Monday, July 02, 2007 3:44 AM - 3 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the deaths of two soldiers and one Marine from enemy action in Al Anbar Province on Sunday, July 1st.

Monday, July 02, 2007 6:25 PM - UPDATES -
Jonathan M. Rossi, 20, of Safety Harbor, Florida	(1) The DoD has identified the soldier who died in an IED and small arms fire attack in western Baghdad on Sunday, July 1st: Private 1st Class Jonathan M. Rossi, 20, of Safety Harbor, Florida. His unit, the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment (4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Bliss, TX), has been known to be based in the Ghazaliyah neighborhood in western Baghdad.
Victor A. Garcia, 22, of Rialto, California	(2) The DoD has also identified the soldier who died in a small arms fire attack in southern Baghdad on Sunday, July 1st: Specialist Victor A. Garcia, 22, of Rialto, California. His unit, the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment (4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, WA) has been known to be operating recently in the West Rashid district in southern Baghdad.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007 5:36 AM - 2 INCOMING & UPDATE -
	(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the deaths of two Marines in a non-hostile, unspecified accident in Al Anbar Province on Sunday, July 1st.
Will Chambers, 20, of Ringgold, Georgia	(2) The LaFayette (Georgia) Walker County Messenger is announcing the death of Marine Lance Corporal Will Chambers, 20, of Ringgold, Georgia. He was apparently one of the two Marines who died on July 1st in the non-hostile accident listed above. According to his mother, he was crossing the Euphrates River at Albu Hyatt, a village south of Haditha, in Al Anbar Province when the boat he was in capsized about 75 feet from shore. Chambers had set his sights on the Marines at an early age, participating in Junior ROTC through all four years of high school. In fact, there was no extracurricular activity in school that he was more enthusiastic about than JROTC. Chambers began boot camp in January of 2006 and was deployed to Iraq in March of this year, first as a radio operator, then as an infantryman. His family last saw him while on leave last February. He is survived by his parents, two younger sisters and a younger brother.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007 7:13 AM - UPDATES -
	The DoD has identified the two soldiers who died from enemy action in Al Anbar Province on Sunday, July 1st:
		Sergeant 1st Class Raymond R. Buchan, 33, of Johnston, Pennsylvania
	Michael L. Ruoff Jr., 31, of Yosemite, California	Staff Sergeant Michael L. Ruoff Jr., 31, of Yosemite, California
	Both died in Ta'meem, a small enclave on the outskirts of Ramadi, in a small arms fire attack. Ruoff's unit, the 1st Battalion of the 77th Armor Regiment (2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division out of Schweinfurt, Germany), is known to be operating in the Ramadi area.

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 9:04 AM - UPDATE - The DoD has identified a Marine who died from enemy action in Al Anbar Province on Monday, July 2nd: Lance Corporal Juan M. Garcia Schill, 20, of Grants Pass, Oregon. We believe that he is likely the Marine death described in this CENTCOM release as happening on the 1st. It would certainly seem that Garcia Schill died in a separate incident from the one that killed the two soldiers. Garcia Schill's unit, the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Marines, has been stationed in the Fallujah area, not in Ramadi where the two soldiers died. We will list him on the 2nd as it is possible he was wounded on the 1st and didn't die until the 2nd.

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:39 AM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier from enemy action in a southern neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, July 4th.

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 11:50 AM - 1 INCOMING - The AFP is reporting the death of a U.S. soldier in a helicopter crash in Ninawa Province in northern Iraq on Wednesday, July 4th, citing military sources. One other soldier was injured in the crash. It is not known at this point if the crash resulted from enemy fire or mechanical difficulties.

Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:31 PM - UPDATES -
Steven A. Davis, 23, of Woodbridge, Virginia	(1) The DoD has identified the soldier who died in a southern part of Baghdad from enemy action on Wednesday, July 4th: Private 1st Class Steven A. Davis, 23, of Woodbridge, Virginia. Davis was killed when his patrol was attacked with grenades.
Scott A.M. Oswell, 33, of Lacey, Washington	(2) The DoD has also identified the soldier who died when his helicopter crashed in the vicinity of Mosul in Ninawa Province after it struck a power line on Wednesday, July 4th: Chief Warrant Officer Scott A.M. Oswell, 33, of Washington. A missionary website called The Alliance to which Oswell's wife's parents belong has posted a brief entry on his death, stating that he is survived by his wife and three children, ages 13, 11 and 4. The website also reports that he will be buried in Logan Cemetery in Colorado.
Andrew T. Engstrom, 22, of Slaton, Texas	(3) Lastly, the DoD is announcing a new death, not previously reported by CENTCOM. Private 1st Class Andrew T. Engstrom, 22, of Slaton, Texas, died from a non-hostile, unspecified cause in the vicinity of Taji northwest of Baghdad on Wednesday, July 4th. (8/14/07 UPDATE - An article on Editor&Publisher.com disclosed that Engstrom's family was informed by the military that his death was by suicide, a self-inflicted gunshot wound "in the head.")

Friday, July 06, 2007 5:29 AM - 1 INCOMING -MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier from enemy action in a western neighborhood of Baghdad on Thursday, July 5th.

Saturday, July 07, 2007 4:57 PM - 3 INCOMING -
	The DoD has announced three new deaths, not previously reported by CENTCOM. All three were with the U.S. Navy and were assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL team. They died in the vicinity of Baghdad on Friday, July 6th:
		Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Dale Lewis, 30, of Brookfield, Connecticut
		Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Richard McRill, 42, of Lake Placid, Florida
		Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Phillip Daugherty, 28, of Barstow, California
	According to an article in the Hampton Roads Virginia-Pilot, and also an article from Hampton Roads station WTKR, the three were killed when an improvised explosive device detonated under their Humvee.
	Lewis enlisted in the Navy in 1996 and finished his advanced SEAL training the following year, at which point he was assigned to a west coast-based SEAL team. In 2004, he transferred to the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, CA ... and then moved on to a SEAL team based at the Naval Amphibious Base at Little Creek, VA, in 2006. He lived in Virginia Beach with his wife and three children.
	McRill had spent 16 years in the Navy, including tours of duty aboard the Norfolk-based aircraft carriers the Theodore Roosevelt and the Dwight D. Eisenhower. A mass communications specialist, McRill had trained at the Defense Photo School in Pensacola, Florida ... and spent three years from 2004 until spring of this year with the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command Detachment, Combat Camera Atlantic, as a journalist. In April of 2007 he transferred to the Naval Special Warfare Group Two based at the Naval Amphibious Base at Little Creek, VA, to film operations there. McRill, his wife and three children lived in Yorktown.
	Daugherty enlisted in the Navy in 1991. In 2000 he attended Naval Intelligence Training in Pensacola, FL, before shipping out on the USS Oscar Austin. From March 2004 to February 2007, he served in Norfolk, VA, at Naval Security Group Activity as a cryptologic technician. His latest posting was to a tactical communications unit with the special warfare community under the Navy Information Operation Command. He is survived by his parents and a son.

Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:18 PM - UPDATES -
	(1) The DoD has identified the two Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers who died in an IED blast in a southern neighborhood of Baghdad on Thursday, July 5th:
	James M. Ahearn, 43, of Concord, California	Major James M. Ahearn, 43, of Concord, California
	Keith A. Kline, 24, of Oak Harbor, Ohio	Sergeant Keith A. Kline, 24, of Oak Harbor, Ohio
		Both were with the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion out of Fort Bragg, NC.
		The Concord (California) Contra Costa Times is carrying a brief article on Ahearn in which they report that he lived in Concord as a child between 1977 and 1982, graduating from Clayton Valley High School. His mother still resides in Concord. Ahearn had served a total of 18 years in the military, earning a college degree while serving. He had been awarded two bronze stars for valor in the battle for Baghdad in 2003. Ahearn was married and had a 1-1/2 year old daughter.
		The Toledo (Ohio) Blade reports that Kline was a wrestler in high school, placing sixth in the state in his senior year in 2002, the same year his school wrestling team won their district championship. Although he wrestled in the lightest weight class "he had no quit in him". Kline enlisted in the army after high school graduation, and re-enlisted after his first 3-year hitch. He was currently on his first tour of duty in Iraq, having been there for about three months at the time of his death. He had been trained in communications.
Michelle R. Ring, 24, of Martin, Tennessee	(2) The DoD has identified the Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier who died from enemy action, a mortar attack as it turns out, in western Baghdad on Thursday, July 5th: Specialist Michelle R. Ring, 24, of Martin, Tennessee. She was with the 92nd Military Police Battalion out of Fort Benning, GA.

Sunday, July 08, 2007 3:00 PM - 2 INCOMING & UPDATES -
	(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier when a suicide car bomb detonated near his patrol west of Baghdad on Sunday, July 8th. Three other soldiers were wounded in the attack.
Ryan Francis, 23, from Llanelli, near Swansea, in Wales	(2) The British Ministry of Defense has identified the Royal Welsh soldier who died in a roadside bomb attack in Basra on Saturday, July 7th: Lance Corporal Ryan Francis, 23, from Llanelli, near Swansea, in Wales. He was the driver of the Warrior fighting vehicle that hit the bomb. Despite his age, Francis had already had a packed career. This was his third tour of duty in Iraq, and an intensive one at that in which he was called upon to capably perform all manner of tasks from convoy escort to cordon and search operations. Francis was a member of the elite Reconnaissance Platoon in his unit. His friends described him as a generous and warm-hearted individual who was gifted with a sense of humor guaranteed to lift the morale of all around him. He is survived by his parents and his girlfriend.
	(3) The British Ministry of Defense is also announcing the death of a soldier who was badly wounded in the same operation in Basra in which Lance Corporal Ryan Francis was killed. The soldier, a member of 3 Regiment Royal Military Police, died on Sunday, July 8th.

Monday, July 09, 2007 11:19 AM - UPDATES -
Christopher Read, 22, of Poole in Dorset, England	(1) The British Ministry of Defense has identified the soldier who was badly wounded on the morning of July 7th in a large scale military operation in Basra, and who died later in a medical facility of those wounds: Corporal Christopher Read, 22, of Poole in Dorset, England. He was hit by small arms fire. In their original release on this death, the MOD had mistakenly reported that Read died on July 8th. Now they are saying he died Saturday evening, July 7th. Read had completed his basic training in December of 2004 and immediately joined the 158 Provost Guard Company of the Royal Military Police. He was currently on his second tour of duty in Iraq. According to his friends, his passion in life was motor cars and rallying ... and he would frequently be heard serenading his roommate at the top of his voice in time to a Frank Sinatra CD. "Above all, he will always be remembered for having a constant smile on his face and a real love for life."
Edward Frank Sanday Vakabua, of Nailuva Road (Suva), Fiji	(2) According to a piece published by Radio New Zealand, another British soldier who died recently in Basra on July 6th, Rifleman Edward Vacabua, shot himself accidentally. An investigation has been launched into his death.

Monday, July 09, 2007 4:08 AM - UPDATES -
Jeremy L. Stacey, 23, of Bismarck, Arkansas	(1) The DoD has identified the Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier who was killed in an improvised explosive device blast in western Baghdad on Friday, July 5th: Specialist Jeremy L. Stacey, 23, of Bismarck, Arkansas. His unit, the 2nd Battalion of the 12th Cavalry Regiment (1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Bliss, TX), has been operating in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Ghazaliyah.
Anthony M.K. Vinnedge, 24, of Okeana, Ohio	(2) The Dod has identified a soldier who died of a non-hostile, unidentified cause on Thursday, July 5th, at the Radwaniyah Palace Complex located alongside the Baghdad International Airport: Ohio National Guardsman Specialist Anthony M.K. Vinnedge, 24, of Okeana, Ohio. MNF-Iraq had reported the death of a Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier from a non-hostile cause on July 6th. At this point we will assume this was meant to mark Vinnedge's death but that the reported date was incorrect. The Lebanon (Ohio) Western Star has published an article on Vinnedge, stating that he graduated from high school in 2001, then spent a short time at Miami University's Oxford Campus studying psychology before enlisting in the army for a four year hitch. When his time in the army was up, Vinnedge joined the Ohio Army National Guard while working at Hueston Woods State Park. He volunteered to go to Iraq. On Wednesday, July 11th, he would have been due home for a two week leave with his family. Nothing has appeared in the media yet as to the exact circumstances of his death.
Roberto J. Causor Jr., 21, of San Jose, California	(3) The DoD has identified the Task Force Lightning soldier who died in Salah ad Din Province on Saturday, July 7th. Specialist Roberto J. Causor Jr., 21, of San Jose, California, died when insurgents attacked his unit with an IED and small arms fire in Samarra. The San Jose (California) Mercury News is carrying a brief article on Causor. He enlisted in the army in August 2004, reporting to the 82nd Airborne Division in February 2005. He is survived by his parents, both of Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 1:12 AM - UPDATE -

Steven Stacy, 23, of Coos Bay, Oregon

The Portland (Oregon) station KGW is reporting the death in Iraq of Marine Lance Corporal Steven Stacy, 23, of Coos Bay, Oregon. Stacy was reportedly shot to death in the town of Karmah about 6 miles northeast of Fallujah in Al Anbar Province. He was a rifleman with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines out of Camp Pendleton, CA, having enlisted in 2005. Stacy's passion was scuba diving, something he'd hoped to do in such exotic places as Singapore and Thailand, but never got the chance.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 5:27 AM - UPDATE -

