Michigan's war dead
October 26, 2005
Sixty-three U.S. troops with ties to Michigan have died in Iraq, plus three civilians:
2003
Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan, 19, killed March 23 when his unit was ambushed near Nasiriyah. Sloan's mother, Kimberly, lives in Fraser.
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Army Sgt. Michael Pedersen, 26, formerly of Flint, killed with five other soldiers when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed April 2 during a firefight.
Army Sgt. Todd James Robbins, 33, formerly of Pentwater, killed when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle was bombed April 3, possibly by friendly fire.
Army Pfc. Jason Meyer, 23, formerly of Howell, killed April 8, when his personnel carrier took fire.
Marine Pfc. Juan Garza, 20, of Temperance, killed by sniper fire April 8.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Scott Sather, 29, of Clio, killed in action April 8.
Army Spec. Richard A. Goward, 32, of Midland, killed April 14 in a truck accident.
Army Sgt. Sean Reynolds, 25, formerly of Detroit and Lansing, killed May 3 in an apparent accident involving his weapon in northern Iraq.
Army Master Sgt. William Lee Payne, 46, formerly of Otsego, killed by a bomb May 16.
Army Staff Sgt. Brett J. Petriken, 30, of Flint, one of two soldiers killed May 26 in a truck accident.
Army Capt. Paul J. Cassidy, 36, of Laingsburg, died in Camp Babylon as a result of noncombat injuries July 13.
Army Sgt. Trevor A. Blumberg, 22, of Canton, killed Sept. 14 when a roadside bomb destroyed his Humvee in Fallujah.
Army Spec. Donald L. Wheeler, 22, of Concord, killed Oct. 13 when his unit came under attack in Tikrit.
Army Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson, 29, of Calumet, killed Oct. 20 when Iraqi fighters ambushed his patrol in Fallujah.
Army Spec. Artimus D. Brassfield, 22, of Flint, killed Oct. 24 in a mortar attack.
Army Staff Sgt. Mark D. Vasquez, 35, of Port Huron, killed Nov. 8 when the Bradley Fighting Vehicle in which he was riding was struck by an improvised explosive device.
Army Pfc. Damian S. Bushart, 22, of Waterford, killed Nov. 22 when a tank collided with his vehicle in Baghdad.
Army Pfc. Jason G. Wright, 19, of Luzerne, killed Dec. 8 when his vehicle came under fire in northern Iraq.
Army Staff Sgt. Thomas W. Christensen, 42, of Atlantic Mine and Staff Sgt. Stephen C. Hattamer, 43, of Gwinn, killed Dec. 25 when mortars hit their living quarters in Baqubah.
2004
Army Pfc. Holly J. McGeogh, 19, of Taylor, one of three soldiers killed Jan. 31 by a roadside bomb near Kirkuk.
Army Spec. Richard K. Trevithick, 20, of Gaines, killed April 14 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his convoy in Balad.
Army Sgt. 1C Bradley C. Fox, 34, formerly of Adrian, died April 20 of wounds suffered March 14 when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle.
Army Pfc. Richard H. Rosas, 21, of St. Louis, one of two soldiers killed May 25 when their patrol was hit by an improvised explosive device in Fallujah.
Army Sgt. Aaron Elandt, 23, of Port Hope, killed May 30 when his Humvee struck a land mine.
Army Spec. Craig S. Frank, 24, of Lincoln Park, died July 17 after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device near Baghdad.
Army Sgt. 1C David A. Hartman, 41, of Akron, died July 17 in Beiji after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device.
Army Pfc. Nicholas H. Blodgett, 21, of Wyoming, died July 21 in Abdalluyah when his patrol vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.
Army Spec. Donald R. McCune, 20, of Ypsilanti, died Aug. 5 of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol Aug. 4 in Balad.
Army Staff Sgt. Donald N. Davis, 42, of Saginaw, died Aug. 24 in a truck accident in Fallujah.
Army Sgt. Carl Thomas, 29, formerly of Detroit, died Sept. 13 when a homemade explosive detonated near his observation post in Baghdad.
Army Pvt. Mark Barbret, 22, of Shelby Township, died Oct. 14 when the Humvee he was riding in hit a roadside bomb near Ramadi.
