Fallen Heroes September 30

September 30, 2003

Army Spc. Dustin K. McGaugh,

20, of Derby, Kan.; assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, Okla.; died from a non-hostile gunshot wound on Sept. 30 in Balad, Iraq.

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September 30, 2004

Army Spc. Allen Nolan,

38, of Marietta, Ohio; assigned to the 660th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Zanesville, Ohio; died Sept. 30 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of injuries sustained Sept. 18 when his convoy vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and then came under small-arms fire in Balad, Iraq.

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Army Spc. Rodney A. Jones,

21, of Philadelphia; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Sept. 30 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device exploded near his dismounted patrol in Baghdad.

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Army Staff Sgt. Darren J. Cunningham,

40, of Groton, Mass.; assigned to the 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; killed Sept. 30 when his unit came under mortar attack in Baghdad.

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September 30, 2005

Army Sgt. 1st Class James J. Stoddard Jr.,

29, of Crofton, Md.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, N.C., killed Sept. 30 when his vehicle accidentally rolled over in Afghanistan.

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Army Staff Sgt. John G. Doles,

29, of Claremore, Okla.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, Vicenza, Italy, killed Sep. 30 during patrol operations when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire in Shah Wali, Afghanistan.

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September 30, 2006

Army Cpl. Luis E. Tejeda,

20, of Huntington Park, Calif.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany; died Sept. 30 in Al Asad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Hit, Iraq.

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Army Staff Sgt. Scott E. Nisely,

48, of Marshalltown, Iowa; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry, Army National Guard, Iowa Falls, Iowa; died Sept. 30 of injuries sustained when his vehicle received small arms fire during security operations in Asad, Iraq. Also killed was Spc. Kampha B. Sourivong.

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Army Spc. Kampha B. Sourivong,

20, of Iowa City, Iowa; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry, Army National Guard, Iowa Falls, Iowa; died Sept. 30 of injuries sustained when his vehicle received small arms fire during security operations in Asad, Iraq. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Scott E. Nisely.

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Army Spc. Robert F. Weber,

22, of Cincinnati, Ohio; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Sept. 30 as a result of a vehicle roll-over near the Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, (about 30 miles south of Mosul, Iraq).

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September 30, 2007

Army Sgt. Randell Olguin,

24, of Ralls, Texas; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany; died Sept. 30 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire.

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Fallen Heroes September 29

September 29, 2003

Army Sgt. Andrew Joseph Baddick,

26, of Jim Thorpe, Pa.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, N.C.; drowned Sept. 29 as he tried to rescue another soldier whose vehicle had entered a canal near Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq.

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Army Pfc. Evan W. O’Neill,

19, of Haverhill, Mass.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum N.Y.; killed as a result of enemy fire on Sept. 29, 2003, in Afghanistan.

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Army Pfc. Kristian E. Parker,

23, of Slidell, La.; assigned to the 205th Engineer Battalion, Louisiana National Guard, Slidell, La.; killed in a non-combat-related incident on Sept. 29, 2003, in Qatar.

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Kentucky Army National Guard Sgt. Darrin K. Potter,

24, of Louisville, Ky.; assigned to the 223rd Military Police Company, Army National Guard, Louisville, Ky.; killed Sept. 29 when his vehicle left a road and went into a canal during a mission to search an area near Abu Ghraib Prison, outside Baghdad, Iraq.

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Army Staff Sgt. Christopher E. Cutchall,

30, of McConnellsburg, Pa.; assigned to Delta Troop, 4th Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed Sept. 29 when an improvised explosive device detonated next to his vehicle as he was traveling in a convoy west of Baghdad, Iraq.

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September 29, 2004

Army Pfc. Joshua K. Titcomb,

20, of Somerset, Ky.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea; died Sept. 29 in Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained Sept. 28 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his military vehicle.

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Army Staff Sgt. Mike A. Dennie,

31, of Fayetteville, N.C.; assigned to the 106th Finance Battalion, Kitzingen, Germany; died Sept. 29 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained Sept. 22 when the driver of his military vehicle pulled off the road and lost control, causing it to roll over, in Baghdad.

