U.S. casualties in Iraq

Soldiers killed in March 2003

March 21, 2003

Marine Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin
Age: 36
Hometown: Skowhegan, Maine
Unit: Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron - 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.

Aubin died March 21, 2003, in a helicopter crash in Kuwait, near the Iraqi border.

Marine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre
Age: 30
Hometown: St. Anne, Ill.
Unit: Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron - 268, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Beaupre died in a helicopter crash March 21, 2003.

Marine 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers
Age: 30
Hometown: Harrison County, Miss.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Childers died March 21, 2003, after being shot in Iraq.

Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez
Age: 22
Hometown: Los Angeles
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Gutierrez died March 21, 2003, in combat.

Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy
Age: 25
Hometown: Houston
Unit: Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron - 268, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Kennedy died March 21, 2003, in a helicopter crash in Kuwait, near the Iraqi border.

Marine Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey
Age: 29
Hometown: Baltimore
Unit: Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron - 268, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Waters-Bey was killed March 21, 2003, in a helicopter crash.

March 22, 2003

Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams
Age: 27
Hometown: La Mesa, Calif.
Unit: exchange officer with the Royal Navy's 849 Squadron, embarked on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal

Adams was killed March 22, 2003, in a helicopter collision over the Persian Gulf.

Marine Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson
Age: 22
Hometown: Smithville, Mo.
Unit: 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Hodson was killed in a vehicle accident March 22, 2003.

Marine Lance Cpl. Eric James Orlowski
Age: 26
Hometown: Buffalo,
Unit: 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Orlowski was killed March 22, 2003, in an accidental discharge of a machine gun.

Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert
Age: 27
Hometown: Easton, Pa.
Unit: 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Seifert was killed in a grenade attack March 22, 2003, at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait.

Army Spc. Brandon S. Tobler
Age: 19
Hometown: Portland, Ore.
Unit: 671st Engineer Brigade, Portland, Ore.

Tobler was killed March 22, 2003, in a convoy accident during a sandstorm.

March 23, 2003

Army Spc. Jamaal R. Addison
Age: 22
Hometown: Roswell, Ga.
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Addison was killed March 23, 2003, when the 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed.

Army Sgt. Edward J. Anguiano
Age: 24
Hometown: Texas
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Anguiano was killed March 23, 2003, when the 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed

Marine Sgt. Michael E. Bitz
Age: 31
Hometown: Ventura, Calif.
Unit: 2nd Assault Amphibious, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Bitz was killed in combat March 23, 2003.

Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing
Age: 20
Hometown: Cedar Key, Fla.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Buesing was killed in combat March 23, 2003.

Army Sgt. George Edward Buggs
Age: 31
Hometown: Barnwell, S.C.
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Buggs died in the March 23, 2003, ambush of the 507th Maintenance Company.

Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett
Age: 21
Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Burkett was killed in combat March 23, 2003.

Marine Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline Jr.
Age: 21
Hometown: Sparks, Nev.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Cline was killed in combat March 23, 2003.

Army Master Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy
Age: 38
Hometown: Cleveland
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Dowdy died after a 507th Maintenance Company convoy was ambushed March 23, 2003.

Army Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto
Age: 18
Hometown: El Paso, Texas
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Estrella-Soto died after a 507th Maintenance Company convoy was ambushed on March 23,

Marine Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley
Age: 26
Hometown: Lee, Fla.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Fribley was killed in action March 23, 2003.

Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay
Age: 21
Hometown: Costa Mesa, Calif.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Garibay was killed in action March 23, 2003.

Marine Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford
Age: 30
Hometown: Decatur, Ill.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Gifford died March 23, 2003, in combat.

Marine Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez
Age: 20
Hometown: Los Angeles
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Gonzalez was killed in combat March 23, 2003.

Marine Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings
Age: 19
Hometown: Boiling Springs, S.C.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Hutchings was killed March 23 , 2003, with others from his Camp Lejeune unit.

Army Pfc. Howard Johnson II
Age: 21
Hometown: Mobile, Ala.
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Johnson was killed March 23, 2003, when the 507th Maintenance Company was attacked.

Marine Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan
Age: 42
Hometown: Brazoria, Texas
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Jordan was killed March 23 , 2003, when Marines were attacked by Iraqi troops who appeared to be surrendering.

Army Spc. James M. Kiehl
Age: 22
Hometown: Comfort, Texas
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Kiehl died March 23, 2003, when the 507th Maintenance Company came under attack.

Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata
Age: 35
Hometown: Pecos, Texas
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Mata was killed after his convoy was attacked March 23, 2003.

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon
Age: 21
Hometown: Gallatin, Tenn.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Nixon was killed in combat March 23, 2003.

Army Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa
Age: 23
Hometown: Tuba City, Ariz.
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Piestewa was with a convoy of the 507th Maintenance Company that was ambushed March 23,

Marine 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr.
Age: 31
Hometown: Tonopah, Nev.
Unit: Headquarters Battery, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune

Pokorney was killed in combat March 23, 2003.

Marine Sgt. Brendon C. Reiss
Age: 23
Hometown: Casper, Wyo.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Reiss was killed March 23 , 2003, with other members of his Camp Lejeune unit as they came under attack.

Marine Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker
Age: 21
Hometown: San Diego
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Rosacker died in combat March 23, 2003.

Army Pvt. Brandon Ulysses Sloan
Age: 19
Hometown: Bedford Heights, Ohio
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Sloan died March 23, 2003, when a convoy of the 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed.

Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum
Age: 22
Hometown: Thornton, Colo.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Slocum died March 23 , 2003, in combat.

Army Sgt. Donald Ralph Walters
Age: 33
Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
Unit: 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas

Walters was killed March 23, 2003, when the 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed.

Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams
Age: 31
Hometown: Phoenix
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Williams was among a group of Marines from Camp Lejeune who disappeared March 23, 2003; he was found dead near Nasiriyah.

March 24, 2003

Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair
Age: 24
Hometown: Broken Arrow, Okla.
Unit: 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group-28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point, N.C.

Blair was fatally wounded March 23, 2003, in fighting near Nasiriyah and died on March 24.

Marine Cpl. Evan T. James
Age: 20
Hometown: La Harpe, Ill.
Unit: Engineering Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, based in Peoria, Ill.

James drowned March 24 , 2003, trying to cross the Saddam Canal.

Marine Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus
Age: 28
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
Unit: Engineering Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, based in Peoria, Ill.

Korthaus drowned March 24, 2003, while crossing the Saddam Canal in Iraq.

Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders
Age: 19
Hometown: Hobart, Ind.
Unit: 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Sanders was killed in sniper fire March 24, 2003.

March 25, 2003

Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr.
Age: 25
Hometown: Little Rock, Ark.
Unit: Naval Medical Center San Diego, 3rd Marine Division Detachment, Fleet Marine Force, San Diego

A Navy medic, Johnson was tending to injured colleagues March 25, 2003, when he was hit by shrapnel and killed.

Marine Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores
Age: 21
Hometown: Los Angeles
Unit: 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Martinez died March 25, 2003, when his tank went over a collapsing bridge and tumbled into the Euphrates River.

Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr.
Age: 31
Hometown: Richmond, Va.
Unit: 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

May died March 25, 2003, when his tank fell off a bridge into the Euphrates River.

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day
Age: 20
Hometown: Santa Rosa, Calif.
Unit: 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

O'Day died in combat March 25, 2003.

Marine Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez
Age: 21
Hometown: New York
Unit: 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Rodriguez was killed March 25, 2003, when the tank he was in plunged off a bridge.

Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone
Age: 40
Hometown: Boise, Idaho
Unit: 124th Air Support Operations Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, Boise

Stone was killed March 25, 2003, in a grenade attack in Kuwait.

March 26, 2003

Marine Maj. Kevin G. Nave
Age: 36
Hometown: White Lake Township, Mich.
Unit: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Nave died March 26, 2003, in a vehicle accident.

March 27, 2003

Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar
Age: 20
Hometown: Escondido, Calif.
Unit: 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Del Solar was killed in combat March 27, 2003.

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa
Age: 33
Hometown: San Jose, Calif.
Unit: 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Menusa died in Iraq during a March 27, 2003, ambush.

March 28, 2003

Marine Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez
Age: 26
Hometown: San Luis, Ariz.
Unit: Marine Wing Support Squadron-371, Marine Wing Support Group-37, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz.

Padilla-Ramirez was killed March 28, 2003, in combat.

Army Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon
Age: 32
Hometown: Fayetteville, N.C.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Solomon was killed March 28, 2003, when his Bradley fighting vehicle rolled off a cliff in Iraq.

March 29, 2003

Marine Staff Sgt. James W. Cawley
Age: 41
Hometown: Layton, Utah
Unit: F Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, in Salt Lake City, Utah

Cawley was killed in a fire fight in Iraq on March 29, 2003.

Army Spc. Michael Edward Curtin
Age: 23
Hometown: Howell, N.J.
Unit: 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Ft. Stewart, Ga.

Curtin died March 29, 2003, in a suicide bomber attack at an Army checkpoint.

Army Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon
Age: 19
Hometown: Conyers, Ga.
Unit: 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Rincon died March 29, 2003, in a suicide bombing attack.

Army Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon
Age: 20
Hometown: Palm Bay, Fla.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Weldon was killed March 29, 2003, when a car drove up to an Army checkpoint and exploded.

Marine Lance Cpl. William W. White
Age: 24
Hometown: Brooklyn
Unit: 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

White died March 29, 2003, when his military vehicle rolled into a canal.

Army Sgt. Eugene Williams
Age: 24
Hometown: Highland, N.Y.
Unit: 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Williams was killed March 29, 2003, when a car exploded at a checkpoint.

March 30, 2003

Marine Capt. Aaron J. Contreras
Age: 31
Hometown: Sherwood, Ore.
Unit: Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Contreras was killed March 30, 2003, in a helicopter crash.

Marine Sgt. Michael V. Lalush
Age: 23
Hometown: Troutville, Va.,
Unit: Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Air Craft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Lalush was killed March 30, 2003, in a helicopter crash.

Marine Sgt. Brian D. McGinnis
Age: 23
Hometown: New Castle, Del.
Unit: Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.

McGinnis died March 30, 2003, in a helicopter crash.

March 31, 2003

Army Spc. William A. Jeffries
Age: 39
Hometown: Evansville, Ind.
Unit: D Company, 1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Jeffries died March 31, 2003, at a hospital in Spain after becoming sick in Kuwait.

Army Spc. Brandon J. Rowe
Age: 20
Hometown: Roscoe, Unit: C Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Rowe was killed March 31, 2003, in combat.

Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Associated Press. Photos provided by the Associated Press.