Army Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell, 38, who was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 339th Infantry Regiment in Fraser, was killed by enemy fire Nov. 9 in Fallujah.
Army Pfc. Dennis Miller Jr., 21, of La Salle, died Nov. 10 after a rocket-propelled grenade struck his tank in Ramadi.
Marine Lance Cpl. Justin D. Reppuhn, 20, of Hemlock, killed Nov. 11 in an explosion.
Marine Lance Cpl. Justin Ellsworth, 20, of Mt. Pleasant, was among four troops killed Nov. 13 by a roadside bomb in Fallujah.
Marine Lance Cpl. Michael W. Hanks, 22, of Gregory, killed by the enemy Nov. 17 in Anbar province.
Marine Cpl. Gentian Marku, 22, of Warren, killed by the enemy Nov. 25 in Anbar province.
Marine Cpl. In Chul Kim, 23, of Warren, killed Dec. 7 in a vehicle accident in Anbar province.
Marine Staff Sgt. Jason Lehto, 31, of Warren, killed Dec. 28 in an accident in Anbar province.
2005
Marine Lance Cpl. Allan Klein, 34, formerly of Clinton Township, one of 31 U.S. troops killed in a helicopter crash Jan. 26 in western Iraq.
Army Lt. Adam Malson, 23, of Rochester Hills, killed Feb. 19 in a suicide bombing near Baghdad.
Army Capt. Sean Grimes, 31, formerly of Pontiac and Bloomfield Hills, killed on patrol March 4 in Ramadi.
Army Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Kieffer, 36, of Ovid, killed by enemy fire March 15 in Baghdad.
Marine Cpl. Michael B. Lindemuth, 27, of Pellston, killed April 13 by enemy mortar fire in Anbar province.
Army Spec. Randy Lee Stevens, 21, of Flint Township, killed in combat April 16 in Ramadi.
Army Capt. Ralph J. Harting III, 28, formerly of Pontiac and Union Lake, and Army Capt. Stephen Frank, 29, formerly of Lansing, killed April 29 in a suicide bombing in Diyarah.
Army Sgt. Brad A. Wentz, 21, of Gladwin, killed May 20 when his convoy came under attack.
Army Spec. Joshua T. Brazee, 25, of Sand Creek, died May 23 from noncombat injuries in Qaim.
Army Sgt. Charles Drier, 28, of Unionville, killed May 24 in Baghdad when the Humvee he was riding in rolled over an explosive.
Army Spec. Eric T. Burri, 21, of Wyoming, killed June 7 in Baghdad when a primitive bomb exploded near his vehicle.
Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Kilpela, 22, of Fowlerville, killed June 10 by a roadside bomb.
Army Spec. Adrian Butler, 28, of Redford, died July 27 when a car bomb exploded near him.
Army Spec. 4C Brian Derks, 21, whose parents live in Wilcox Township, was killed on patrol.
Army Staff Sgt. Brian Lee Morris, 38, of Centreville, killed Aug. 21 in a truck accident near Tal Afar.
Army Maj. Gregory Fester, 41, of Ada Township, killed Aug. 30 in an explosion while on patrol.
Army Capt. Lowell T. Miller II, 35, of Flint, killed Aug. 31 by enemy fire.
Army Sgt. 1C Casey E. Howe, 32, a Deford native, killed Sept. 26 when his patrol hit an improvised explosive device.
Marine Cpl. Nick Cherava, 21, of Ontonagon, killed Oct. 6 when his Humvee rolled over a bomb.
Army Pfc. Nicholas J. Greer, 21, of Monroe, died Oct. 8 of injuries sustained when his patrol unit came under attack Sept. 7 in Haqlaniyah.
Army Staff Sgt. Vincent E. Summers, 38, of South Haven, one of five soldiers killed Oct. 15 when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Ramadi.
Civilian deaths
Emad Kamal Mikha, 44, a Chaldean immigrant from Sterling Heights, died in Muqdadiyah on April 3, 2004. He worked as a civilian translator for the Army.
Eugene Armstrong, 52, a civilian contractor who grew up in Hillsdale, was kidnapped and beheaded in September 2004.
Edward Seitz, an agent with the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, was killed in October 2004 at Camp Victory, the main U.S. base near Baghdad International Airport. Seitz, a longtime State Department investigator, had served in Detroit before heading to Baghdad.
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