April 23

U.S. & Coalition Fallen in Iraq

On This Date, April 23, 2003 - 2007
Twenty

2003 -- 0

None Reported

2004 -- 2

Sr. Sgt. Dimitar Ivanov Dimitrov, 25, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria; Bulgarian Army Peacekeeping Unit: Hostile - hostile fire - ambush Karbala Iraq

Pfc. Shawn C. Edwards, 20, Bensenville, Illinois; U.S. Army 121st Signal BN, 1st Infantry
Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Samarra (near) Iraq

2005 -- 3

Sgt. Anthony J. Davis Jr., 22, Long Beach, California; U.S. Army 1st BN, 24th INF REG, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb Mosul Iraq

Sn. (Seaman) Aaron A. Kent, 28, Portland, Oregon; U.S. Navy assigned to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Fallujah Iraq

Cpl. Kevin William Prince, 22, Plain City, Ohio; U.S. Army 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry REG: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Baghdad (military hospital) Iraq

2006 -- 3

Cpl. Jason B. Daniel, 21, Crowley, Texas; U.S. Army 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry REG, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Taji (NW of Baghdad) Iraq

Sgt. Robert W. Ehney, 26, Lexington, Kentucky; U.S. Army 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry REG, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Taji (NW of Baghdad) Iraq

Cpl. Shawn Thomas Lasswell Jr., 21, Reno, Nevada; U.S. Army 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry REG, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Taji (NW of Baghdad) Iraq

2007 -- 12

Pfc. Jeffrey A. Avery, 19, Colorado Springs, Colorado; U.S. Army 571st Military Police Company, 504th Military Police BN, 42nd Military Police Brigade: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Muqdadiyah Iraq

1Lt. Kevin Gaspers, 26, Hastings, Nebraska; U.S. Army 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Sadah Iraq

Kgn. (Kingsman/Private) Alan Joseph Jones, 20, Liverpool, England; British Army 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancasters Regiment: Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Basra (Al Ashar district) Iraq

Spc. Jerry R. King, 19, Browersville, Georgia; U.S. Army 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Sadah Iraq

Pfc. Garrett C. Knoll, 23, Bad Axe, Michigan; U.S. Army 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Sadah Iraq

Ssg. Kenneth E. Locker Jr., 28, Wakefield, Nebraska; U.S. Army 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Sadah Iraq

Sgt. Randell T. Marshall, 22, Fitzgerald, Georgia; U.S. Army 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Sadah Iraq

Ssg. William C. Moore, 27, Benson, North Carolina; U.S. Army 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Sadah Iraq

Sgt. Brice A. Pearson, 32, Phoenix, Arizona; U.S. Army 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Sadah Iraq

Lcpl. Dale G. Peterson, 20, Redmond, Oregon; U.S. Marine 2nd Combat Engineer BN, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force: Hostile - hostile fire Fallujah Iraq

Spc. Michael J. Rodriguez, 20, Sanford, North Carolina; U.S. Army 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Sadah Iraq

Sgt. Michael L. Vaughan, 20, Otis, Oregon; U.S. Army 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Sadah Iraq

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