Jason E. Dore, 25, of Moscow, Maine

The DoD has identified a soldier who died in an improvised explosive device blast in Baghdad on Sunday, July 8th: Private 1st Class Jason E. Dore, 25, of Moscow, Maine. Actually, we suspect this was the soldier who died from a suicide car bomb blast west of Baghdad on the 8th as described in this CENTCOM release. Dore's unit, the 2nd Battalion of the 5th Cavalry Regiment (1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, TX) was known to be based west of Baghdad in the vicinity of Abu Ghraib. The Boston (Massachusetts) Globe has published a brief article on Dore. He was said to enjoy the outdoors and fishing while growing up around Moscow. Dore enlisted in the army in 2005 and was 8 months into his first tour of duty in Iraq. He is survived by his parents and a 15-year-old brother.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:59 PM - 2 INCOMING -
	(1) The DoD is announcing the death of Colonel Jon Michael Lockey, 44, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, from a non-hostile, unspecified cause in Baghdad on Friday, July 6th. This would indicate that the date on this MNF-Iraq release for a non-hostile death on the 6th was correct ... and referred to Lockey's death, not Spc. Anthony Vinnedge as we originally thought. Lockey was assigned to Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star has published an obituary that states that Lockey graduated in 1985 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He received a Master's Degree from New Mexico State University, and also attended the Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, his two sons, his parents, and a sister. Lockey will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.
	(2) The Associated Press is reporting that the heavily fortified Baghdad Green Zone sustained a thunderous barrage of an estimated 20 mortar or rocket rounds in the late afternoon on Tuesday, July 10th. According to a U.S. Embassy statement, three people were killed, including a U.S. servicemember, an Iraqi and a person of unknown nationality. In addition, 18 persons were wounded, including two American military personnell and two American contract employees.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:26 AM - UPDATES -
	The DoD has identified the two Marines who died from enemy action in Al Anbar Province on Thursday, July 5th:
		Corporal Jeremy D. Allbaugh, 21, of Luther, Oklahoma
		Lance Corporal Steven A. Stacy, 23, of Coos Bay, Oregon
	According to an article in the Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph, Allbaugh was originally from Harrah, Oklahoma, where he graduated from high school. His family has since moved to Whitehouse in east Texas. For Allbaugh, there was never any question about his career choice. He was going to be a Marine ... signing up at the beginning of his senior year in high school when he first became eligible, then taking up wrestling and weight training to prepare for boot camp. A friend of his said, "It wasn't his interest in going to war or fighting, he just wanted to help others out." At the time of his death, Allbaugh had served three years. His last assignment was serving in the personal security detachment to a Lieutenant Colonel in Iraq. He died when the vehicle he was riding in hit a roadside bomb.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 6:55 AM - UPDATES -
	The DoD has identified the two Task Force Marne soldiers who died in a roadside bomb blast south of Baghdad on Friday, July 6th:
		Corporal Kory D. Wiens, 20, of Independence, Oregon
		Private 1st Class Bruce C. Salazar Jr., 24, of Tracy, California
	They died in the vicinity of the village of Muhammad Salth which is located on the Tigris River in Babil Province due east of Arab Jabour where Salazar's unit, the 1st Battalion of the 30th Infantry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, GA) is thought to be currently posted.
	According to the Associated Press, Wiens was on patrol with his dog Cooper as part of the 94th Mine Dog Detachment when the blast occurred, killing both of them. The army office of public affairs had written an article about Wiens and Cooper that was published last March 16th, stating that when they first teamed up last year, the yellow lab didn't even know simple obedience commands. Wiens trained him from scratch to find materials such as TNT, detonation cords, smokeless powder, mortars, weapons and explosive residue. Wiens' brother, Kevin, has also been serving in Iraq and will escort the bodies of this brother and Cooper back to the States for burial.
	Sacramento (California) station KXTV reports that although Salazar spent part of his youth in Corona in Southern California, he attended high school in Modesto and is referred to in the article as "a Modesto soldier". He joined the army one year ago and was deployed to Iraq on May 11th for his first tour of duty there.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 7:32 AM - UPDATES -
	The DoD has identified the two soldiers who died in eastern Baghdad in a roadside bomb blast on Friday, July 6th:
		Sergeant Gene L. Lamie, 25, of Homerville, Georgia
		Private 1st Class Le Ron A. Wilson, 18, of Queens, New York
	Lamie's unit, the 3rd Battalion (Squadron) of the 7th Cavalry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, GA) has recently been operating in the Adhamiyah District of east Baghdad according to an article published by the 7th Cav's public affairs detachment.
	The Savannah (Georgia) Morning News reports that Lamie joined the army in 2000. His mother remembers him as the "funniest guy in the world who could make you laugh at the worst possible times." Lamie was not enthusiastic about his recent deployment, having just married last August, and becoming the father of an 8-month-old son. He also has a 3-year-old daughter by a previous marriage. Lamie's brother John has also served in Iraq.
	An article published in the New York Daily News reports that Wilson was born in Trinidad and Tobago, immigrating to New York at the age of 11. Even at that early age, he was determined to become a soldier in the U.S. Army. In fact, at age 17, he had his mother sign his enlistment papers so that he could join before he turned 18 ... and went to boot camp immediately after he graduated from high school in June of 2006. Wilson was trained as a weapons repair specialist. He shipped out to Iraq in May of this year. He will be buried with full military honors at Long Island National Cemetery.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:59 AM - 1 INCOMING & UPDATE -
	(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier from a non-hostile, unspecified cause, presumably in Baghdad, on Wednesday, July 11th.
Eric Lill, 28, from the Bridgeport area of Chicago, Illinois	(2) Several articles in the media are now reporting the death in Iraq of Eric Lill, 28, from the Bridgeport area of Chicago, Illinois, including pieces in the Chicago Tribune and the Colorado Springs Gazette. According to his father, Lill was the gunner on a vehicle in Baghdad when a roadside bomb detonated, killing him and an interpreter. That would make him the death in southeast Baghdad described in this CENTCOM release. Lill was born and raised in Chicago and currently owned a house there across the street from his grandmother. An avid hockey fan, Lill actually played the game from grade school all the way up through a year spent at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. It was at that point, 2002, that Lill enlisted in the army. This was his second tour of duty in Iraq. He and his wife were divorced in March of this year while he was in Iraq. They have a 4-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:36 PM - UPDATE - The DoD has confirmed the death of Sergeant Eric A. Lill, 28, of Chicago, Illinois, in a roadside bomb attack in the Rustamiyah neighborhood in southeast Baghdad on Friday, July 6th.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:10 AM - 1 INCOMING -

