U.S. & Coalition Fallen in Iraq
On This Date, May 14, 2003 - 2007
Twenty-one
2003 -- 1
Sgt. David T. Nutt, 22, Blackshear, Georgia; U.S. Army 494th Transportation Company: Non-hostile - vehicle accident Irbil (near) Iraq
2004 -- 5
Csm. (Command Sgt. Maj.) Edward C. Barnhill, 50, Shreveport, Louisiana; U.S. Army Reserve 431st Civil Affairs Battalion: Non-hostile - illness - heart attack Baghdad (CPA Headquarters) Iraq
Sgt. Brud J. Cronkrite, 22, Spring Valley, California; U.S. Army 1st BN, 37th Armor REG, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division: Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack Baghdad (military hospital) Iraq
Sgt. James William Harlan, 44, Owensboro, Kentucky; U.S. Army Reserve 660th Transportation Company, 88th Regional Readiness Command: Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb Tarmiya (near) [nr. Balad] Iraq
Pfc. Michael A. Mora, 19, Arroyo Grande, California; U.S. Army 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry REG, 1st Cavalry Division: Non-hostile - vehicle accident An Najaf Province Iraq
Spc. Philip I. Spakosky, 25, Browns Mill, New Jersey; U.S. Army 1st BN, 37th Armor REG, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division: Hostile - hostile fire - sniper fire Baghdad (military hospital) Iraq
2005 -- 1
Sgt. Charles C. Gillican III, 35, Brunswick, Georgia; U.S. Army National Guard 1st BN, 118th Field Artillery REG, 48th INF Brigade: Non-hostile - vehicle accident Camp Arifjan Kuwait
2006 -- 7
CWO4 John W. Engeman, 45, East North Port, New York; U.S. Army 1st BN, 312th REG, 30th Enhanced Separate Brigade: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Baghdad Iraq
Capt. Shane Mahaffee, 36, Gurnee, Illinois; U.S. Army Reserve 489th Civil Affairs Battalion: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Landstuhl Reg. Med. Ctr. Germany
Lcpl. Jose S. Marin-Dominguez Jr., 22, Liberal, Kansas; U.S. Marine 3rd BN, 3rd Marine REG, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Al Anbar Province Iraq
CWO5 Jamie D. Weeks, 47, Daleville, Alabama; U.S. Army 1st BN, 160th Special Operations Aviation REG (Airborne): Hostile - helicopter crash (missile attack) Yusufiyah Iraq
Msgt. Robert H. West, 37, Elyria, Ohio; U.S. Army 1st BN, 312th REG, 30th Enhanced Separate Brigade: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Baghdad Iraq
Maj. Matthew W. Worrel, 34, Lewisville, Texas; U.S. Army 1st BN, 160th Special Operations Aviation REG (Airborne): Hostile - helicopter crash (missile attack) Yusufiyah Iraq
Lcpl. Hatak Yuka Keyu M. Yearby, 21, Overbrook, Oklahoma; U.S. Marine 3rd BN, 3rd Marine REG, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Al Anbar Province Iraq
2007 -- 7
Sgt. Allen J. Dunckley, 25, Yardley, Pennsylvania; U.S. Army 1st BN, 15th Infantry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED, small arms fire Salman Pak Iraq
Sgt. Christopher N. Gonzalez, 25, Winslow, Arizona; U.S. Army 1st BN, 15th Infantry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED, small arms fire Salman Pak Iraq
Pfc. Nicholas S. Hartge, 20, Rome City, Indiana; U.S. Army 1st BN, 26th Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED, grenades Baghdad (nothern part) Iraq
Konstabel Henrik Nøbbe, 20, Århus, Denmark; Danish Army Jydske Dragonregiment: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Basra Iraq DOB 11-09-86
Ssg. John T. Self, 29, Pontotoc, Mississippi; U.S. Air Force 314th Security Forces Squadron: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Baghdad (southern part) Iraq
Lcpl. Jeffrey D. Walker, 21, Macon, Georgia; U.S. Marine Combat Logistics Reg 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force: Hostile - hostile fire Fallujah Iraq
Sgt. Thomas G. Wright, 38, Holly, Michigan; U.S. Army National Guard 46th Military Police Company, 210th Military Police Battalion: Non-hostile - illness [died enroute to Landstuhl Medical Center -- Intl airways]
* Source: icasualties.org via The Iraq Memorial Portal .
