| U.S. Casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom January 2004 |
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| Monthly Summaries | References | ||||
| 47 | Total Casualties | ||||
| # | Service Member | Age | Date | Unit | Details |
| 1 | Sgt. Dennis A. Corral | 33 | 01 Jan 2004 | 1st Engineer Bn, 1st BDE, 1st ID | convoy going to the Baghdad International Airport when his vehicle went out of control and rolled over |
| 2 | Captain Kimberley Hampton | 27 | 02 Jan 2004 | 1-82nd Aviation, 82nd Airborne Division | OH-58 Kiowa helicopter shot down near Fallujah |
| 3 | Spc. Solomon C. Bangayan | 24 | 02 Jan 2004 | 2-325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | convoy was ambushed by the enemy who used an improvised explosive device (IED), small arms fire, and a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in Baghdad's al-Rashid district |
| 4 | Spc. Marc S. Seiden | 26 | 02 Jan 2004 | 2-325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | convoy was ambushed by the enemy who used an improvised explosive device (IED), small arms fire, and a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in Baghdad's al-Rashid district |
| 5 | Capt. Eric T. Paliwoda | 28 | 02 Jan 2004 | 4th Engineer Bn, 3rd BCT, 4th ID (Mechanized) | Paliwoda was in his command post when it came under mortar attack. He died of injuries sustained in the attack. |
| 6 | Specialist Luke Frist | 22 | 05 Jan 2004 | 209th Quartermaster Company | died Monday in Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio from burns suffered after a truck he was riding in struck a land mine in Iraq |
| 7 | Pfc. Jesse D. Mizener | 24 | 07 Jan 2004 | 542nd Maintenance Co., 44th Corps Support Bn, 593rd Corps Support Group | six mortar rounds exploded at Logistical Base Seitz |
| 8 | Spc. Michael A. Diraimondo | 22 | 08 Jan 2004 | 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) | UH-60 crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission near Al-Fallujah |
| 9 | Sgt. 1st Class Gregory B. Hicks | 35 | 08 Jan 2004 | Company B, 1st Bn, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division | UH-60 crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission near Al-Fallujah |
| 10 | Spc. Nathaniel H. Johnson | 22 | 08 Jan 2004 | Company D (Aviation), 82nd Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division | UH-60 crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission near Al-Fallujah |
| 11 | Chief Warrant Officer Aaron A. Weaver, | 32 | 08 Jan 2004 | C Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | UH-60 crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission near Al-Fallujah |
| 12 | Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel | 23 | 08 Jan 2004 | 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) | UH-60 crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission near Al-Fallujah |
| 13 | Chief Warrant Officer Philip A. Johnson, Jr. | 31 | 08 Jan 2004 | 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) | UH-60 crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission near Al-Fallujah |
| 14 | Sgt. Jeffrey C. Walker | 33 | 08 Jan 2004 | Company C, 782nd Main Support Bn, 82nd Airborne Division | UH-60 crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission near Al-Fallujah |
| 15 | Staff Sgt. Craig Davis | 37 | 08 Jan 2004 | 603rd Transportation Company, 142nd Corps Support Battalion | UH-60 crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission near Al-Fallujah |
| 16 | Spc. Christopher A. Golby | 26 | 08 Jan 2004 | 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) | UH-60 crashed while on a MEDEVAC mission near Al-Fallujah |
| 17 | Staff Sgt. Ricky L. Crockett | 37 | 12 Jan 2004 | Company D, 51st Signal Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps | improvised explosive device while on a mounted patrol in Baghdad |
| 18 | Sgt. Keicia M. Hines | 27 | 14 Jan 2004 | 108th Military Police, Combat Support Co. | struck by a vehicle on Mosul Airfield while walking from an airfield dining hall to her quarters |
| 19 | Staff Sgt. Roland L. Castro | 26 | 16 Jan 2004 | Battery A, 1-12th Field Artillery | non-hostile gunshot wound in Camp Cedar II, Iraq |
| 20 | Master Sgt. Kelly L. Hornbeck | 36 | 17 Jan 2004 | Company C, 3rd Bn, 10th Special Forces Group | died 18 Jan in a military hospital in Baghdad from combat-related injuries he received on 16 Jan when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle, south of Samarra, Iraq |
| 21 | Pfc. Cody J. Orr | 21 | 17 Jan 2004 | 2-20th Field Artillery, 4th ID | roadside bomb wrecked Bradley armored vehicle north of Taji while conducting a surveillance sweep for IEDs |
| 22 | Spc. Larry E. Polley, Jr. | 20 | 17 Jan 2004 | Bravo Battery, 1-44th Air Defense Artillery, 4th ID | roadside bomb wrecked Bradley armored vehicle north of Taji while conducting a surveillance sweep for IEDs |
| 23 | Sgt. Edmond Lee Randle Jr. | 26 | 17 Jan 2004 | 2-20th Field Artillery, 4th ID | roadside bomb wrecked Bradley armored vehicle north of Taji while conducting a surveillance sweep for IEDs |
