April 1 —
U.S. and British troop casualties from the war. U.S. total: 44
dead, seven captured, 17 missing; British total: 26 dead. The list
of names is confirmed from family members or the military. The total
number of dead includes casualties whose names are not
available.
DEATHS:
March 30:
Sgt. Michael V. Lalush, 23, of Troutville, Va., helicopter
crash.
March 29:
Marine Staff Sgt. James Cawley, 41, Layton, Utah, combat
Army Cpl. Michael Curtin, 23, Howell, N.J., suicide attack
Army Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, Conyers, Ga., suicide
attack
Army Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20, Palm Bay, Fla.,
suicide attack
Marine Lance Cpl. William W. White, 24, New York City, vehicle
accident
Army Sgt. Eugene Williams, 24, Highland, N.Y, suicide attack
March 28:
Army Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon , 32, Fayetteville, N.C., vehicle
accident
March 27:
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, Tracy, Calif., combat
Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar, 20, Escondido,
Calif., combat
March 26:
Marine Maj. Kevin G. Nave, 36, White Lake Township, Mich.,
vehicle accident
March 25:
Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr., 25,
Little Rock, Ark., combat
Marine Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores, 21, Los Angeles,
combat
Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May, Jr., 31, Richmond, Va.,
combat
Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day, 20, Santa Rosa, Calif.,
combat
Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, Boise, Idaho, grenade
attack
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 Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, Gallatin, Tenn.,
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
Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, Yuma, Ariz.
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, St. Anne, 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
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, Broken Arrow, Okla.,
combat
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:
Army Sgt. Edward J. Anguiano, 24, Brownsville, Texas.
Army Sgt. George Edward Buggs, 31, Barnwell, S.C., combat
Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, 21, Buffalo, N.Y.
Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse, 22, Waterford, Conn.
Marine Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline, Jr., 21, Sparks, Nev.
Army Master Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, Cleveland
Army Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, El Paso, Texas
Marine Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, 30, Decatur, Ill.
Marine Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, 19, Boiling Springs, S.C.
Army Spc. James Kiehl, 22, Comfort, Texas
Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, 19, Palestine, W.Va.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, El Paso,
Texas
Marine Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez, 26, Yuma, Ariz.
Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, 22, Tuba City, Ariz.
Marine Sgt. Brendon Reiss, 23, Casper, Wyo.
Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan, 19, Bedford Heights, Ohio
Army Sgt. Donald Walters, 33, Salem, Ore.
OTHER COALITION CASUALTIES:
DEATHS:
British:
March 31:
Unidentified soldier, killed in southern Iraq while disposing of
explosive ordnance
March 30:
Marine Christopher R. Maddison, combat in southern Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Shaun Andrew Brierley, road accident in Kuwait.
March 28:
Lance Cpl. Matty Hull, in combat in southern Iraq; death is being
investigated possibly as result of friendly fire
March 25:
Cpl. Stephen John Allbutt, Stoke-on-Trent, England, tank hit by
friendly fire
Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke, Littleworth, England, tank hit by
friendly fire
March 24:
Sgt. Steven Mark Roberts, Bradford, England, combat
Lance Cpl. Barry Stephen, Perth, Scotland, combat
March 23:
Sapper Luke Allsopp, London, combat
Staff Sgt. Simon Cullingworth, Essex, England, combat
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. Philip Green, helicopter collision
Lt. Marc Lawrence, helicopter collision
Lt. Antony King, Helston, England, helicopter collision
Lt. Philip West, Budock Water, England, helicopter collision
Lt. James Williams, Falmouth, England, helicopter collision
Lt. Andrew Wilson, helicopter collision
March 21:
Color Sgt. John Cecil, Plymouth, England, helicopter crash
Lance Bombardier Llewelyn Karl Evans, Llandudno, Wales,
helicopter crash
Capt. Philip Stuart Guy, helicopter crash
Marine Sholto Hedenskog, helicopter crash
Sgt. Les Hehir, Poole, England, helicopter crash
Operator Mechanic Second Class Ian Seymour, helicopter crash
Warrant Officer Second Class Mark Stratford, helicopter crash
Maj. Jason Ward, helicopter crash
photo credit
and caption:
This is an undated family photo
of Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May, Jr. 31, of Richmond, Va.
who was killed in action in Iraq, according to U.S. military
officials. (AP Photo/May Family
Photo)
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