U.S. Casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom
January 2008
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| Monthly Summaries |
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Total Casualties |
| # |
Service Member |
Age |
Date |
Unit |
Details |
| 01 |
Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Maseth
| 24
| 02 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
| DoD Release: Died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 2 of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident
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| 02 |
Pfc. Joshua R. Anderson
| 24
| 02 January 2008
| 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry, 4th BCT, 3rd Infantry Division, MND-Center
| Killed when the Soldier's dismounted patrol encountered an IED south of Baghdad Jan 2 / DoD Release: Died Jan 2 in Kamasia, Iraq
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| 03 |
Maj. Andrew J. Olmsted
| 37
| 03 January 2008
| Military Transition Team, 1st BDE, 1st Infantry Division, MND-North
| Killed in a small-arms fire attack while conducting operations in Diyala province Jan. 3
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| 04 |
Cpt. Thomas J. Casey
| 32
| 03 January 2008
| Military Transition Team, 1st BDE, 1st Infantry Division, MND-North
| Killed in a small-arms fire attack while conducting operations in Diyala province Jan. 3
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| 05 |
Petty Officer Second Class Menelek M. Brown
| 24
| 04 January 2008
| USS Hopper
| DoD Release: Declared dead Jan. 4 after apparently going overboard from USS Hopper in the Arabian Sea Jan. 3.
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| 06 |
Cpl. Jason F. Lemke
| 30
| 05 January 2008
| 2nd Bn, 23rd Infantry, 4th Stryker BCT, 2nd Infantry Division, MND-North
| Died from injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device detonation near his vehicle while conducting operations in Diyala Province, Jan. 5 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 5 in Ibrahim Al Adham, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an IED
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| 07 |
Spc. James D. Gudridge
| 20
| 06 January 2008
| 4th Bn, 64th Armor, 4th BCT, 3rd Infantry Division, MND-Baghdad
| Killed when an IED detonated near vehicle during combat operations in southern Baghdad on Jan. 6
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| 08 |
Pfc. Timothy R. Hanson
| 27
| 08 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 15th Infantry, 3rd BCT, 3rd Infantry Division
| DoD Release: Died Jan. 7 in Salmon Pak, Iraq, of wounds suffered from small arms fire
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| 09 |
Sgt. David J. Hart
| 22
| 08 January 2008
| 2nd Bn, 327th Infantry, 1st BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), MND-North
| Died from injuries sustained during an attack while conducting operations in Salah ad Din province Jan. 8 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 8 of wounds sustained during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq
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| 10 |
Pfc. Ivan E. Merlo
| 19
| 08 January 2008
| 2nd Bn, 327th Infantry, 1st BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), MND-North
| Died from injuries sustained during an attack while conducting operations in Salah ad Din province Jan. 8 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 8 of wounds sustained during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq
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| 11 |
Pfc. Phillip J. Pannier
| 20
| 08 January 2008
| 2nd Bn, 327th Infantry, 1st BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), MND-North
| Died from injuries sustained during an attack while conducting operations in Salah ad Din province Jan. 8 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 8 of wounds sustained during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq
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| 12 |
Spc. Todd E. Davis
| 22
| 09 January 2008
| 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, MND-North
| Killed by a house born improvised explosive device while conducting operations in Diyala Jan. 9 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 9 in Sinsil, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an IED detonated during combat operations
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| 13 |
Staff Sgt. Jonathan K. Dozier
| 30
| 09 January 2008
| 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, MND-North
| Killed by a house born improvised explosive device while conducting operations in Diyala Jan. 9 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 9 in Sinsil, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an IED detonated during combat operations
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| 14 |
Staff Sgt. Sean M. Gaul
| 29
| 09 January 2008
| 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, MND-North
| Killed by a house born improvised explosive device while conducting operations in Diyala Jan. 9 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 9 in Sinsil, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an IED detonated during combat operations
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| 15 |
Sgt. Zachary W. McBride
| 20
| 09 January 2008
| 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, MND-North
| Killed by a house born improvised explosive device while conducting operations in Diyala Jan. 9 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 9 in Sinsil, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an IED detonated during combat operations
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| 16 |
Sgt. 1st Class Matthew I. Pionk
| 30
| 09 January 2008
| 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, MND-North
| Killed by a house born improvised explosive device while conducting operations in Diyala Jan. 9 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 9 in Sinsil, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an IED detonated during combat operations
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| 17 |
Sgt. Christopher A. Sanders
| 22
| 09 January 2008
| 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, MND-North
| Killed by a house born improvised explosive device while conducting operations in Diyala Jan. 9 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 9 in Sinsil, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an IED detonated during combat operations
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| 18 |
Lance Cpl. Curtis A. Christensen Jr.
