March 21

U.S. & Coalition Fallen in Iraq

On This Date, March 21, 2003 - 2007
Twenty-three

2003 -- 14

Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, Waterville, Maine; U.S. Marine MAW&TS-1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, Bloomington, Illinois; U.S. Marine MAW&TS-1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

CSgt. (Colour Sergeant ) John Cecil, 36, Plymouth, England; Royal Navy 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

2Lt. Therrel Shane Childers, 30, Harrison Co., Mississippi; U.S. Marine 1st BN, 5th Marine REG, 1st Marine Division: Hostile - hostile fire Southern Iraq

LBdr. (Lance Bombadier) Llywelyn Karl Evans, 24, Llandudno, Wales: British Army 29 Commando Regt., Royal Artillery: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

Lcpl. Antonio Gutierrez Jose, 22, Guatemala City, Guatemala; U.S. Marine 2nd BN, 1st Marine REG, 1st Marine Division: Hostile - friendly fire Umm Qasr

Capt. Philip Stuart Guy, 29, N. Yorkshire, England; Royal Navy 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

Royal Navy Marine Sholto Hedenskog, 26, Pretoria, South Africa; Royal Navy 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

Sgt. Les Hehir, 34, Poole, England; British Army 29 Commando REG, Royal Artillery: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, Houston, Texas; U.S. Marine MAW&TS-1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

Oper. Mech. 2nd Class Ian Seymour, 28, Poole, England; British Army 148 Commando Battery, Royal Artillery: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

WO2 Mark Stratford, 39, Plymouth, England; Royal Navy 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

Ssg. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29, Baltimore, Maryland; U.S. Marine MAW&TS-1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

Maj. Jason Ward, 34, Plymouth, England; Royal Navy 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines: Hostile - helicopter crash Umm Qasr (near)

2004 -- 2

Pfc. Christopher E. Hudson, 21, Carmel, Indiana; U.S. Army 2nd BN, 12th Armor REG, 1st Cavalry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Baghdad (Abu Ghurayb)

Pvt. Dustin L. Kreider, 19, Riverton, Kansas; U.S. Army 1st BN, 26th INF REG, 1st Infantry Division: Non-hostile - weapon discharge (accid.) Samarra

2005 -- 1

Lcpl. Kevin S. Smith, 20, Springfield, Ohio; U.S. Marine 3rd BN, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force: Hostile - hostile fire Al Qaim

2006 -- 1

Cpl. Antoine J. McKinzie, 25, Indianapolis, Indiana; U.S. Army 4th BN, 27th Field Artillery REG, 1st Armored Division: Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Baghdad (western part)

2007 -- 5

Ssg. Darrell R. Griffin Jr., 36, Alhambra, California; U.S. Army 2nd BN, 3rd Infantry Reg, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Balad

Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee, 20, Quitman, Mississippi; U.S. Marine Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga.: Hostile - hostile fire Al Taqaddum

Sgt. Adrian J. Lewis, 30, Mauldin, South Carolina; U.S. Army 3rd BN, 69th Armor Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Ramadi

Sgt. Nicholas J. Lightner, 29, Newport, Oregon; U.S. Army 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Baghdad

Pfc. Joey T. Sams II, 22. Spartanburg, South Carolina; U.S. Army 1st BN, 15th Infantry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division: Non-hostile - vehicle accident Camp Buehring

* Source: icasualties.org via The Iraq Memorial Portal .