Fallen In Iraq 10/24/03 - 08

U.S. & Coalition Fallen in Iraq

On This Date, October 24th, 2003 - 2008
Nine

2003 -- 3

Spc. Artimus D. Brassfield, 22; Flint, Michigan; U.S. Army B Company, 1st BN, 66th Armored REG, 4th Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - mortar attack Samarra (near), Iraq

Sgt. Michael S. Hancock, 29; Yreka, California; U.S. Army 1st BN, 320th Field Artillery REG: Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire -- Mosul, Iraq

Spc. Jose L. Mora, 26; Bell Gardens, California; U.S. Army C Company, 1st BN, 12th INF REG, 4th Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - mortar attack Samarra (near), Iraq

2004 -- 3

Sgt. Dennis J. Boles, 46; Homosassa, Florida; U.S. Army National Guard 171st Aviation Battalion: Non-hostile - illness - sudden collapse -- Camp Arifjan Kuwait

Sr. Sgt. Vladimir Pashov, 35; Sofia, Bulgaria; Bulgarian Army 3rd INF BN, 16th Aerial Transport REG: Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb -- Karbala, Iraq

Lcpl. Richard Patrick Slocum, 19; Saugus, California; U.S. Marine 1st BN, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force: Non-hostile - vehicle accident -- Baghdad (Abu Ghuraib), Iraq

2005 -- 0

None Reported

2006 -- 0

None Reported

2007 -- 2

Pfc. Adam J. Chitjian, 39; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.S. Army 3rd BN, 8th Cavalry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire -- Balad, Iraq

Ssg. Robin L. Towns Sr., 52; Upper Marlboro, Maryland; U.S. Army National Guard 275th Military Police Company, 372nd Military Police Battalion: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack -- Baiji, Iraq

2008 -- 1

Pfc. Cody J. Eggleston, 21; Eugene, Oregon; U.S. Army 1st BN, 5th Infantry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire (on 10/16/08) -- Baqubah, Iraq [ died National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland ]

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