| 29
| 11 January 2008
| 2nd Bn, 8th Marine, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF, assigned to MNF-West
| Died Jan. 11 in a non-combat related incident in Al Anbar province / DoD Release: Died Jan. 11 from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq
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| 19 |
Pfc. Keith E. Lloyd
| 26
| 12 January 2008
| 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, MND-North
| Died from injuries sustained when an IED exploded near his vehicle while conducting operations in Ninewah province Jan. 12 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 12 in Tal Afar, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an IED
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| 19 |
Pfc. Keith E. Lloyd
| 26
| 12 January 2008
| 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, MND-North
| Died from injuries sustained when an IED exploded near his vehicle while conducting operations in Ninewah province Jan. 12 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 12 in Tal Afar, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an IED
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| 20 |
Pfc. Danny L. Kimme
| 27
| 16 January 2008
| 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry, 1st BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), MND-North
| Killed by small arms fire while conducting operations in Salah ad Din province Jan. 16 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 16 of wounds suffered in Balad, Iraq, when they were attacked by grenade and small arms fire during combat operations
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| 21 |
Pfc. David H. Sharrett II
| 27
| 16 January 2008
| 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry, 1st BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), MND-North
| Killed by small arms fire while conducting operations in Salah ad Din province Jan. 16 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 16 of wounds suffered in Balad, Iraq, when they were attacked by grenade and small arms fire during combat operations
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| 22 |
Spc. John P. Sigsbee
| 21
| 16 January 2008
| 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry, 1st BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), MND-North
| Killed by small arms fire while conducting operations in Salah ad Din province Jan. 16 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 16 of wounds suffered in Balad, Iraq, when they were attacked by grenade and small arms fire during combat operations
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| 23 |
U/I pending notification of next-of-kin
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| 18 January 2008
| MND-Baghdad
| Killed by small arms fire while conducting operations in Salah ad Din province Jan. 16
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| 24 |
Spc. Richard B. Burress
| 25
| 19 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 30th Infantry, 2nd BCT, 3rd Infantry Division, MND-Center
| Killed in an IED attack in Arab Jabour Jan. 19 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 19 in Al Jabour, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an IED
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| 25 |
Lance Cpl. James M. Gluff
| 20
| 19 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 8th Marine, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF, assigned to MNF-West
| Killed while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province Jan. 19 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 19 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq
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| 26 |
Staff Sgt. Justin R. Whiting
| 27
| 19 January 2008
| 3rd Bn, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne),
| DoD Release: Died Jan. 19 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle struck an IED
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| 27 |
Spc. Jon M. Schoolcraft, III
| 26
| 19 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 27th Infantry, 2nd BDE, 25th Infantry Division, MND-Center
| DoD Release: Died Jan. 19 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle struck an IED
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| 28 |
Sgt. Michael R. Sturdivant
| 20
| 22 January 2008
| 431st Civil Affairs Bn, US Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), MND-North
| Died from injuries sustained during a vehicle rollover while conducting operations in Kirkuk Jan. 22 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 22 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident during convoy operations
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| 29 |
Sgt. Tracy Renee Birkman
| 41
| 25 January 2008
| 626th Brigade Support Bn, 3rd BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), MND-Center