| 24 | Spc. Gabriel T. Palacios | 22 | 21 Jan 2004 | 588th Engineer Bn (Heavy), 4th ID | rocket or mortar attack near Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad |
| 25 | Pfc. James David Parker | 20 | 21 Jan 2004 | 588th Engineer Bn (Heavy), 4th ID | rocket or mortar attack near Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad |
| 26 | Pfc. Ervin Dervishi | 21 | 24 Jan 2004 | 4th Infantry Division | riding in a Bradley fighting vehicle a combat patrol in Bayji when a rocket-propelled grenade struck it. |
| 27 | Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Michael T. Blaise | 29 | 24 Jan 2004 | 2-17th Cavalry, 101st Aviation BDE, 101st Airborne Division | Army OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed near Qaiyara, about 30 miles south of Mosul |
| 28 | Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Brian D. Hazelgrove | 29 | 24 Jan 2004 | 3-17th Cavalry, 10th Aviation BDE, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) | Army OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed near Qaiyara, about 30 miles south of Mosul |
| 29 | Spc. Jason K. Chappell | 22 | 24 Jan 2004 | Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry | vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated in Khalidiyah |
| 30 | Spc. William R. Sturges Jr. | 24 | 24 Jan 2004 | Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry | vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated in Khalidiyah |
| 31 | Sgt. Randy S. Rosenberg | 23 | 24 Jan 2004 | Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry | vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated in Khalidiyah |
| 32 | Staff Sgt. Kenneth Hendrickson | 41 | 25 Jan 2004 | 957th Multi-Role Bridge Company, North Dakota Army National Guard | killed when their convoy hit an explosive device north of Fallujah |
| 33 | Sgt. Keith Smette | 25 | 25 Jan 2004 | 957th Multi-Role Bridge Company, North Dakota Army National Guard | killed when their convoy hit an explosive device north of Fallujah |
| 34 | Staff Sgt. Christopher Bunda | 29 | 25 Jan 2004 | 2nd Bn, 3rd Infantry | conducting a patrol on the Tigris River when patrol boat rolled over |
| 35 | Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Dorff | 32 | 25 Jan 2004 | 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 10th Mountain Division | Army OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed near Mosul |
| 36 | 1st Lt. Adam G. Mooney | 28 | 25 Jan 2004 | 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 10th Mountain Division | Army OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed near Mosul |
| 37 | Capt. Matthew J. August | 28 | 27 Jan 2004 | 1st Engineer Bn, 1st BCT, 1st ID (Mech) | roadside bomb exploded next to a passing US military convoy near Khaldiyah, followed by a second bomb when reinforcements arrived |
| 38 | Sgt. 1st Class James T. Hoffman | 41 | 27 Jan 2004 | 1st Engineer Bn, 1st BCT, 1st ID (Mech) | roadside bomb exploded next to a passing US military convoy near Khaldiyah, followed by a second bomb when reinforcements arrived |
| 39 | Sgt. Travis A. Moothart | 23 | 27 Jan 2004 | 1st Engineer Bn, 1st BCT, 1st ID (Mech) | roadside bomb exploded next to a passing US military convoy near Khaldiyah, followed by a second bomb when reinforcements arrived |
| 40 | 2nd Lt. Luke S. James | 24 | 27 Jan 2004 | 2nd Bn, 505th Infantry | bomb exploded near Iskandariyah, some 25 miles south of Baghdad |
| 41 | Staff Sgt. Lester O. Kinney II | 27 | 27 Jan 2004 | 2nd Bn, 505th Infantry | bomb exploded near Iskandariyah, some 25 miles south of Baghdad |
| 42 | Sgt. Cory R. Mracek | 26 | 27 Jan 2004 | 3rd Bn, 319th Field Artillery | bomb exploded near Iskandariyah, some 25 miles south of Baghdad |
| 43 | Pfc. Luis Moreno | 19 | 29 Jan 2004 | Battery A, 4th Bn, 1st Field Artillery | shot 23 Jan. while guarding a gas station in Baghdad, died 29 Jan. at the Lakenheath Medical Treatment Facility |
| 44 | Staff Sgt. Sean G. Landrus | 31 | 29 Jan 2004 | Company B, 1st Engineer Bn, 1st BCT 1st ID (Mech) | wounded when roadside bomb exploded next to a passing US military convoy near Khaldiyah, followed by a second bomb when reinforcements arrived , died 29 Jan. at the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq |
| 45 | Sgt. Eliu A. Miersandoval | 27 | 31 Jan 2004 | Company A, 4th Forward Support Bn, 4th ID (Mech) | roadside bomb attack against military convoy southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk |
| 46 | Cpl. Juan C. Cabralbanuelos | 25 | 31 Jan 2004 | Company A, 4th Forward Support Bn, 4th ID (Mech) | roadside bomb attack against military convoy southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk |
| 47 | Pfc. Holly J. McGeogh | 19 | 31 Jan 2004 | Company A, 4th Forward Support Bn, 4th ID (Mech) | roadside bomb attack against military convoy southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk |
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