| U.S. Casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom December 2003 |
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| Monthly Summaries | References | ||||
| 40 | Total Casualties | ||||
| # | Service Member | Age | Date | Unit | Details |
| 1 | Spc. Uday Singh | 21 | Dec 1, 2003 | C Company, 1st Bn, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st ID, Fort Riley, KS | Died of injuries sustained in patrol attack in Habbaniyah |
| 2 | CWO Clarence E. Boone | 50 | Dec 2, 2003 | H & H Company, 4th ID, Fort Hood, TX | Non-combat related injury |
| 3 | Spc. Raphael S. Davis | 24 | Dec 2, 2003 | B Company, 1st Bn, 223rd Engineer Bn, ANG, Calhoun City, MS | Died of injuries when vehicle hit by IED in Tampa, Iraq |
| 4 | Sgt. Ryan C. Young | 21 | Dec 2, 2003 | A Company, 1st Bn, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st ID, Fort Riley, KS | Died on Dec. 2 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., of wounds received Nov. 8 in Fallujah, Iraq, when an IED hit his vehicle. |
| 5 | Spc. Arron R. Clark | 20 | Dec 5, 2003 | 440th Signal Bn, 22nd Signal Brigade, V Corps, based in Darmstadt, Germany | Vehicle struck IED in Baghdad |
| 6 | Pfc. Ray J. Hutchinson | 20 | Dec 7, 2003 | 2nd Bn, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY | Vehicle struck IED in Mosul |
| 7 | Spc. Joseph M. Blickenstaff | 23 | Dec 8, 2003 | 1st Bn, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd ID, Fort Lewis, WA | Stryker vehicle flipped into a canal in Ad Duluiyah |
| 8 | Staff Sgt. Steven H. Bridges | 33 | Dec 8, 2003 | 1st Bn, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd ID, Fort Lewis, WA | Stryker vehicle flipped into a canal in Ad Duluiyah |
| 9 | Spc. Christopher J. Rivera Wesley | 26 | Dec 8, 2003 | 1st Bn, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd ID, Fort Lewis, WA | Stryker vehicle flipped into a canal in Ad Duluiyah |
| 10 | Pfc. Jason G. Wright | 19 | Dec 8, 2003 | 1st Bn, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY | drive-by shooting attack while guarding a gas station in Mosul |
| 11 | Spc. Todd M. Bates status changed to deceased on Dec. 23. | 20 | Dec 10, 2003 | 135th Military Police Company, Army National Guard, Brookpark, OH | patrol boat accident on Tigris River - dove into water but did not surface |
| 12 | Staff Sgt. Richard A. Burdick | 24 | Dec 10, 2003 | Company C, 3rd Bn, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY | convoy hit IED and encountered small arms fire in Mosul |
| 13 | Staff Sgt. Aaron T. Reese | 31 | Dec 10, 2003 | 135th Military Police Company, Army National Guard, Brookpark, OH | fell overboard in patrol boat accident on Tigris river |
| 14 | Pfc. Jerrick M. Petty | 25 | Dec 10, 2003 | Company B, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | attacked by enemy forces while guarding a gas station in Mosul |
| 15 | Spec. Marshall L. Edgerton | 27 | Dec 11, 2003 | Company A, 82nd Signal Bn, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC | IED hit camp in Ar Ramadi |
| 16 | Sgt. Jarrod W. Black | 26 | Dec 12, 2003 | 1st Bn, 34th Armor Regiment, Fort Riley, KS | convoy hit by IED in Ar Ramadi |
| 17 | Pfc. Jeffrey F. Braun | 19 | Dec 12, 2003 | Battery B, 2nd Bn, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC | non-hostile gunshot wound |
| 18 | Spc. Rian C. Ferguson | 22 | Dec 14, 2003 | Regimental Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, CO | died from injuries due to fall from light medium tactical vehicle outside Quinn, Iraq |
| 19 | Staff Sgt. Kimberly A. Voelz | 27 | Dec 14, 2003 | 703rd Explosive Ordnance Detachment, Fort Knox, KY | IED detonation in Iskandariyah |
| 20 | Pfc. Kenneth C. Souslin | 21 | Dec 15, 2003 | 440th Signal Company, 22nd Signal Brigade, V Corps, Darmstadt, Germany | non-combat related injury at Baghdad International Airport |