| Died Jan. 25 of noncombat related causes / DoD Release: Died Jan. 25 in Owesat, Iraq, from non-combat related injuries
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| 30 |
Pfc. Duncan Charles Crookston
| 19
| 25 January 2008
| 2nd Bn, 16th Infantry, 4th BCT, 1st Infantry Division
| DoD Release: Died Jan. 25 in Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds suffered when an IED detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq
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| 31 |
Staff Sgt. Robert J. Wilson
| 28
| 26 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 502nd Infantry, 2nd BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), MND-Baghdad
| Killed Jan. 26 while conducting a dismounted patrol near Kadamiyah when an IED detonated
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| 32 |
Maj. Alan G. Rogers
| 40
| 27 January 2008
| Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, MND-Baghdad
| Killed Jan. 27 when his vehicle was struck by an IED in NE Baghdad / DoD Release: Died Jan. 27 of wounds suffered when an IED detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq
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| 33 |
Sgt. Mikeal W. Miller
| 22
| 28 January 2008
| 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd BCT, 2nd Infantry Division
| DoD Release: Died Jan. 27 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered in Baghdad, Iraq on July 9, 2007, when the vehicle he was in encountered an IED
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| 34 |
Sgt. James E. Craig
| 26
| 28 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 8th Infantry, 3rd BCT, 4th Infantry Division
| Killed when insurgents detonated an IED while conducting a mounted patrol in Ninewah Jan. 28 / DoD Release: Died from wounds suffered when unit encountered an IED during convoy operations Jan. 28 in Mosul, Iraq
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| 35 |
Staff Sgt. Gary W. Jeffries
| 37
| 28 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 8th Infantry, 3rd BCT, 4th Infantry Division
| Killed when insurgents detonated an IED while conducting a mounted patrol in Ninewah Jan. 28 / DoD Release: Died from wounds suffered when unit encountered an IED during convoy operations Jan. 28 in Mosul, Iraq
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| 36 |
Spc. Evan A. Marshall
| 21
| 28 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 8th Infantry, 3rd BCT, 4th Infantry Division
| Killed when insurgents detonated an IED while conducting a mounted patrol in Ninewah Jan. 28 / DoD Release: Died from wounds suffered when unit encountered an IED during convoy operations Jan. 28 in Mosul, Iraq
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| 37 |
Pfc. Brandon A. Meyer
| 20
| 28 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 8th Infantry, 3rd BCT, 4th Infantry Division
| Killed when insurgents detonated an IED while conducting a mounted patrol in Ninewah Jan. 28 / DoD Release: Died from wounds suffered when unit encountered an IED during convoy operations Jan. 28 in Mosul, Iraq
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| 38 |
Pvt. Joshua A. R. Young
| 21
| 28 January 2008
| 1st Bn, 8th Infantry, 3rd BCT, 4th Infantry Division
| Killed when insurgents detonated an IED while conducting a mounted patrol in Ninewah Jan. 28 / DoD Release: Died from wounds suffered when unit encountered an IED during convoy operations Jan. 28 in Mosul, Iraq
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| 39 |
U/I pending notification of next-of-kin
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| 31 January 2008
| MND-Baghdad
| Killed in Baghdad Jan. 31 when an IED detonated near his vehicle during combat operations
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| 40 |
1st Lt. David E. Schultz
| 25
| 31 January 2008
| 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry, 1st BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, assigned to 316th Expeditionary Sustainment Command
| Killed during indirect fire at Convoy Support Center Scania Jan. 31 / DoD Release: Died Jan. 31 of wounds suffered when the Convoy Support Center at Scania, Iraq, was attacked by indirect enemy fire
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| 41 |
Cpt. Michael A. Norman
| 36
| 31 January 2008
| Military Transition Team, 1st BDE, Infantry Division, MND-Baghdad
| Killed in Baghdad Jan. 31 when an IED detonated near his vehicle during combat operations
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| 42 |
Spc. Matthew F. Straughter
| 27
| 31 January 2008
| 1138th Engineer Co., 35th Engineer BDE, Missouri National Guard, assigned to MND-Baghdad
| Killed when a RPG struck his vehicle while the Soldier was on patrol in eastern Baghdad Jan. 31
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