| U.S. Casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom October 2008 |
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| Monthly Summaries | References | ||||
| 13 | Total Casualties | ||||
| # | Service Member | Age | Date | Unit | Details |
| 1 | Pfc. Tavarus D. Setzler | 23 | 02 Oct 2008 | 2d Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 4th BCT, 1st Cavalry Division, MND-Center | Killed when an IED exploded near his vehicle south of Amarah Oct. 2 / DoD Release: Died Oct. 2 of wounds sustained when his vehicle struck an IED in Majar al Kabir, Iraq |
| 2 | Sgt. William P. Rudd | 27 | 05 Oct 2008 | 3rd Bn, 75th Ranger Regiment | DoD Release: Died Oct. 5 of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire while on a combat patrol in Mosul, Iraq |
| 3 | dod-release_12273.htm | 45 | 05 Oct 2008 | Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif | DoD Release: Died Oct. 5 from injuries sustained in a July 31 non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq |
| 4 | Sgt. Michael K. Clark | 24 | 07 Oct 2008 | 1st Bn, 8th Infantry, 3rd BCT, 4th Infantry Division, MND-North | Died of wounds sustained from a small-arms fire attack in Mosul, Oct. 7 / DoD Release: Died Oct. 7 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds suffered when he encountered small arms fire while on dismounted patrol |
| 5 | Sgt. Reuben M. Fernandez III | 22 | 11 Oct 2008 | 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 4th BCT, 1st Cavalry Division,MND-Center | Died Oct. 11 when an IED detonated near his vehicle south of Amara in Maysan province / DoD Release: Died Oct. 11 of wounds sustained when his vehicle struck an IED in Majar Al Kabir, Iraq |
| 6 | Spc. Geoffrey G. Johnson | 28 | 12 Oct 2008 | Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Special Troops Bn, 4th Infantry Division, MND-Baghdad | Died of non-battle related causes at approximately 5:50 a.m. Oct 12 in Baghdad / DoD Release: Died on Oct. 12 of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq |
| 7 | Pfc. Christopher A. McCraw | 23 | 14 Oct 2008 | 1st Bn, 21st Infantry, 2nd BDe, 25th Infantry Division, MND-Baghdad | Died of wounds at approximately 5 p.m. at a Coalition force's Combat Support Hospital Oct. 14. The Soldier was wounded when enemy attacked his patrol with small-arms fire in western Baghdad at approximately 4 p.m. The Soldier was quickly transported to the medical facility by air medevac; however, the Soldier later succumbed to the wounds / DoD Release: Died Oct. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when he encountered small arms fire while on dismounted patrol in Nasar Wa Salam |
| 8 | Spc. Justin A. Saint | 22 | 15 Oct 2008 | Special Troops Bn, XVIII Airborne Corps, MNC-Iraq | Died of non-battle related causes at approximately 10 p.m. Oct 15 in Baghdad / DoD Release: Died Oct. 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident |
| 9 | Spc. Heath K. Pickard | 21 | 16 Oct 2008 | 1st Bn, 5th Infantry, 1st BCT, 25th Infantry Division | Killed in an indirect fire attack Oct. 16 in Diyala / DoD Release: Died Oct. 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when he received indirect fire in Baquaba, Iraq |
| 10 | Lance Cpl. Stacy A. Dryden | 22 | 19 Oct 2008 | 1st Supply Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, MNF-West | Died as the result of a non-combat related incident at Al Asad, Iraq, Oct. 19 / DoD Release: Died Oct. 19 from injuries sustained in a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq |
| 11 | Staff Sgt. Brian P. Hause | 29 | 19 Oct 2008 | 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. | DoD Release: Died Oct. 23 of non-combat related medical causes at Balad Air Base, Iraq |
| 12 | Sgt. Scott J. Metcalf | 36 | 29 Oct 2008 | 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry, 1st BCT, 101st Airborne Division | DoD Release: Died Oct. 29, in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident |
| 13 | Pfc. Bradley S. Coleman | 24 | 29 Oct 2008 | 51st Transportation Company, 21st Theater Sustainment Command | DoD Release: Died Oct. 29 at Qayyarah Airfield, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident |
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