| 21 | Spc. Nathan W. Nakis | 19 | Dec 16, 2003 | Company B, 52nd Engineer Battalion (Heavy), Army National Guard | lost control of his vehicle after driving through an oil-soaked area in Mosul |
| 22 | Spc. Christopher J. Holland | 26 | Dec 17, 2003 | Battery A, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division | dismounted patrol was ambushed with small arms fire in Baghdad |
| 23 | Sgt. Glenn R. Allison | 24 | Dec 18, 2003 | 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division | died during physical training in Baghdad |
| 24 | Pfc. Charles E. Bush Jr. | 43 | Dec 19, 2003 | 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion, 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, U.S. Army Reserve | convoy vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Balad |
| 25 | Pfc. Stuart W. Moore | 21 | Dec 22, 2003 | 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division | improvised explosive device struck convoy in Baghdad |
| 26 | 1st Lt. Edward M. Saltz | 27 | Dec 22, 2003 | 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division | improvised explosive device struck convoy in Baghdad |
| 27 | Capt. Christopher F. Soelzer | 26 | Dec 24, 2003 | 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, 4th Infantry Division | roadside bomb hit US military convoy near Samarra |
| 28 | Maj. Christopher Splinter | 43 | Dec 24, 2003 | 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, 4th Infantry Division | roadside bomb hit US military convoy near Samarra |
| 29 | Sgt. Benjamin Biskie | 27 | Dec 24, 2003 | 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, 4th Infantry Division | roadside bomb hit US military convoy near Samarra |
| 30 | Sgt. Michael E. Yashinski | 24 | Dec 24, 2003 | 501st Forward Support Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade | electrocuted while running a communication wire in Kirkuk |
| 31 | Staff Sgt. Thomas W. Christensen | 42 | Dec 25, 2003 | 652nd Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve | Iraqi insurgents shelled US base in Baqouba, killing two US soldiers and injuring four |
| 32 | Staff Sgt. Stephen C. Hattamer | 43 | Dec 25, 2003 | 652nd Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve | Iraqi insurgents shelled US base in Baqouba, killing two US soldiers and injuring four |
| 33 | Staff Sgt. Michael J. Sutter | 28 | Dec 26, 2003 | 745th Ordnance Company, 79th Ordnance Battalion, Army National Guard | killed in Baqubah attempting to render safe an improved explosive device when it detonated |
| 34 | Command Sgt. Major Eric F. Cooke | 43 | Dec 26, 2003 | 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division | roadside bomb hit US military convoy near Balad, north of Baghdad |
| 35 | Spc. Charles G. Haight | 23 | Dec 26, 2003 | 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Group | convoy vehicle which struck an improvised explosive device southwest of Ad Duluiyah |
| 36 | Spc. Michael G. Mihalakis | 18 | Dec 26, 2003 | 270th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Battalion, 100th Troop Command, California Combat Support Command | died as a result of injuries sustained in a non-combat vehicle accident at the Baghdad International Airport |
| 37 | Sgt. Curt E. Jordan | 25 | Dec 28, 2003 | 14th Combat Engineer Battalion (Corps) (Wheeled), 555th Combat Engineer Group | non-combat injuries near Bayji, Iraq |
| 38 | Pvt. Rey D. Cuervo | 24 | Dec 28, 2003 | 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment | on mounted patrol in the Karrada district in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle |
| 39 | Capt. Ernesto M. Blanco | 28 | Dec 28, 2003 | 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | killed when a roadside bomb was detonated as convoy drove in Qaryat Ash Shababi near Fallujah west of Baghdad |
| 40 | Spc. Justin W. Pollard | 21 | Dec 30, 2003 | 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment | non-combat related incident in Baghdad |
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