Faoa L. Apineru, 31, of Western Samoa

A lengthy article that appeared in the Deseret Morning News, and also another written by Salt Lake City (Utah) station KUTV, are reporting the death of Marine Staff Sergeant Faoa L. Apineru, 31, of Western Samoa on July 2nd. Apineru, who came to the U.S. in 1996, was a veteran of 10 years' service in the Marine Corps. In May of 2005, he was on his second tour of duty in Iraq patrolling the border when a roadside bomb detonated near him. The shrapnel injuries he received were horrific, requiring the reconstruction of this throat, his nose and his shoulders. Worse, shrapnel pierced his brain, sending him into a coma. When he eventually awoke, he couldn't remember anything or anyone and was like a child again having to re-learn basic tasks like eating and walking. As the months went on, he was bedeviled by PTSD, nightmares and emotional distress. And yet his progress over the course of two years of treatment was nothing short of remarkable. Unable to live on his own, he had been staying at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Palo Alto, CA, where he was known as "the mayor" because of his kind treatment of everyone there. Sadly, on July 2nd, Apineru died in his sleep. The exact cause of death is not yet known, but his family is attributing it to his Iraq injuries. He will be buried in the Salt Lake City area because so many of his Samoan relatives have come to live in Utah.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:16 AM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Task Force Marne soldier in "an attack east of Baghdad". As a date of death was not given, we will assume the date of the report, Thursday, July 12th.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:59 PM - UPDATE -
Maria I. Ortiz, 40, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico	The DoD has identified the soldier who died in Baghdad's Green Zone from an enemy indirect fire attack on Tuesday, July 10th: Captain Maria I. Ortiz, 40, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. She was assigned to the Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Friday, July 13, 2007 4:16 PM - UPDATE - The DoD has released the identity of the soldier who died in Baghdad (the Adhamiyah district) of a non-hostile, unspecified cause on Wednesday, July 11th: 1st Sergeant Jeffrey R. McKinney, 40, of Garland, Texas.

Saturday, July 14, 2007 2:57 AM - UPDATE -
Courtney T. Johnson, 26, of Garner, North Carolina	The DoD has identified the Task Force Marne soldier who died east of Baghdad, a death described in this CENTCOM release. According to the DoD, Sergeant Courtney T. Johnson, 26, of Garner, North Carolina, died in an indirect fire attack on his base, FOB Hammer, at Besmaya 25 miles east of Baghdad on Wednesday, July 11th. He was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Benning, Georgia.

Saturday, July 14, 2007 12:02 PM -
	(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Task Force Marne soldier when a landmine detonated near his patrol on Saturday, July 14th. A Reuters AlertNet article states that the explosion occurred south of Baghdad.
	(2) MNF-Iraq is also reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier when an explosively formed penetrator detonated in an eastern neighborhood of Baghdad on Saturday, July 14th.

Sunday, July 15, 2007 4:48 PM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) soldier in a roadside bomb attack near Baghdad on Saturday, July 14th.

Sunday, July 15, 2007 6:48 PM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Task Force Lightning soldier in an explosion in Ninawa Province on Sunday, July 15th.

Monday, July 16, 2007 7:19 AM - UPDATE -

Allen A. Greka, 29, of Alpena, Michigan

The DoD has identified the Task Force Marne soldier who died in an explosion from a land mine south of Baghdad (see this CENTCOM release) ... only the DoD has identified his date of death as Friday, July 13th. Sergeant Allen A. Greka, 29, of Alpena, Michigan, died in the vicinity of Jisr Diyala (Al Jisr) located on the east bank of the Tigris just southeast of Baghdad and about 14 km northwest of Salman Pak. Greka's unit, the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Cavalry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Benning, GA), has been stationed at FOB Hammer 25 km east of Baghdad at Besmaya/Besmiya.

Monday, July 16, 2007 11:27 AM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier in Ad Diwaniyah in Qadisiya Province from a non-hostile, unspecified cause on Sunday, July 15th.

Monday, July 16, 2007 4:40 PM - UPDATE -

Christopher D. Kube, 18, of Sterling Heights, Michigan

The DoD has identified the Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier who died in an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Baghdad on Saturday, July 14th: Private 1st Class Christopher D. Kube, 18, of Sterling Heights, Michigan. Kube's unit, the 2nd Battalion of the 17th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, CO) had also lost a soldier last July 6th in eastern Baghdad, Sgt. Eric Lill.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:24 AM - UPDATE -

Robert D. Varga, 24, of Monroe City, Missouri

The DoD has identified the Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier who died of a non-hostile, unspecified cause on Sunday, July 15th: Specialist Robert D. Varga, 24, of Monroe City, Missouri. He was assigned to the 984th Military Police Company. The CENTCOM release for this death stated that it happened in Diwaniyah. However, the DoD statement lists the place of death as Baghdad. A brief article from Denver (Colorado) station KMGH reports that Varga had previously served a tour of duty in Iraq from January 2004 to January 2005. He was on his second tour at the time of his death.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 6:37 AM 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Marine on Monday, July 16th, from a non-hostile, unspecified cause in Al Anbar Province.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 6:22 PM - UPDATE -
Benjamin B. Bartlett Jr., 25, of Manchester, Georgia	The DoD has identified the Task Force Lightning soldier who died in Ninawa Province on Sunday, July 15th: Private 1st Class Benjamin B. Bartlett Jr., 25, of Manchester, Georgia. Bartlett was killed in Mosul by a rocket propelled grenade. According to a brief Associated Press article, he had joined the army in 2005 ... and was being posthumously promoted from Private to Specialist.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:28 AM - UPDATE -

John R. Massey, 29, of Judsonia, Arkansas

The DoD has identified the 13th Sustainment Command soldier who was wounded in an IED attack near Baghdad on Saturday, July 14th, and who died in a Balad medical facility on Sunday, July 15th: Arkansas Army National Guardsman Sergeant John R. Massey, 29, of Judsonia, Arkansas. An article published in the Searcy (Arkansas) Daily Citizen reports that Massey's wife was notified by phone on Saturday afternoon that her husband, who was riding in a vehicle at the head of a convoy, had suffered severe head trauma in a roadside bomb blast. About five hours later, an army chaplain arrived at her front door to inform her that her husband was dead. The Massey's have three children ranging in age from 7 to 11.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:40 AM - 3 INCOMING -
	(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier in a roadside bomb blast in an eastern neighborhood of Baghdad on Tuesday, July 17th. Four other soldiers were wounded in the explosion.
	(2) MNF-Iraq is also reporting the deaths of two Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldiers in a roadside bomb blast in a western neighborhood of Baghdad on Tuesday, July 17th.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:48 AM - 1 INCOMING-