US & Coalition Troops Fallen on Today's Date in Iraq, '03-'09. Intended as an anniversary ledger honoring the fallen of our nation and of our allies engaged in Iraq.
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Comprehensive Memorial Databases
U.S. Fatalities
Washington Post "Faces of the Fallen"
Searchable / sortable by various criteria. Click through the "Faces" photo or name to a page presenting thumbnail bio, hometown mapping, incident details, and now and again a link to press coverage. Most all offer links to the Legacy.com Tribute webpage "In Remembrance" which presents an expanded bio or human interest item compiled from AP sources. "Guestbook" button on this page brings the visitor to a condolence book. Entries left here often convey a sense of the person taken from us and certainly the impact of the loss.
Military Times -- "Honor the Fallen"
Searchable / sortable by various criteria. Photo, thumbnail bio, incident details, generally a press item (straight AP feed citing local source) by way of expanded biography. Beyond mid-2006 the press items are rare
San Francisco Chronicle -- "Portraits of Sacrifice"
Searchable by name, not sortable. Thumbnail bio, incident details, frequently a photo, usually an expanded bio / human interest item compiled from AP sources. Like the Military Times, these diminish duing 2006.
ZEITLANGERS
Alphabetical name index retrieves fast loading home state or month/year tables displaying photo, service bio and incident details with links to expanded coverage (tables are directly accessible as well). Excellent "loving hands at home" site worthy of browsing.
Fallen Heroes Memorials
Searchable by name, sortable by various critera yielding rolls with links to entries; site search. Thumbnail bio, incident details, rarely a photo. Primarily a condolence book, Fallen Heroes Memorials is the direct expression of loved ones, family, friends, comrades, neighbors, those concerned with honoring sacrifice for our country and the occasional passerby. Far from easy reading at times, the emotional investment in doing so is well rewarded. A startingly clear picture of who the fallen hero was in life often emerges; what always emerges is the forthright expression of how dearly their lives are valued by those left behind.
U.S. and Coalition
The Iraq Page
Searchable by name via "site search". "List of War Dead" option offers chonological table with the basic info and a link to the individual's webpage. Individual entries always carry a press item--usually an early report from hometown sources (often broadcast media)--and almost always a photo. Comment postings under each entry elicit condolences and occasionally personal reminiscence of the fallen.
iCasualties.org
Searchable, sortable by the widest variety of criteria (click "Fatality Details" in toolbar, then "View and Query Database"). Thumbnail bio, incident details; no photos. Each entry carries reproduction of CENTCOM and DoD announcements.
Select Memorial Databases
U.K.
Ministry of Defence Factsheet -- Operations in Iraq: British Fatalities
Chronological roster current to previous. Links to MoD announcement with photo(s), incident details, service bio and expanded biography drawn from the service member's comrades and family. Efficiency of the site search for an individual is enhanced if the rank is included.
Palace Barracks Memorial Garden
Scroll to "Iraq - 2003 - 2008" at half page. Organized by regiment / unit designation.
Military Families Support Group
Third option on left menu bar ("In Memory") brings up alpha roster.
Republic of Poland
In Memory of the Fallen
Hosted at the Ministry of Defence. In Polish. Selecting "roswin" at right of entry opens up additional information.
The Iraq Memorial Blog.
Our flagship site, The Iraq Memorial Portal, is on hiatus.
For a far more technologically advanced experience than we ever provided, check out Google Earth's offering : Map the Fallen.
