.,
combat
Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 22, Los Angeles, combat
Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, Houston, helicopter
crash
Marine Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29, Baltimore,
helicopter crash
Date not given:
Marine Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson, 22, Smithville, Mo., vehicle
accident
CAPTURED:
March 24:
Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, Lithia
Springs, Ga.
Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 David S. Williams, 30, Orlando,
Fla.
March 23:
Army Spc. Edgar Hernandez, 21, Mission, Texas
Army Spc. Joseph Hudson, 23, Alamogordo, N.M.
Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson, 30, Fort Bliss, Texas
Army Pfc. Patrick Miller, 23, Park City, Kan.
Army Sgt. James Riley, 31, Pennsauken; N.J.
MISSING:
March 23:
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, Broken Arrow, Okla.
Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, 21, Buffalo, N.Y.
Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse, 22, Waterford, Conn.
Marine Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline, Jr., Washoe, Nev.
Marine Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, 20, Macon, Ill.
Marine Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, 19, Boiling Springs, S.C.
Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, 19, Palestine, W.Va.
Army Spc. James Kiehl, 22, Comfort, Texas
Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, St. Louis.
Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan, 19, Bedford Heights, Ohio
Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, 22, Tuba City, Ariz.
Army Sgt. Donald Walters, 33, Salem, Ore.
Army Master Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, Cleveland
Army Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, El Paso, Texas
Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, El Paso,
Texas
Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, Arizona
OTHER COALITION CASUALTIES:
DEATHS:
British:
March 24:
Cpl. Stephen John Allbutt, Stoke-on-Trent, England, tank hit by
friendly fire.
Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke, Littleworth, England, tank hit by
friendly fire.
Sgt. Steven Mark Roberts, Bradford, England, combat
Lance Cpl. Barry Stephen, Perth, Scotland, combat
March 23:
Flight Lt. Kevin Barry Main, jet shot down by friendly fire
Flight Lt. David Rhys Williams, jet shot down by friendly
fire
March 22:
Lt. Antony King, Helston, England, helicopter collision
Lt. Philip West, Budock Water, England, helicopter collision
Lt. James Williams, Falmouth, England, helicopter collision
March 21:
Color Sgt. John Cecil, Plymouth, England, helicopter crash
photo credit
and caption:
U.S. F18s taxi under the spot
light at the base in Kuwait before departing for a mission
over Iraq, Thursday March 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Russell Boyce,
Pool)
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