Jarosław Posadzy, 39, of Poznań, Poland

A Polish media outlet is reporting the death of Polish Army Major Jarosław Posadzy, 39, in Iraq. Roughly translated, the article states that the major suddenly lost consciousness, and despite immediate resuscitation efforts, his life could not be saved. An autopsy will be performed to determine his exact cause of death. The exact date of death does not appear to be in the article, so we are assuming July 17th for the time being. Posadzy was stationed at the Polish base in Ad Diwaniyah in Qadisiya Province, and was the chief of an independent assault group, part of the 25th Air Cavalry Brigade based out of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland. Posadzy would appear to be a seasoned veteran of Iraq operations, having been interviewed by the BBC for an article that appeared on July 2, 2003, as Poland was preparing to station its first troops there. Posadzy was a captain and chief logistics officer of the 25th Airborne brigade at the time.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:57 AM - 1 INCOMING - The Associated Press is reporting the death of Navy Chief Petty Officer Pat Wade, 38, of Manawa, Wisconsin, in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq on Tuesday, July 17th. According to his 70 year old mother, he was travelling in a convoy when the bomb hit. Wade had joined the Navy after high school graduation in 1987 and was currently working as an explosives technician. He was married and has two children, and was living in Washington State.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:16 AM - UPDATE - The DoD has released the identity of the Marine who died from a non-hostile, unspecified cause in Al Anbar Province on Monday, July 16th: Lance Corporal Shawn V. Starkovich, 20, of Arlington, Washington. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Marine Regiment (1st Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton, CA), which is believed to be stationed at Camp Taqaddum in between Fallujah and Ramadi.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:29 PM - 2 INCOMING & UPDATE -
Eric M. Holke, 31, of Crestline, California	(1) The DoD is announcing a new death, not previously reported by CENTCOM. California Army National Guardsman Specialist Eric M. Holke, 31, of Crestline, California, died from a non-hostile, unspecified cause, apparently at the Tallill Air Base near Nasiriya in southern Iraq on Sunday, July 15th.
	(2) The DoD is also announcing two more deaths not previously reported by CENTCOM ... two Navy explosive ordnance technicians who died as a result of enemy action in Salah ad Din Province on Tuesday, July 17th:
		Chief Petty Officer Patrick L. Wade, 38, of Key West, Florida
		Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey L. Chaney, 35, of Omaha, Nebraska
		The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has learned more about the circumstances of their deaths. Wade's brother reported that the sailor was in a convoy in the vicinity of Samarra when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. The vehicle and its occupants survived the blast. But upon investigation, more bombs were discovered in a culvert under the highway. The two explosives experts took steps to try to detonate the charges safely, but they exploded prematurely, leaving a crater in the road 40 foot long and 6 foot deep. Wade is the second brother in his family to die in the service ... an older brother in the Air Force was killed in a helicopter accident in Japan in 1993. According to an earlier Associated Press report on Wade, he was actually raised in Manawa, Wisconsin, graduating from high school there in 1987.

Thursday, July 19, 2007 5:46 AM - 5 INCOMING -
	(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the deaths of four Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers plus an Iraqi interpreter when an improvised explosive device detonated near their patrol in an eastern neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, July 18th.
	(2) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Task Force Marne soldier in a small arms fire attack on Thursday, July 19th, near Rushdi Mulla, located about 5 km west of Yusufiyah in Babil Province.

Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:39 AM - 1 INCOMING -

Nathan Barnes, 23, of American Fork, Utah

The Salt Lake City (Utah) Tribune is reporting the death of an American Fork, Utah, soldier in Iraq: Sergeant Nathan Barnes, 23. According to an interview with his father, Barnes had gone on an assault mission with his 10th Mountain Division unit on the morning of Tuesday, July 17th. The helicopter he was in was taking fire at the time it landed. As they opened the chopper doors, a bullet caught Barnes. This would appear to be a new death, not previously reported by CENTCOM. Barnes was raised and went to high school in American Fork, enjoying camping, hiking and hunting in the area. He joined the army at the age of 19 and had been in Iraq since last August. 10th Infantry Division units are currently serving in the area of Mahmudiyah and Yusufiyah in Babil Province, making that area a likely site for his death. He is survived by his parents, four brothers, a sister.

Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:55 PM - 3 INCOMING - The British Ministry of Defense has announced the deaths of three of their service personnel in an indirect fire attack at the Contingency Operating Base in Basra on Thursday, July 19th. One was an airman from the Royal Auxiliary Air Force's 504 Squadron, while two were airmen assigned to 1 (Fighter) Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment.

Friday, July 20, 2007 4:46 AM - 2 INCOMING -
	(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier in a roadside bombing in an eastern neighborhood of Baghdad on Thursday, July 19th.
	(2) MNF-Iraq is also reporting the death of a Task Force Lightning soldier from an explosion near his vehicle in Baghdad Province on Thursday, July 19th.

Friday, July 20, 2007 8:19 AM - CORRECTION, UPDATES -
	(1) The DoD has confirmed the death of Sergeant Nathan S. Barnes, 23, of American Fork, Utah, in a small arms fire attack in Babil Province south of Baghdad on Tuesday, July 17th. His place of death is given as Rushdi Mulla, a town about 5 km west of Yusufiyah. On Thursday, July 19th, MNF-Iraq issued a notice of a death that sounds exactly like Barnes', right down to the place of death being Rushdi Mulla, except that the date of death is given as the 19th. We suspect that MNF-Iraq may have reported this date incorrectly ... and that it was meant to cover Barnes' death. As such, we are eliminating from our database the Rushdi Mulla death from the 19th to avoid a possible doubling up of deaths.
	(2) The DoD has identified the two Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldiers who died in western Baghdad in a roadside bombing on Tuesday, July 17th:
		Private 1st Class Ron J. Joshua Jr., 19, of Austin, Texas
		Private 1st Class Brandon K. Bobb, 20, of Orlando, Florida
		Both were assigned to the 401st Military Police Company out of Fort Hood, TX.
		The Austin (Texas) American-Statesman has published an article on Joshua, stating that both his mother and father had served in the army. In fact, his father is a master sergeant who has also served in Iraq. Joshua was born in Germany and moved around to various army bases while growing up, but graduated from high school in the Austin suburb of Pflugerville. Relatives report that Joshua frequently said that he didn't plan on following in his parents' footsteps by enlisting, but after graduation he did so anyway. He had only been in Iraq about two months at the time of his death.
		The Orlando (Florida) Sentinel reports that Bobb actually spent most of his young life in Port Arthur, Texas, only moving to Florida a few years ago. According to his relatives, he was an avid athlete, enjoying track, football and basketball. But he was also an excellent student and a member of the National Honor Society. Bobb graduated from a high school in Riverside, Florida, south of Tampa, and then spent a year as a student chef at the Orlando Culinary Academy before deciding to enlist in the army. He apparently was considering making the army a career. He too had been in Iraq for only two months at the time of his death.