_________________________
Comprehensive Memorial Databases
U.S. Fatalities
Washington Post "Faces of the Fallen"
Searchable / sortable by various criteria. Click through the "Faces" photo or name to a page presenting thumbnail bio, hometown mapping, incident details, and now and again a link to press coverage. Most all offer links to the Legacy.com Tribute webpage "In Remembrance" which presents an expanded bio or human interest item compiled from AP sources. "Guestbook" button on this page brings the visitor to a condolence book. Entries left here often convey a sense of the person taken from us and certainly the impact of the loss.
Military Times -- "Honor the Fallen"
Searchable / sortable by various criteria. Photo, thumbnail bio, incident details, generally a press item (straight AP feed citing local source) by way of expanded biography. Beyond mid-2006 the press items are rare
San Francisco Chronicle -- "Portraits of Sacrifice"
Searchable by name, not sortable. Thumbnail bio, incident details, frequently a photo, usually an expanded bio / human interest item compiled from AP sources. Like the Military Times, these diminish duing 2006.
ZEITLANGERS
Alphabetical name index retrieves fast loading home state or month/year tables displaying photo, service bio and incident details with links to expanded coverage (tables are directly accessible as well). Excellent "loving hands at home" site worthy of browsing.
Fallen Heroes Memorials
Searchable by name, sortable by various critera yielding rolls with links to entries; site search. Thumbnail bio, incident details, rarely a photo. Primarily a condolence book, Fallen Heroes Memorials is the direct expression of loved ones, family, friends, comrades, neighbors, those concerned with honoring sacrifice for our country and the occasional passerby. Far from easy reading at times, the emotional investment in doing so is well rewarded. A startingly clear picture of who the fallen hero was in life often emerges; what always emerges is the forthright expression of how dearly their lives are valued by those left behind.
U.S. and Coalition
The Iraq Page
Searchable by name via "site search". "List of War Dead" option offers chonological table with the basic info and a link to the individual's webpage. Individual entries always carry a press item--usually an early report from hometown sources (often broadcast media)--and almost always a photo. Comment postings under each entry elicit condolences and occasionally personal reminiscence of the fallen.
iCasualties.org
Searchable, sortable by the widest variety of criteria (click "Fatality Details" in toolbar, then "View and Query Database"). Thumbnail bio, incident details; no photos. Each entry carries reproduction of CENTCOM and DoD announcements.
Select Memorial Databases
U.K.
Ministry of Defence Factsheet -- Operations in Iraq: British Fatalities
Chronological roster current to previous. Links to MoD announcement with photo(s), incident details, service bio and expanded biography drawn from the service member's comrades and family. Efficiency of the site search for an individual is enhanced if the rank is included.
Palace Barracks Memorial Garden
Scroll to "Iraq - 2003 - 2008" at half page. Organized by regiment / unit designation.
Military Families Support Group
Third option on left menu bar ("In Memory") brings up alpha roster.
Republic of Poland
In Memory of the Fallen
Hosted at the Ministry of Defence. In Polish. Selecting "roswin" at right of entry opens up additional information.
THE YOUNG DEAD SOLDIERS by Archibald MacLeish
The young dead soldiers do not speak.
Nevertheless, they are heard in the still houses: who has not heard them?
They have a silence that speaks for them at night and when the clock counts.
They say: We were young. We have died. Remember us.
They say: We have done what we could but until it is finished it is not done.
They say: We have given our lives but until it is finished no one can know what our lives gave.
They say: Our deaths are not ours: they are yours, they will mean what you make them.
They say: Whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a new hope or for nothing we cannot say, it is you who must say this.
We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.
We were young, they say. We have died; remember us.
Nevertheless, they are heard in the still houses: who has not heard them?
They have a silence that speaks for them at night and when the clock counts.
They say: We were young. We have died. Remember us.
They say: We have done what we could but until it is finished it is not done.
They say: We have given our lives but until it is finished no one can know what our lives gave.
They say: Our deaths are not ours: they are yours, they will mean what you make them.
They say: Whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a new hope or for nothing we cannot say, it is you who must say this.
We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.
We were young, they say. We have died; remember us.
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