Fallen In Iraq 4/24/03 - 09

U.S. & Coalition Fallen in Iraq

On This Date, April 24th, 2003 - 2009
Fourteen

2003 -- 1

Sgt. Troy David Jenkins, 25; Ridgecrest, California; U.S. Army B Company, 3rd BN, 187th INF REG: Hostile - hostile fire - bomb -- [died Landstuhl Reg. Med. Ctr. Germany]

2004 -- 7

Ssg. Stacey C. Brandon, 35; Hazen, Arkansas; U.S. Army National Guard 39th Support BN, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack -- Taji (Camp Cooke), Iraq

Ssg. Cory W. Brooks, 32; Philip, South Dakota; U.S. Army National Guard 153rd Engineer Battallion: Non-hostile - weapon discharge (suicide) -- Baghdad, Iraq

Capt. Arthur L. "Bo" Felder, 36; Lewisville, Arkansas; U.S. Army National Guard 39th Support BN, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack -- Taji (Camp Cooke), Iraq

CWO Patrick W. Kordsmeier, 49; North Little Rock, Arkansas; U.S. Army National Guard 39th Support BN, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack -- Taji (Camp Cooke), Iraq

Ssg. Billy J. Orton, 41; Humnoke, Arkansas; U.S. Army National Guard 39th Support BN, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack -- Taji (Camp Cooke), Iraq

PO1 Michael J. Pernaselli, 27; Monroe, New York; U.S. Navy USS Firebolt: Hostile - hostile fire - suicide boat bomb -- Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal, Iraq

PO2 Christopher E. Watts, 28; Knoxville, Tennessee; U.S. Navy USS Firebolt: Hostile - hostile fire - suicide boat bomb -- Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal, Iraq

2005 -- 1

Cpl. Gary W. Walters Jr., 31; Victoria, Texas; U.S. Army 1st BN, 9th Field Artillery REG, 3rd Infantry Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack -- Baghdad (eastern part), Iraq

2006 -- 2

Ssg. Metodio A. Bandonill, 29; Honolulu, Hawaii; U.S. Army 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry REG, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack -- Baghdad, Iraq

Lcpl. Cpl. Aaron William Simons, 20; Modesto, California; U.S. Marine 1st BN, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force: Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack -- Al Qaim [FOB nr. Syrian border], Iraq

2007 -- 1

Spc. Jeremy E. Maresh, 24; Penn Forest Township, Pennsylvania; U.S. Army National Guard C Battery, 1st Battalion, 213th Air Defense Artillery: Non-hostile - suicide -- Baghdad, Iraq

2008 -- 1

Ssg. Shaun J. Whitehead, 24; Commerce, Georgia; U.S. Army 2nd BN, 502nd Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division: Hostile - hostile fire - IED, small arms fire -- Iskandariyah, Iraq

2009 -- 1

CSM Benjamin Moore Jr., 43; Waycross, Georgia; 2d BN, 27th Infantry Reg, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division: Non-hostile -- Salah Ad Din (Contingency Operating Base Speicher), Iraq

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