Friday, July 20, 2007 8:38 AM - UPDATE - The Associated Press is reporting the death of Private 1st Class James Jacob Harrelson, 19, of Dadeville, Alabama, in Iraq from a roadside bomb blast on Tuesday, July 17th. By process of elimination, he is likely the eastern Baghdad death on that date described in this CENTCOM release. According to his mother, Harrelson enlisted in the army immediately after high school graduation in 2006 and had been in Iraq since May of this year. His older brother, who had already served in Iraq as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, and who had unsuccessfully tried to talk Harrelson out of enlisting, described him as someone who attracted friends everywhere he went. "He didn't have an enemy."

Friday, July 20, 2007 10:58 AM - UPDATE -

Class Zachary Clouser, 19, of Dover, Pennsylvania

The Hanover (Pennsylvania) Evening Sun is reporting the death of a Dover, Pennsylvania, man in Iraq. Army Private 1st Class Zachary Clouser, 19, was one of four soldiers killed in a roadside bomb blast in east Baghdad on Wednesday, July 18th. Clouser, who graduated from Dover Area High School in 2005, had returned to the school just this past spring over the Easter holiday to visit his former teachers. He was due to finish his current deployment to Iraq in about a month. Clouser was quoted in an article written by Tom Lasseter and published by McLatchy Newspapers last February 4th ... an article that painted a dark portrait of the surge among American soldiers serving in east Baghdad. "We can go get into a firefight and empty out ammo, but it doesn't accomplish much. This isn't our war - we're just in the middle."

Friday, July 20, 2007 4:28 PM - UPDATE -
James Jacob Harrelson, 19, of Dadeville, Alabama	(1) The DoD has confirmed the death of Private 1st Class James J. Harrelson, 19, of Dadeville, Alabama, from a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad on Tuesday, July 17th. His unit, the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, KS), has been operating out of east Baghdad in the vicinity of Fedaliyah.
Ronald L. Coffelt, 36, of Fair Oaks, California	(2) The DoD has identified the Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier who died when an improvised explosive device detonated in eastern Baghdad on Thursday, July 19th: Sergeant Ronald L. Coffelt, 36, of Fair Oaks, California. Coffelt was assigned to the 503rd Military Police Battalion out of Fort Bragg, NC.
Brandon M. Craig, 25, of Earleville, Maryland	(3) The DoD has also identified the Task Force Lightning soldier who died in an explosion in Baghdad Province on Thursday, July 19th. Private 1st Class Brandon M. Craig, 25, of Earleville, Maryland, died when an improvised explosive device detonated in the vicinity of Husseiniya, a town just to the north of Baghdad. His unit, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 2nd Infantry Division's 4th Brigade has been operating out of the Taji Air Base northwest of Baghdad. According to a brief Associated Press article, Craig enlisted in the army as an infantryman in 2006 and had been deployed to Iraq in April of this year for a 15 month tour. A spokesman at Fort Lewis, WA, stated that Craig was being posthumously promoted to Corporal.

Saturday, July 21, 2007 7:28 AM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Task Force Lightning soldier from an explosion near his vehicle in Diyala Province on Friday, July 20th.

Saturday, July 21, 2007 10:46 AM - UPDATE -
	The British Ministry of Defense has identified the three British airmen who died in a rocket attack on the Basrah Airport on Thursday, July 19th:
		Senior Aircraftsman Matthew Caulwell, 22, of Birmingham in West Midlands, England
		Senior Aircraftsman Peter McFerran, 24, of Connahas Quay in Clwyd, Wales
		Senior Aircraftsman Christopher Dunsmore, 29, of Leicester in Leicestershire, England
	All three men were tasked with ensuring that aircraft taking off and landing at the airport were protected from enemy ground attacks. At the time of their deaths there was no aircraft movement, so the three were resting when the base came under rocket attack, killing them instantly.

Saturday, July 21, 2007 1:47 PM I - 1 INCOMING - The British Ministry of Defense is announcing the death of a 2nd Royal Tank Regiment soldier when the Basra Palace base in central Basra came under indirect fire attack on Saturday, July 21st.

Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:51 PM - UPDATE -
	The DoD has identified the four Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers who died from an improvised explosive device and small arms fire attack in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of Adhamiyah on Wednesday, July 18th:
		Sergeant 1st Class Luis E. Gutierrez-Rosales, 38, of Bakersfield, California
		Specialist Zachary R. Clouser, 19, of Dover, Pennsylvania
		Specialist Richard Gilmore III, 22, of Jasper, Alabama
		Specialist Daniel E. Gomez, 21, of Warner Robbins, Georgia

Monday, July 23, 2007 4:45 AM - 1 INCOMING & UPDATE -
	(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier in a roadside bombing in Baghdad on Saturday, July 21st.
Timothy Darren Flowers, 25, of Londonderry, Northern Ireland	(2) The British Ministry of Defense has identified the soldier who died at Basra Palace in an indirect fire attack on Saturday, July 21st: Lance Corporal Timothy Darren Flowers, 25, of Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Flowers was from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Monday, July 23, 2007 9:17 AM - 2 INCOMING -
	(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) soldier in a roadside bombing south of Samarra in Salah ad Din Province on Saturday, July 21st. Two other soldiers were wounded in the blast.
	(2) MNF-Iraq is also reporting the death of a Task Force Marne soldier in an improvised explosive device attack on Sunday, July 22nd. We assume the death took place south of Baghdad where Task Force Marne is currently operating.

Monday, July 23, 2007 10:06 AM - UPDATE -
Rhett A. Butler, 22, of Fort Worth, Texas	The DoD has identified the Task Force Lightning soldier who died in a roadside bomb attack in Diyala Province at Khan Bani Sa'ad north of Baghdad on Friday, July 20th: Corporal Rhett A. Butler, 22, of Fort Worth, Texas. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron of the 1st Cavalry Regiment (2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, WA), a unit currently deployed at Khan Bani Sa'ad.

Monday, July 23, 2007 2:00 PM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Marine from enemy action in Al Anbar Province on Saturday, July 21st.

Monday, July 23, 2007 2:44 PM - UPDATE -

Jacob S. Schmuecker, 27, of Atkinson, Nebraska

The DoD has identified the Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier who died in a Balad medical facility on Saturday, July 21st, from wounds he received in a roadside bombing in Baghdad: Nebraska Army National Guardsman Sergeant Jacob S. Schmuecker, 27, of Atkinson, Nebraska. He was assigned to the 755th Recon Decon Chemical Company, a unit which lost another soldier on May 25, 2007, Private William Bailey. The Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald has published an article reporting that Schmuecker was actually born in Kentucky, but moved later to Nebraska where he graduated from high school in Atkinson. He also attended Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Nebraska. Schmuecker joined the Guard in 2001 after a stint working as a police officer in Atkinson. He was currently ten months into his first deployment to Iraq. He and his wife of four years have three children ranging in age from 4 years to 19 months.

