| Soldiers who have been killed in Iraq in 2003 At least 2,300 American soldiers have died in Iraq, since the beginning of the conflict. More than 65 British soldiers, six Bulgarians, one Dane, two Dutch, one Estonian, one Hungarian, 19 Italians, one Latvian, 10 Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and eight Ukrainians have died. [marked with + if someone has committed to make a quilt square for them] |
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Riayan Tejeda, 26 | Dominican, Washington Heights | killed on April 11 in a firefight with some straggling Hussein loyalists, after the fall of Baghdad. He was a citizen of the Dominican Republic but had adopted the U.S. as his home. He had two daughters, ages 3 and 6. | |
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Jose Gutiérrez, 22 | Marine; Poet; "street kid" from Guatemala; living in Lomita, CA; granted US citizenship posthumously | The
first combat casualty of the war, killed in action in southern Iraq on March
21, 2003. "I come from far away, where the angels live in misery, and the children eat filth." |
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Pfc. Steven Acosta, 19 | Calexico, CA | Died from a non-hostile gun wound in Baqubah. He was assigned to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. He was a supply clerk and played the drums. His brother also served in the Iraq war. | |
| Spc. Genaro Acosta, 26 | Fair Oaks, CA | Nov. 11 | ||
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Sgt. Michael D. Acklin II, 25, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 15, 2003, Iraq |
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Capt. James F. Adamouski, 29, Springfield, Va., April 2, 2003, Iraq |
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Pvt. Algernon Adams, 36, Aiken, S.C., | Oct. 28 | ||
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Pfc. Michael S. Adams, 20 | Spartanburg, SC | Died on August 21 of injuries sustained in a fire during a small-arms fire exercise. The fire began when a bullet ricocheted and ignited a fire in a building in Baghdad. His older brother Matt is also in the army. | |
Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22. |
Roswell, GA | March 23 | ||
Capt. Tristan N. Aitken, 31. |
State College, PA | April 4 | ||
Spc. Ronald D. Allen Jr., 22. |
Mitchell, IN | Aug. 25 | ||
Sgt. Glenn R. Allison, 24. |
Pittsfield, MA. | Dec. 18 | ||
| Spc. Michael Andrade, 28 | Bristol, RI | Sept. 24 | ||
| Spc. Edward J.
Anguiano, 24 |
Brownsville, TX | March 23 | ||
| Spc. Richard Arriaga, 20 | Ganado, TX | Sept. 18 | ||
| Cpl. Evan Asa Ashcroft, 24 | West Hills, CA | July 24 | ||
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Sgt. Daniel A. Bader, 28 |
Colorado Springs, CO | Nov. 2 | ||
| Sgt. Andrew Joseph Baddick, 26 | Jim Thorpe, PA | Sept. 29 | ||
| Spc. Ryan T. Baker, 24 | Brown Mills, N.J. | Nov. 15 | ||
Staff Sgt. Nathan J. Bailey, 46 |
Nashville, TN | Nov. 12, 2003, Kuwait | ||
| Cpl. Jose Angel Garibay | Originally from Jalisco, Mexico; his family had moved to US when he was young. 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. | died March 23 in Nasiriyah, south of Baghdad. Granted posthumous US citizenship. |
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SPC Jose Perez III, 22 | from San Diego, Texas and stationed at Fort Sill | His irrepressible sense of humor was matched only by his genuine desire to help others. Perez was remembered as a sharply dressed, competitive young man who worked hard but knew how to enjoy himself. Perez died May 28 when his convoy was ambushed. | |
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Army Pvt. Shawn Pahnke, 25 | of Shelbyville, Indiana | He had enlisted in October after getting married and was stationed in Germany. Had missed the birth of his son, Dean, on March 20. Was killed June 16 by a sniper in Iraq. | |
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Army Staff Sgt. Andrew R. Pokorny, 30 | Naperville, Illinois; stationed in Fort Carson. | Joined the service fresh out of high school and began his career as a mechanic. "He just loved the camaraderie. He loved being with other soldiers, the soldiers who were under him," said his wife, Martha. "Everything about them came first." He died June 13 in a vehicle accident. | |
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Army Military Police Staff Sgt. Brett Petriken, 30. | Flint, Michigan; stationed in Germany. | Killed on May 26 in an automobile accident. Petriken is survived by his wife, Christina, and 8-year-old daughter. more | |
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Army Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe, 37 | of Roselle, N.J., and was part of an artillery unit based at Fort Sill | Philippe enlisted in the Army in 1988 after graduating from high school. The eldest of nine children. "He was like my best friend and my brother at the same time," said Fedlyn Philippe, 16, Gladimir's youngest brother. "He was a person I could just talk to. I looked up to him a lot." Philippe's body and that of a fellow soldier were found May 28 near Baghdad. The soldiers were reported missing three days earlier from the town of Balad, 25 miles north of the Iraqi capital. more | |
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Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22 | Roswell, GA; of the 507th Maintenance Company. | Killed in an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23. He was married to Tek'la and had a 2-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter. He loved working with computers and attended weekly Bible study. | |
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Captain George Wood, 33 | New York, NY | Killed on November 20 when his vehicle hit an explosive. He led four tanks in Iraq. He was a teacher and coach at West Point Academy and loved military history. He was married to Lisa and had a daughter, Maria, who is 4. | |
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Of course, our list is not complete. It is a work in progress. We are making an effort to tell something of the individual stories of the lost troops, and to remind readers that many of those on the front lines were never even made US citizens until they became casualties. See the U.S. Department of Defense's list. See CNN's list. Who
is wounded? (civilians
and soldiers alike)
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