IN MEMORIAM: Enduring Freedom Casualties

VetsCoR ^ | 5/21/02 | A Navy Vet

[A Navy Vet]

Operation Enduring Freedom Casualty List

May 19, 2002: Fatally wounded when unit came under heavy fire on patrol in eastern Afghanistan
Sgt. Gene Arden Vance Jr. - 38, West Virginia

April 15, 2002: Killed while attempting to dismantle rockets in Afghanistan
Staff Sgt. Brian Craig - 27, Texas
Staff Sgt. Justin Galewski - 28, Kansas
Sgt. Jamie Maugans - 27, Kansas
Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Romero, Army National Guard - 30, Colorado

March 28, 2002: Killed after stepping on a land mine during training mission in Afghanistan
Chief Petty Officer Matthew J. Bourgeois, USN - 35, Talahassee, Fla.

March 4, 2002: Seven American soldiers were killed and 11 were wounded when two helicopters took enemy fire in the largest allied air and ground offensive of the war.
Sgt. Bradley S. Crose, USA - 27, Orange Park, Fla.
Sgt. Philip J. Svitak, USA - 31, Joplin, Mo.
Spc. Marc A. Anderson, USA - 30, Brandon, Fla.
Pfc. Matthew A. Commons, USA - 21, Boulder City, NV
Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts, USN - 32, Woodland, Calif.
Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman, USAF - 36, Waco, Texas
Airman Jason D. Cunningham, USAF - 26, Camarillo, Calif.

March 2, 2002: Killed by enemy fire during an assault on Taliban and al-Qaida fighters regrouping in eastern Afghanistan.
Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, USA - 34, Wade, N.C.

March 2, 2001: Died after ejecting from his F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, which crashed during a training exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.
Lt. Cmdr. Christopher M. Blaschum, USN - 33, Virginia Beach, Va

January 20, 2002: Killed when their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed while on a resupply mission. Five other Marines injured.
Staff Sgt. Walter F. Cohee III, USMC - 26, Wicomico, Md.
Sgt. Dwight J. Morgan, USMC - 24, Mendocino, Calif.

January 9, 2001: Killed when their tanker plane crashed into a mountain in Pakistan.
Capt. Matthew W. Bancroft, USMC - 29, Redding, Calif
Capt. Daniel G. McCollum, USMC - 29, Irmo, S.C.
Gunnery Sgt. Stephen L. Bryson, USMC - 36, Montgomery, Ala.
Staff Sgt. Scott N. Germosen, USMC - 37, New York;
Sgt. Nathan P. Hays, USMC - 21, Wilbur, Wash.
Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Bertrand, USMC - 23, Coos Bay, Ore.
Sgt. Jeannette L. Winters, USMC - 25, Gary, Ind.

January 4, 2002: Killed in the vicinity of Khost, near the Pakistan border. The first U.S. soldier killed by the enemy.
Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, USA, - 31, San Antonio, Texas

December 5, 2000: Killed in Afghanistan when a U.S. bomb missed its target.
Staff Sgt. Brian "Cody" Prosser, USA - 28, Frazier Park, Calif.
Master Sgt. Jefferson Donald Davis, USA - 39, Watauga, Tenn.
Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Petithory, USA - 32, Cheshire, Mass.

November 29, 2001: Killed in Uzbekistan, where about 1,000 members of the Army's 10th Mountain Division were stationed. Officials say death under investigation, not result of enemy action.
Pvt. Giovany Maria - 19, New York,

November 25, 2001: Killed by rioting prisoners at Mazar-e-Sharif. First American civilian killed in action in Afghanistan.
Johnny "Mike" Spann, CIA - 32, Winfield, Ala.,

November 7, 2001: Declared dead after he fell overboard from an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea.
Fireman Apprentice Bryant L. Davis, USN - 20, Chicago

October 19, 2001: Killed in crash of Black Hawk helicopter in Pakistan.
Pfc. Kristofor Stonesifer, USA - 28 Doylestown, Pa.
Spc. Jonn J. Edmunds, USA - 20 Cheyenne,

October 10, 2001: Killed in a heavy-equipment accident in the northern Arabian peninsula. The first death in the campaign.
Master Sgt. Evander Earl Andrews, USAF - 36, Solon, Maine

[A Navy Vet]

My apologies...the title should have read [American] Casualty List. There have a number of fine military members from other countries who have made the ultimate sacrifice, also. The purpose of the thread was to acknowledge our recently fallen military this Memorial Day. Feel free to start an Coalition Casualty List.

[A Navy Vet]

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[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Thank you for the ping A Navy Vet.......... I read each and every name..........

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

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[Taxman]

Rodger,

Thank you for this In Memoriam post.

May God Bless each man and woman in uniform. And may each American thank each of you for your service.

Sincerely, Frank L. Davis, Jr.
Captain, USNR (Ret)

[editor-surveyor]

I really resent the fact that they had to die in this war. - I know so many Afgans that are living here in the lap of luxury, and feel no gratitude whatsoever for the loss those young families must now endure.

How long will Afganistan be free? - Will any of them appreciate the sacrifice of these troops?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Thanks for the ping...

[Chad Fairbanks]

Also, on an unrelated (well, not really) note, I hope all those guys from Florida got to have their vote counted in the last election - If I hear that any of them had their votes discarded, I'm gonna be pissed...

[A Navy Vet]

Thank you, sir.

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

To These brave servicemen and their families, Thank you and may God Bless you and shine His light upon you. God Bless

[Cagey]

God Bless the Fallen and their loved ones. Never forget.

[onedoug]

'Read each name with a prayer. Thanks so much for the flag.

[Eastbound]

Great effort, A Navy Vet. An In Memorium bump from another Navy vet.

[Demidog]

I think it's quite nice what you're doing. I just don't think we're being told everything. I've seen more than one reporter and commentator suggest that we're not getting the whole casualty list.

[McGavin999]

Thanks for posting this, I won't forget them. Nor will I forget all those who have gone before in order to provide us with the freedom we enjoy every day.

[barker]

Thank you for the ping A Navy Vet.......... I read each and every name..........

That goes for me too. It took me a while to reply. I had to wait for the tears to stop.

[JRandomFreeper]

Thank you for the list.

/john