Monday, July 23, 2007 4:15 PM - UPDATE -
Christopher G. Scherer, 21, of East Northport, New York	The DoD has identified the Marine who died from enemy action in Al Anbar Province on Saturday, July 21st: Corporal Christopher G. Scherer, 21, of East Northport, New York. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, out of Camp Pendleton, CA.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 5:10 AM - UPDATE -

Shawn G. Adams, 21, of Dixon, California

The DoD has identified the Task Force Marne soldier who died in a roadside bomb attack in the vicinity of "Owaset" in Iraq on Sunday, July 22nd: Sergeant Shawn G. Adams, 21, of Dixon, California. Adams was assigned to the 3rd Battalion of the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (25th Infantry Division out of Fort Richardson, AK) which has been recently stationed at Karmah near Fallujah in Al Anbar Province.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:12 AM - 1 INCOMING -

Bobby L. Twitty, 20, of Bedias, Texas

The Bryan (Texas) Eagle is reporting the death in Iraq of a Marine from Bedias, Texas: Bobby L. Twitty, 20. According to his family, Twitty died at Ramadi in Al Anbar Province on Sunday evening, July 22nd, from what they are describing as "just a freak accident". This death does not appear to have been previously reported by CENTCOM. Bryan (Texas) station KBTX is stating that Twitty died when a tire he was changing exploded. Twitty enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school graduation in 2005 and was deployed to Iraq in February of this year. "He was looking for a challenge," his father said. Twitty was the second oldest of six brothers and sisters.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:43 AM - UPDATE -
	(1) The DoD has confirmed the death of Marine Lance Corporal Bobby L. Twitty, 20, of Bedias, Texas, in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province on Sunday, July 22nd. He was assigned to the 2nd Marine Logistics Group out of Camp Lejeune, NC.
	(2) The Polish Ministry of Defense has published a little more information on Polish Army Major Jarosław Posadzy, 39, who died suddenly in Ad Diwaniyah of an as yet unspecified illness on July 17th. He was from Poznań in the west of Poland.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 6:00 AM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) soldier from a non-hostile, unspecified cause on Tuesday, July 24th. The release is datelined "FOB Q-West", or Qayyarrah West, about 30 miles south of Mosul in Ninewa Province. Otherwise, no specific place of death is given

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:37 PM - 2 INCOMING -
Daniel S. Noble, 21, of Whittier, California	(1) The DoD is reporting a new death, not previously reported by CENTCOM. Navy Hospitalman Daniel S. Noble, 21, of Whittier, California, died from enemy action in Diyala Province on Tuesday, July 24th. He was permanently assigned to the 1st Marine Division.
Matthew Zindars, 21, of Watertown, Wisconsin	(2) The Associated Press is reporting the death of a Marine from Watertown, Wisconsin, in Iraq. Corporal Matthew Zindars, 21, was killed by a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, on Tuesday, July 24th. According to his father, Zindars had just come home from an Iraq deployment last October, but volunteered to return in March because his friends were going back and needed help. His unit was responsible for security operations and clearing roadways of explosives. Zindars graduated from high school in 2004. This is a new death, not previously reported by CENTCOM.

Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:19 AM - 2 INCOMING & AN UPDATE -
	The DoD has announced three new deaths, not previously reported by CENTCOM. Three Marines were apparently killed in enemy action on Tuesday, July 24th ... in Diyala Province:
		Lance Corporal Robert A. Lynch, 20, of Louisville, Kentucky
		Corporal James H. McRae, 22, of Springtown, Texas
		Corporal Matthew R. Zindars, 21, of Watertown, Wisconsin (previously reported by the Associated Press)

Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:00 AM - 1 INCOMING - The DoD is reporting another new death, not previously reported by CENTCOM. Staff Sergeant Joshua P. Mattero, 29, of San Diego, California, died from wounds he received when an improvised explosive device detonated in the vicinity of Ba'qubah in Diyala Province on Tuesday, July 24th. He was assigned to the 63rd Explosive Ordnance Battalion out of Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:09 AM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier in a small arms fire attack in a southern neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, July 25th.

Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:28 PM - UPDATE - The DoD has identified the 13th Sustainment Command soldier who died from a non-hostile, unspecified cause at FOB Qayyarah West in Ninawa Province on Tuesday, July 24th: Kansas Army National Guardsman Sergeant Courtney Dean Finch, 27, of Leavenworth, Kansas.  The Kansas Adjutant General's Office has released a statement saying that Finch had enlisted in the Kansas ANG in July 2001 in an armored division as a tank crewman. He was deployed to Kosovo and to the Balkans from October 2004 to February 2006. He had deployed to Iraq in June of 2006 with a unit responsible for force protection.

Friday, July 27, 2007 3:56 AM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Task Force Lightning soldier in an explosion near his vehicle in Diyala Province on Thursday, July 26th.

Saturday, July 28, 2007 6:08 AM - UPDATE -
Daniel Leckel, 19, of Glendale, Oregon	The Associated Press is reporting the death of Daniel Leckel, 19, of Glendale, Oregon, in Iraq. He was apparently the small arms fire death in southern Baghdad on Wednesday, July 25th. Leckel graduated from high school in Glendale in 2005, then studied journalism at Rogue Community College in Grant's Pass until 2006 when he enlisted in the army. He was based out of Fort Riley, KS.

Sunday, July 29, 2007 6:17 AM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier in a small arms fire attack north of Baghdad on Sunday, July 29th.

Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:43 AM - 1 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier from enemy action in an eastern neighborhood of Baghdad on Sunday, July 29th.

Monday, July 30, 2007 5:01 AM - 3 INCOMING -
	An MNF-Iraq release and a release from the DoD are simultaneously announcing and identifying three new Army deaths from a roadside bombing in the vicinity of Saqlawiyah, just to the northwest of Fallujah, in Al Anbar Province, on Thursday, July 26th:
		Sergeant William R. Howdeshell, 37, of Norfolk, VA
		Specialist Charles E. Bilbrey Jr., 21, of Oswego, New York
		Specialist Jaime Rodriguez Jr., 19, of Oxnard, California
	All three men were assigned to the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment (3rd Infantry Division out of  Fort Stewart, GA) and had been deployed to the Fallujah area. Howdeshell served in the Navy earlier in his career.