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Army Staff Sgt. Alan L. Rogers

49, of Kearns, Utah; assigned to 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard, West Jordan, Utah; died Sept. 29 of non-combat-related injuries in Bagram, Afghanistan.

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September 29, 2006

Army Pfc. Christopher T. Blaney,

19, of Winter Park, Fla.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Sept. 29 from a non-combat related incident in Taji, Iraq.

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Navy Master-at Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor,

25, of Garden Grove, Calif.; assigned to a West-Coast based command; killed Sept. 29 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Ramadi, Iraq.

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September 29, 2007

Army Staff Sgt. Donnie D. Dixon,

37, of Miami; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Sept. 29 in Baloor, Iraq, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class James D. Doster,

37, of Pine Bluff, Ark.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; died Sept. 29 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive devise and small-arms fire.

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Army Sgt. Robert T. Ayres III,

23, of Los Angeles; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany; died Sept. 29 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire.

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Army Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier,

31, of Charlotte, N.C.; assigned to the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Sept. 29 at Firebase Wilderness, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire.

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Army Sgt. Chirasak Vidhyarkorn,

32, of Queens, N.Y.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 142nd Field Artillery Regiment, Camp Shelby, Miss.; died Sept. 29 in Diwaniyah, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat-related incident.

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Fallen Heroes September 28

September 28, 2004

Army Sgt. Tyler D. Prewitt,

22, of Phoenix; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany; died Sept. 28 in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained Sept. 24 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle in Baqubah, Iraq.

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September 28, 2005

Army Sgt. Steve Morin Jr. ,

34, of Arlington, Texas; assigned to the 111th Engineer Battalion, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard, Mineral Wells, Texas; killed Sept. 28 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee west of Umm Qasr, Iraq.

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Air Force Airman 1st Class Elizabeth N. Jacobson,

21, of Riviera Beach, Fla.; assigned to the 17th Security Forces Squadron, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas; killed Sept. 28 when an improvised explosive device detonated near her convoy vehicle near Camp Bucca, Iraq.

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Army Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Arnold ,

27, of Montrose, Pa.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, New Milford, Pa.; killed Sept. 28 when his M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire in Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed were: Staff Sgt. George A. Pugliese; Sgt. Eric W. Slebodnik; Spc. Lee A. Wiegand, and Pfc. Oliver J. Brown.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class George A. Pugliese,

39, of Carbondale, Pa.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, New Milford, Pa.; killed Sept. 28 when his M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire in Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed were: Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Arnold; Sgt. Eric W. Slebodnik; Spc. Lee A. Wiegand, and Pfc. Oliver J. Brown.

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Army Sgt. Eric W. Slebodnik,

21, of Greenfield Township, Pa.; assigned to the Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, New Milford, Pa.; killed Sept. 28 when his M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire in Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed were: Staff Sgt. George A. Pugliese; Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Arnold; Spc. Lee A. Wiegand, and Pfc. Oliver J. Brown.

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Army Spc. Lee A. Wiegand,

20, of Hallstead, Pa.; assigned to the Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, New Milford, Pa.; killed Sept. 28 when his M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire in Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed were: Staff Sgt. George A. Pugliese; Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Arnold; Sgt. Eric W. Slebodnik, and Pfc. Oliver J. Brown.

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Army Pfc. Oliver J. Brown,

19, of Athens, Pa.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, New Milford, Pa.; killed Sept. 28 when his M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire in Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed were: Staff Sgt. George A. Pugliese; Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Arnold; Sgt. Eric W. Slebodnik, and Spc. Lee A. Wiegand.

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September 28, 2006

Marine Lance Cpl. James Chamroeun,

20, of Union City, Ga.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; died Sept. 28 of wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq.

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September 28, 2007

Army Cpl. Ciara M. Durkin,

30, of Quincy, Mass.; assigned to the 726th Finance Battalion, Massachusetts Army National Guard, West Newton, Mass.; died Sept. 28 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a non-combat-related incident.

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