Monday, July 30, 2007 3:42 PM - UPDATE -
	(1) The DoD has confirmed the death of Army Specialist Daniel A. Leckel, 19, of Medford, Oregon, in a small arms fire attack in southern Baghdad on Wednesday, July 25th.
Michael A. Baloga, 21, of Everett, Washington	(2) The DoD has identified the Task Force Lightning soldier who died in a roadside bombing in the vicinity of Muqdadiyah in Diyala Province on Thursday, July 26th: Private Michael A. Baloga, 21, of Everett, Washington. The Everett Daily Herald is reporting that Baloga had been working construction jobs, but enlisted in the army to obtain the kind of steady employment he felt he needed to provide for his young daughter ... and also to eventually earn money for a college education. He was deployed to Iraq last November, just three days after his daughter's 1st birthday. He was apparently part of a convoy delivering medical supplies when his unit was attacked. Baloga is survived by two sisters and a brother. He and his wife were in the process of amicably divorcing at the time of his death.

Monday, July 30, 2007 4:07 PM - UPDATE - The DoD has identified an 82nd Airborne Division soldier who died from "enemy direct fire" in Baghdad on Sunday, July 29th: Private 1st Class Cody C. Grater, 20, of Spring Hill, Florida. We suspect he was the death in eastern Baghdad on that day as the 82nd Airborne has units stationed in the Shaab and Sadr City areas ... and also because the CENTCOM release for that death was as vaguely worded as this DoD release is.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:06 AM - 1 INCOMING & UPDATE -
	(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Marine from enemy action in Al Anbar Province on Monday, July 30th.
Cody C. Grater of Spring Hill, Florida	(2) An article in the Tampa (Florida) Tribune is reporting that 20-year-old Private 1st Class Cody C. Grater of Spring Hill, Florida, died when his guard position near Baghdad was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade on Sunday, July 29th. He had enlisted in April of 2006, and had received advanced training as a motor transport operator.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:22 PM - UPDATE -
	(1) The DoD has identified the Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier who died in a small arms fire attack in the vicinity of Taji to the northwest of Baghdad on Sunday, July 29th: Staff Sergeant Wilberto Suliveras, 38, of Humacao, Puerto Rico. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (1st Cavalry Division) based out of Fort Hood, TX.
Sean A. Stokes, 24, of Auburn, California	(2) The DoD has also identified the Marine who died from enemy action in Al Anbar Province on Monday, July 30th: Corporal Sean A. Stokes, 24, of Auburn, California. His unit, the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, is thought to be based at Camp Taqaddum between Fallujah and Ramadi. A brief article that appeared in the Grass Valley (California) Union reported that Stokes was from Lake of the Pines, and that he had graduated from Bear River High School in 2001. He was on his third deployment to Iraq.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:22 PM - 1 INCOMING -

Camy Florexil, 20, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The DoD is announcing a new death, one not previously reported by CENTCOM. Army Specialist Camy Florexil, 20, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was severly injured in a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad on July 23rd. He died of his wounds in a Baghdad medical facility on Tuesday, July 24th. Florexil was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division) out of Fort Riley, Kansas. According to a very brief mention in an article from Wichita (Kansas) station KAKE, he had enlisted in the Army in September of 2005.

Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:36 AM - 2 INCOMING - MNF-Iraq is reporting the deaths of two Task Force Marne soldiers in an indirect fire attack, likely south of Baghdad, on Tuesday, July 31st. In addition, 10 other soldiers were wounded.

Thursday, August 02, 2007 1:48 PM - 1 INCOMING -
Jason M. Kessler, 29, of Mount Vernon, Washington	The DoD has announced a new death, not previously reported by CENTCOM. Corporal Jason M. Kessler, 29, of Mount Vernon, Washington, was killed in a rocket propelled grenade attack "in northern Iraq" on Monday, July 30th. He was a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment based out of Fort Lewis, WA.

Saturday, August 04, 2007 3:36 AM - UPDATES -
	The DoD has identified the three Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers who died in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, July 31st:
		Specialist Zachariah J. Gonzalez, 23, of Indianapolis, Indiana
		Private 1st Class Charles T. Heinlein Jr., 23, of Hemlock, Michigan
		Private 1st Class Alfred H. Jairala, 29, of Hialeah, Florida
	Their unit, the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment (2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, WA) has recently been operating in the Sadr City area of Baghdad.
	According to the Indianapolis (Indiana) Star, Gonzalez graduated from high school in 2002 just northeast of Indianapolis in the town of Fishers. He had originally signed on with the Army Reserve in their culinary division. But a short time later he decided he wanted the more active role he would get from an enlistment in the regular army. At the time of his death, he had been Iraq for about 14 months, his original 12 month stay having been extended.
	A brief article in the Detroit (Michigan) News, reports that Heinlein was raised in the small town of Hemlock near Saginaw, Michigan. He had earned a general equivalency high school degree in 2004, joining the army in September of that year.

Saturday, August 04, 2007 4:24 AM - UPDATES -
Stephen R. Maddies, 41, of Elizabethton, Tennessee	(1) The DoD has identified the Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier who died in a small arms fire attack in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, July 31st: Tennessee Army National Guard Sergeant Stephen R. Maddies, 41, of Elizabethton, Tennessee. According to an article in the Bristol (Tennesee) Herald Courier, Maddies had already served a tour of duty in Iraq with a different National Guard unit ... the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment out of Bristol, TN ... in 2004 and 2005. He had volunteered to return for a second tour and was slated to return home in just two weeks. He was apparently shot by a sniper.
Steve Edwards, 35, of Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham in West Midlands, England	(2) The British Ministry of Defense has identified the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment soldier who died in a roadside bombing in Basra City on Tuesday, July 31st: Corporal Steve Edwards, 35, of Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham in West Midlands, England. Edwards had been with the British Army since 1993 and had served on operations all over the world, including Northern Ireland, the Balkans, and Iraq. His expertise was so well regarded that he was actually serving in three different capacities on his current deployment to Basra Palace in Iraq: Vehicle Commander, Troop Corporal and Vehicle Fleet Manager. Next March, he would have been posted to a new job with a promotion to Sergeant. He is survived by his parents, his wife, and an 18-month-old son.

Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:57 PM - UPDATES
	The DoD has identified the two Task Force Marne soldiers who died in an indirect fire attack on July 31st:
		Sergeant Bradley W. Marshall, 37, of Little Rock, Arkansas
		Specialist Daniel F. Reyes, 24, of San Diego, California
	Both men were assigned to the 2nd Battalion of the 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment (25th Infantry Division out of Fort Richardson, AK). The DoD listed their place of death as merely "Tunis". But an Associated Press article quotes a Fort Richardson spokesman stating that the attack occurred at Forward Operating Base Kalsu at Iskandariyah in Babil Province, an area falling within Task Force Marne's jurisdiction. The spokesman went on to say that the identifications were delayed due to difficulty in notifying next-of-kin.